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coronavirus stimulus
July 21, 2020
Republican COVID-19 Stimulus Talks Have Stalled After dawdling for months, the White House and Senate Republicans aren’t on the same page at all.
vision 2020
July 16, 2020
Why Doesn’t Trump Spend the Tax Dollars Necessary to Save His Presidency? Trump and Republicans don’t have the courage or imagination to work with Democrats to improve conditions in the country for their own benefit.
What Would a Democratic ‘Tsunami’ in November Look Like? A big Biden win would result in a takeover of the Senate and state legislature gains just in time for redistricting.
Republicans Defend Confederate Statues in the Capitol While Democrats say that 11 traitors who fought their country to defend and expand slavery don’t need to be commemorated in the Capitol.
george floyd
June 9, 2020
Republicans Are Trying to Force the House to Vote in Person The “reopen America” message trumps generations of anti-Washington rhetoric.
coronavirus stimulus
May 15, 2020
Republicans Plan to Ignore House Democrats’ Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Senate Republicans have decided they aren’t negotiating at the moment, so don’t expect any further relief legislation until June, at the earliest.
coronavirus stimulus
May 14, 2020
Dems Nix Anti-Recession Policy After Learning It Would Help Too Many People Pelosi cut automatic stabilizers from her party’s messaging bill because a CBO score made the policy look expensive (because it helps so many).
No Plans in Coronavirus-Infected White House for President Pelosi If they’re going to court disaster by eschewing health precautions, Trump and Pence need to plan for what they’ll do if it strikes.
stimulus legislation
May 14, 2020
Trump to Pelosi: I’ll Help GOP Governors If You Cut Taxes on Rich The president is open to providing a little more aid to states (something many Republicans want) in exchange for capital gains tax cuts.
coronavirus stimulus
May 13, 2020
Senate Republicans Want to Protect Corporations in Any New Stimulus Deal While calling for a pause in stimulus legislation, Republicans do hear cries for help from corporate leaders, which may make them cut a deal.
coronavirus stimulus
May 12, 2020
House Democrats Open Bidding on the Next Stimulus Round With $3 Trillion Bill Pelosi’s proposal includes a new round of checks for individuals, and a big new fund for state and local governments.
2020 elections
May 6, 2020
Six Months From the Election, Pelosi’s Gavel Seems Secure With limited presidential momentum, a deficit in open seats, and a gap in the generic ballot, Republicans won’t take the House until at least 2022.
vision 2020
Apr. 28, 2020
I Love Hillary Clinton — But She Should Stay Far, Far Away From Biden’s Campaign Clinton should have a role in a Biden administration if she wants one. But proximity to his campaign can only hurt him.
vision 2020
Apr. 27, 2020
Congress Should Act Now If It Wants to Make Voting by Mail Happen The debate over the issue could soon be moot, as time runs out for making the necessary changes in rules and infrastructure.
coronavirus stimulus
Apr. 16, 2020
Tense Negotiations Continue Over Next Round of Stimulus Democrats are hoping that Republicans budge on more money for state and local governments.
stimulus legislation
Apr. 10, 2020
Dems Must Not Approve Further Stimulus Until These 3 Demands Are Met The party must seize its last, best chance to protect the integrity of our elections and honor the sacrifices of essential workers.
the national interest
Apr. 3, 2020
GOP’s Refusal to Oversee Trump’s Emergency Power Is an Invitation to Corruption Trump labels any oversight of his power a “witch hunt,” and his party is going along.
coronavirus
Mar. 27, 2020
House Passes $2.2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus Bill President Trump is expected to sign the bill Friday afternoon.
coronavirus
Mar. 26, 2020
House to Socially Distance While Voting for Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Thomas Massie is opposing a unanimous consent agreement, and could force a roll-call vote under exceptional health precautions.
coronavirus
Mar. 25, 2020
Senate Reaches Deal on $2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Democrats won oversight of corporate loans, beefed-up unemployment insurance, and direct aid to hospitals and state and local governments.
the national interest
Mar. 22, 2020
Democrats Should Vote Down Trump’s Corrupt Stimulus Slush Fund Mitch McConnell wants to give Trump $500 billion to hand out as he pleases.
coronavirus
Mar. 20, 2020
McConnell Prefers to Slow Down Slo-Mo Senate Rather Than Voting Remotely The already-languorous upper chamber will take even longer to vote as a form of social distancing.
