Congress · 116th Congress
The dead earmarks society
Letter-marking and other strategies that lawmakers have used over the decade without earmarks are often less effective replacements for steering tax dollars.
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Opinion · 116th Congress
Sam Ervin took down Nixon. We’re still waiting for his heir
On stage, faithful Democrats vacillate between stubborn hope (“He should be here”) and fatalistic despair (“He didn’t say for sure that he would come”). In the end, they just wait, day after day.
Congress · 116th Congress
House progressives work on ‘Medicare-for-all’ as debate heats up
“It’s relatively unlikely that candidates will get through the 2020 election without having to be more specific about what the policy means to them.” Candidates’ choices Sen.
Congress · 116th Congress
House Democrats give leaders a pass on breaking 72-hour rule for spending deal
Hoyer and McGovern are correct that Congress should have fully funded the government last year, and this package completing that work is four-and-a-half months late.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Note to Ocasio-Cortez and Green New Dealers: The economy is not the government
So should every Democrat — presidential candidate or otherwise — before jumping on Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal and her “great leap forward” into socialism and central planning.
Opinion · 116th Congress
What the shutdown taught us about paid family leave
Taking time off without pay just isn’t an option — it means no rent, no heat, or no medications.
Congress · 116th Congress
Elizabeth Warren keeps pressure on big banks to help workers during government shutdowns
Several weeks into the last shutdown, Warren sent letters to some of the nation’s largest financial institutions asking what sort of assistance they were providing to workers who were furloughed or working without
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
House members want official office supply store to stock tampons
“Menstrual products, which are only available in limited locations across the Capitol, should be included among this collection of items.”
White House · 116th Congress
Trump pre-empts border wall pitch in El Paso to take shots at Beto O’Rourke
He rejected what he described as Trump’s call for “walls to keep them out,” saying they should be “welcomed.” “Together, we are making a stand for the truth,” he said.
Congress · 116th Congress
House Democratic leaders, chairmen criticize Omar for ‘anti-Semitic trope’
“Anti-Semitism must be called out, confronted and condemned whenever it is encountered, without exception,” the Democratic leaders said.
White House · 116th Congress
Trump revives campaign rallies with trip into heart of ‘Beto Country’
But several polls suggest Trump, whose political instincts even some Democratic strategists caution should not be underestimated, is wise to launch an early campaign-trail salvo against O’Rourke.
Congress · 116th Congress
McCarthy vows ‘action’ against Democrats for anti-Semitic remarks
In addition to the anti-Israel comments, the Republican leader referenced, without specificity, comments Tlaib made earlier this year about Trump saying Democrats should “impeach the motherf—er.”
Congress · 116th Congress
Congress has had it up to here with agencies not taking its spending advice
Without congressional follow-up, the new law could merely create a “paper-shuffling exercise” at the Pentagon and elsewhere, says Mandy Smithberger, an analyst with the Project on Government Oversight
Congress · 116th Congress
Emerging border security deal will be first big test of Democratic unity
Democrats should have no problem clearing that bar, but a threshold to watch will be 18 — the amount of votes they could lose from their own party and still pass a bill without Republican support.
Congress · 116th Congress
The insiders: Roll Call’s people to watch in 2019
But he doesn’t believe the committee should be an “automatic rubber stamp” for whatever comes out of the speaker’s office. “My guess is on the vast majority of things we’re in sync,” he says.
Congress · 116th Congress
Reed: Congress should be consulted on any Colombia deployment
The top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee warned generals on Thursday against planning a military intervention in Venezuela without first seeking congressional input.
Congress · 116th Congress
Barr nomination to get votes on the Senate floor next week
The vote to limit debate on the lands bill is scheduled for Monday evening, meaning Barr’s final confirmation should come no later than Thursday.
Congress · 116th Congress
Whitaker will skip House hearing if Democrats don’t pull subpoena threat
Mueller III and other hot-button issues by citing, without effectively asserting, “executive privilege.”
Opinion · 116th Congress
Trump was trying to channel Reagan. He sounded more like Nixon
A country without a monarch craves a little pomp now and again, no matter the partisan sniping that precedes and follows it.
Congress · 116th Congress
Crypto-based funds crawl toward mom and pop
Because the fund would trade securities — not cryptocurrencies that are largely exchanged for cash without regulatory oversight — it would need to satisfy requirements that apply to more ordinary