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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House Over-slight Committee — Congressional Hits and Misses
A House Oversight markup went off the rails this week and highlights this episode of Congressional Hits and Misses.
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.
Campaigns · 118th Congress
At the Races: Gerrywhatnow?
Starting gate Western rails: President Joe Biden’s stop in Las Vegas last week to announce $3 billion in new rail funding to connect the city with Southern California has generated fodder for the
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.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Trump critic Kinzinger wades into Utah Senate race against Lee
I did a video where I just said the Republican Party is off the rails,” Kinzinger said Thursday. “Now we have over 200,000 members, over 6,000 volunteers.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
GOP outsider offers Beltway donors 30-minute sitdowns
Kent, a far-right Republican who has the backing of former President Donald Trump and regularly rails against the Beltway establishment, is working to set up back-to-back meetings all day at the
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
Congress · 117th Congress
Biden’s infrastructure plan seen as aiding ‘initial link’ in farm supply chain
The American Society of Civil Engineers’ 2021 report card gives U.S. roads, bridges, rails, waterways, public parks and other infrastructure an overall grade of C-.
Policy · 116th Congress
Biden will support Amtrak; can he convince GOP?
How his years riding the rails put him on a first-name basis with Amtrak staff. How he announced his first presidential bid at the train station in Wilmington in 1987.
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
Who is Thomas Massie, the House member Trump wants thrown out of the GOP?
“He also rails against the swamp, rails against lobbyists, and then sends emails to lobbyists to attend his fundraisers, which arrive in our in-boxes quarterly.”
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate talks on crafting bipartisan Violence Against Women Act break down
Ernst said the bill had been swept up in “election year politics” that drove the negotiations off the rails.
Congress · 116th Congress
Impeachment on collision course with possible shutdown
“But the closer you get to deadlines, the more heated the political environment, and there’s always the chance that you can slip off the rails and something will go wrong.” [jwp-video n=”2″]
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
Beto O’Rourke’s White House run tests limits of early strategy
O’Rourke, who rails against the influence of money in politics, also had some help in 2012 from a deep-pocketed super PAC, and a lucky break that gave him more time to campaign.