Even as he heads out the door, Derek Kilmer is still trying to fix Congress
But I liken it to a conversation I had with the House chaplain when things were really off the rails.
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Of course President Biden negotiated on the debt ceiling
But he also described the White House-Democratic strategy in a way that made clear the "parallel tracks" were never Track B and Track C but the connected rails of Track A.
Of neighbors, fear and a fractured — and armed — America
Am I really being paranoid when I could envision my harmless interaction with the couple next door going off the rails?
Will Democrats raise the volume on expressing what they believe in?
When it comes to political third rails — from abortion to gun reform to the state of our democracy — and after some nudging and throat-clearing, Democrats are acting positively positive.
Peter Welch on being the Senate’s (old) new guy, dairy, and how Dems like him win rural voters
You know, we think the FDA is off the rails with this latest interpretation. Q: You’ve taken on the FDA like this before when it proposed a ban on aging cheese on wooden shelves.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Can a populist Missouri Democrat win back rural and working-class voters?
He rails against big-box stores that have gutted local economies and investors who have jacked up housing prices, and he promises to ban foreign ownership of American agricultural land to counter
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
He may be a political scientist, but Rep. David Price doesn’t have a ‘magic key’
And the polarization is asymmetrical in the sense that the Republican Party has particularly gone off the rails in terms of ideological extremism.
Opinion · 116th Congress
While Trump tweets, Pelosi prays and Schiff parodies
OPINION — Every now and then, politics simply goes off the rails, plowing through the collective American psyche like a runaway train.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
The ‘squad’ takes center stage in GOP attacks in 2019 state elections
The Virginia House GOP’s #HoldTheHouse campaign launch video features an image of Ocasio-Cortez as a Fox News host rails against the financial costs of her Green New Deal proposal.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Trump should say less on trade. The stock markets will thank him
And then, two days ago, people went through the same kind of upsetting moment when the China talks went off the rails and the markets reacted.
White House · 116th Congress
White House braces for Mueller report as obstruction questions linger
Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused the attorney general last week of “going off the rails.”
Congress · 116th Congress
Schiff under siege: Republicans cite Intelligence Committee’s ‘vendetta’ against Trump
“But the last two years he’s gone off the rails.
Opinion · 116th Congress
The perils of investigating a complete buffoon
If Pelosi can keep her caucus between those guard rails, she’ll have managed the almost impossible and kept the integrity of her branch of government intact in the process.
Politics · 115th Congress
America Is at a Midterm Crossroads. Let Us Count the Ways
Medicare-for-all style of health care, a vote on an increase in the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, and a $1 trillion infrastructure package to spur new jobs and improve the country’s roads, airports and rails
Politics · 115th Congress
Marijuana Ballot Measures Could Drive Democratic Voters, But Candidates Aren’t Running On It
Watch: Gardner Rails Against Sessions’ Marijuana Action as States’ Rights Issue [jwp-video n=”1″]
Politics · 115th Congress
Trump Attacks Bob Woodward, Warns Syria’s Assad
He’s gone off the rails. We’re in Crazytown,” Woodward alleges Kelly said to a small group of staffers. “I don’t even know why any of us are here. This is the worst job I’ve ever had.”
Politics · 115th Congress
Supreme Court Picks’ Disagreements Show Stakes of Confirmation
Kavanaugh would have sided with CNN, saying that the board “jumped the rails” in its analysis and he did not see substantial evidence that CNN discriminated when making those hiring decisions.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Young Americans Need to Be Prepared to Lead Next Infrastructure Revolution
We must start robustly investing in our aging bridges, roads, rails, ports, airports, electric grid, water pipes, broadband network and more.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: A Few Cracks in Trump’s GOP Wall on Capitol Hill
Sure, the Democrats, if they take back the House, could go off the rails as the Republicans did in impeaching Bill Clinton.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: The Infrastructure Plan Is Like Our Roads. Both Are Falling Apart
Going to pieces Without a comprehensive strategy, huge swaths of infrastructure will be left out, including roads, bridges, rails, and municipal water and wastewater systems.