Democrats Need to Stop Worrying and Give Everyone Free Money It’s more important for economic relief to be rapid and comprehensive than precisely targeted.
vision 2020
Mar. 18, 2020
What If Trump Tried to Cancel the November Election? Trump can’t really cancel a constitutionally mandated general election, but could make voting difficult and trigger a court fight and a fresh crisis.
coronavirus
Mar. 13, 2020
Pelosi Gets Deal With Trump on Coronavirus Economic Response It took some Democratic concessions and white-knuckle negotiations, but Pelosi got paid leave, free testing, and other benefits.
coronavirus
Mar. 12, 2020
GOP in Disarray As House Nears Vote on Coronavirus Relief Bill Trump won’t talk to Pelosi, so negotiations with the administration are indirect.
Lawmakers Push for Recess Amid Coronavirus Outbreak: Report Capitol Hill is getting anxious about the arrival of coronavirus.
Who Really Thinks the Future Is Female? Today, AOC endorsed an all-female slate of progressive candidates. Nancy Pelosi chose to back a sitting congressman with anti-choice views.
the national interest
Feb. 7, 2020
Trump Avoids Handshake With Pelosi at State of the Union The president appeared to ignore an attempted handshake from Speaker Pelosi, who infamously dressed Trump down at a White House meeting in October.
Nancy Pelosi Destroys Trump’s State of the Union Speech (Literally) Enjoy this incredibly satisfying video of her ripping it into pieces.
Nancy Pelosi Rips Up Trump’s State of the Union Speech The Speaker of the House stood up and tore the president’s prepared remarks in half, later calling it “the courteous thing to do.”
trump impeachment
Jan. 21, 2020
The Impeachment Process Explained: What Happens to Trump Now? Everything you need to know about the next steps in the Senate, and the consequences Trump might face.
capitol report
Jan. 16, 2020
What It’s Like to Manage an Impeachment Trial in the U.S. Senate “This is on live TV with a billion people watching. If I say anything stupid my grandkids are going to be seeing it on the History Channel.”
impeachment
Jan. 15, 2020
House Votes to Send Impeachment Articles to Senate Now the impeachment focus really will shift to the Senate.
impeachment
Jan. 13, 2020
It’s Time for Pelosi and McConnell to Make Some Big Impeachment Trial Decisions The impeachment trial schedule should be set by week’s end, and the initial skirmishing in the Senate over rules will soon begin.
capitol beat
Jan. 10, 2020
McConnell’s Senate Trial Rules: ‘No One Is Going to See Until We’re Underway’ The GOP leader has said that the blueprint will be the rules used for the Senate trial of Clinton. But he also might be modifying them.
impeachment
Jan. 10, 2020
Pelosi Prepares for Presentation of Impeachment Articles As Early As Next Week Looks like a trial could begin as soon as the week of January 20, unless Pelosi has another trick up her sleeve.
McConnell Says Trump Trial Could Begin Next Week, Pelosi Says Not So Fast Once articles of impeachment are formally presented in the Senate, a trial begins right away.
House Republicans Want to Add Some Crazy to Trump Trial Defense McConnell is struggling to keep Trump’s acquittal minimally dignified, but his president and allies in the House have other ideas.
House Vote Is Unlikely to Curb Trump’s War Powers on Iran Thanks to many years of Congress ceding war-making powers to the commander-in-chief, Democrats have been left with a very weak hand.
McConnell Has the Votes to Begin Impeachment Trial Without Witnesses Neither Pelosi’s hold on articles of impeachment nor Bolton’s offer to testify shook Republican unity on beginning the trial without a witness deal.
Bolton’s Offer to Testify May Not Be a Game-Changer Just Yet Nobody really knows what he will say, and the battle over witnesses in an impeachment trial is far from resolved.
House to Vote to Limit Trump’s Authority to Wage War on Iran The House will vote on a War Powers Resolution to cut off Trump’s authority to engage Iran after 30 days unless he seeks congressional approval.
vision 2020
Dec. 30, 2019
My Existential Dread of 2020 The long-awaited reckoning with Trumpism is about to arrive.
trump impeachment
Dec. 26, 2019
agents of change
Dec. 23, 2019
Why New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew Ditched the Democrats and Sided With Trump “I’m sure it made him feel good temporarily, but I don’t think Trump makes friends well, and doesn’t keep them well.”
interesting times
Dec. 20, 2019
Andrew Sullivan: What We Know About Trump Going Into 2020 He changed American politics in some foundational — even productive — ways. But we can’t let him destroy our political institutions.
impeachment
Dec. 19, 2019
Pelosi Hints at Delaying Senate Trial; McConnell Says ‘I’m in No Hurry’ This looks like a game of chicken that will probably end in the January trial we’ve expected all along.
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