Campaigns · 116th Congress
Debate fact-check: False claims amid disorderly fracas
Violent crime Biden was wrong when he said there was “less violence” during his time as vice president than there is “today.”
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Opinion · 116th Congress
There is nothing civil about intimidation
that swirl outside the walls of the Supreme Court, these two justices were able to do their important work with civility and respect for each other’s views that are so absent from political discourse today
Campaigns · 116th Congress
At the Races: Land of Kennedy? Louisiana
Also, Susan Page of USA Today will moderate the vice presidential debate on Oct. 7.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
RNC fact check: Trump speech filled with falsehoods
Although he did not mention it in his convention speech, Biden repeatedly condemned violent protests prior to the convention.
Congress · 116th Congress
March on Washington draws thousands demanding change
to calling for action on the policy and voting rights bills, Jackson Lee pushed back on some of the themes espoused this week by multiple speakers during the Republican National Convention, including President
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Trump focuses on law and order, but will other Republicans follow?
“The most dangerous aspect of the Biden platform is the attack on public safety,” Trump said as he accepted the GOP nomination for president at the White House Thursday night.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
House candidates given convention airtime have common feature: Trump loyalty
“Help us win back the House, keep the Senate and give our president four more years.”
Campaigns · 116th Congress
RNC fact check: Pence distorts Biden’s positions
“President Trump and I know that the men and women that put on the uniform of law enforcement are the best of us.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
House Democrats’ agenda barely mentioned at convention as Pelosi forced to talk about Trump
She worked it in by mentioning the bills Democrats passed and why they’re not law today, summarizing nearly two years of legislative action in just a few sentences.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
At the Races: Will there still be balloons?
Pat Roberts’ seat were probably sighing in relief today — again — that he lost the Aug. 4 primary.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Kasich speech to Democratic convention follows years of building conservative credentials
“Times that call for all of us to take off our partisan hats and put our nation first, for ourselves and, of course, for our children.”
Opinion · 116th Congress
With silencing of speech, is America entering Orwellian territory?
John Stuart Mill argued that speech gives us the opportunity to listen, to debate and understand differing views and ideas. More, not less, speech leads to rationality and liberty.
Congress · 116th Congress
Lowey’s would-be successors use spending bills to make their cases
Lowey’s farewell speech to panel colleagues had a message for those vying to succeed her as the committee’s top Democrat — there are Republicans, there are Democrats and then there are appropriators.
Congress · 116th Congress
D.C. Circuit nominee sails through confirmation hearing amid pandemic rancor
hearing turned into a proxy fight over Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s legislative priorities during the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, including the race to fill federal judicial vacancies with President
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate squabbles over coronavirus stimulus reach fever pitch
The Kansas Republican cited a quote he has displayed on his desk from former President Lyndon B.
Congress · 116th Congress
Lawmakers use Supreme Court case to press abortion views
Schumer said when he paused his speech because of the noise and pointed to the anti-abortion rally. “Oh, those are the bad guys.”
Congress · 116th Congress
Pelosi defends ripping Trump’s speech as message to American people about SOTU falsehoods
up the speech.
Congress · 116th Congress
Impeachment news roundup: Feb. 5
Senators today took one more opportunity to explain their planned votes and offered their opinion on the president and investigation into his conduct.
Congress · 116th Congress
Impeachment news roundup: Feb. 3
Both sides in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial delivered their closing arguments today, with Democrats defending their case — and staff members — while the president’s team repeated their
Opinion · 116th Congress
The Bolton bombshell and the moral lessons of Watergate
When their obituaries appeared, they were primarily familiar to those of us who once wallowed in Watergate.