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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Biden visits key city in swing state as Trump rails against him at courthouse
President Joe Biden arrives at the Wilmington Convention Center in North Carolina to speak about clean water projects on Thursday.
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?
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.
Congress · 117th Congress
‘Rise in violent rhetoric’: Lawmakers in both parties report spike in death threats
“It seems like when people go off the rails, their goal is to hurt everyone present — not just the member of Congress, but everyone present,” said one long-serving House Republican granted anonymity
White House · 117th Congress
Eye on infrastructure: White House looks past GOP’s Cheney purge
consequences of rolling back tax cuts on upper-income taxpayers and businesses to pay for Biden’s sweeping infrastructure plan — spending that, as envisioned by the White House, would go well beyond roads, rails
Campaigns · 116th Congress
New Jersey’s machine takes a rare loss on primary day
It’s worth considering as Trump rails against vote-by-mail as a scheme to steal his reelection that both parties lose some of the control on the levers of power they’ve gotten used to when voting
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.
Congress · 116th Congress
Mnuchin blasts Facebook’s Libra currency on eve of hearings
/p> But Facebook’s privacy scandals and poor public reputation mean that lawmakers also see an opportunity in publicly chastising the social media giant, meaning this week’s hearings could go off the rails
Congress · 116th Congress
Infrastructure talks run off the road by latest Trump, Dem fracas
Both parties knew that the meeting had the potential to go off the rails.
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.
Politics · 115th Congress
Mattis Out as Defense Secretary
Murphy of Connecticut tweeted that a “Secretary of Defense quitting over a public disagreement with a President whose foreign policy he believes has gone off the rails is a national security crisis.
Opinion · 115th Congress
What Are We Thankful for? Decorum, Trump’s New Favorite Word
As a record-breaking number of travelers hit the road, the rails and the skies for Thanksgiving, it is probably with no small amount of dread.
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 Praises NAFTA 2.0, But Concerned Congress Will Determine Fate
He often rails against previous administrations’ trade policies and slams other countries’ tactics at such events. His supporters typically respond with loud applause.
Politics · 115th Congress
Are Minnesota’s Trump Voters Looking for a Check on Him?
He rails against the 2010 health care law, federal regulations and especially the “extremist energy policies” that he claims are hurting local farmers.
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
White House Denies John Kelly Called Trump an ‘Idiot’
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.”