Opinion · 116th Congress
Four decades and counting — the GOP’s shift to the right is bigger than the Democrats’ shift left
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Opinion · 116th Congress
House progressives are building something new, exciting, and powerful
Just last week, the CPC passed game-changing reforms to its own caucus rules.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Pelosi, Democrats should take lasting lessons from the dinner that wasn’t
This was the worst moment for Pelosi and the House Democrats to send an ill-concealed and ill-conceived message to the voters: Congress plays by different rules than ordinary mortals.
Opinion · 116th Congress
The Heedless Horseman Republicans and their COVID denial
Questioning Republicans in the halls of Congress about Trump’s latest outrage was the equivalent of conducting an interview in Urdu while wearing a mask inside a Hazmat suit.
Opinion · 116th Congress
As Congress slows, the presidency grows
And it’s been happening since well before President Trump took office. “If Congress won’t act, I will” was a common theme from President Barack Obama.
Opinion · 116th Congress
The crucial privacy debate happening in the shadows of the coronavirus
Congress has spent roughly $3 trillion in the last two months and may spend $3 trillion more.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Leading Democrats should speak out on Sanders
No bending the rules Democratic Party rules explicitly require a majority at the convention.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Pelosi’s poor choices helped sink her impeachment gambit
On Dec. 18, House Democrats rushed to impeach President Donald Trump on charges of obstruction of Congress and abuse of power, with chief prosecutor Adam Schiff actually calling him a “clear and present
Opinion · 116th Congress
Why Katie Hill had to go
After the yearslong battle to end rampant harassment and abuse in Congress, there was no way Hill could stay on in a chamber that has promised to change its ways.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Guns of war no more?
Last month, after horrific shooting incidents in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, President Donald Trump urged Congress to work on gun legislation in a bipartisan fashion.
Opinion · 116th Congress
An American credo: Justice for some, especially the four-legged
those on the receiving end of their lies and threats.
Opinion · 116th Congress
When does partisan gerrymandering cross the line?
[jwp-video n=”1″] In North Carolina, for example, gerrymandering has resulted in the liberal city of Asheville being split, and represented by two of the most conservative Republicans in Congress
Opinion · 116th Congress
Unpacking the Democrats’ jam-packed primary
Flashback: Green New Deal sounds like a ‘high school term paper that got a low mark,’ Trump says [jwp-video n=”1″] What are presidential candidates, especially those in Congress, to do as
Opinion · 116th Congress
The perils of investigating a complete buffoon
“If there is going to be peace and legislation … there cannot be war and investigation,” Trump said with a did-you-see-what-I-did-there smile on his face. “It just doesn’t work that way.”