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Nancy Pelosi
Government Shutdown and Debt Default ‘Cliffs’ Loom Ahead There is an awful lot going on in Congress, but keeping the federal government going and paying its obligations have to come first.
impeachment
Aug. 31, 2021
Will Republicans Try to Impeach Biden Over Afghanistan? Kevin McCarthy would like to keep his powder dry, but the MAGA folk are restless.
the national interest
Aug. 24, 2021
Why Pelosi and Moderate Democrats Are in a Standoff Over Biden’s Agenda Pelosi will try to pick off enough moderate rebels to get a budget resolution passed, but she may have to cut deals and shift her timetable.
2022 midterms
Aug. 20, 2021
Democrats Should (Privately) Write Off 2022 and Just Govern When the deal goes down on Biden’s agenda in Congress, vulnerable Democrats should not be given bragging rights for thwarting their own party.
Democrats in Congress Need to Cut to the Chase With a Deal on Everything It’s time for Democrats to stop threatening each other over infrastructure and reconciliation and pass Biden’s agenda, before it’s too late.
Manchin and Sinema Prepare Their New Demands for Fellow Democrats While the Democratic centrists voted for the budget blueprint, they want potentially conflicting concessions for their votes on the final product.
Senate Passes Infrastructure Bill, Moves On to Budget All Democrats and 19 Republicans voted “aye.” Now the GOP can point to this show of bipartisanship as they block various budget votes ahead.
eviction moratorium
Aug. 3, 2021
Cori Bush Protest Exposes White House Screwups on Eviction Moratorium Her reasonable demands are the least the Biden administration can do.
kamala harris
Aug. 3, 2021
Is Kamala Harris’s Popularity Level a Problem for Democrats? Much of the claim that Harris is deeply and increasingly unpopular doesn’t bear scrutiny, particularly coming from fans of less popular Republicans.
Congress Considers Emergency Eviction Moratorium As CDC Authority Lapses Biden dithered about his legal authority to keep evictions frozen, and now the deadline is here — though some states are acting on their own.
A Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Moves Forward in the Senate There may trouble down the road with centrist Dems complaining about the bill’s size, but a motion to advance it to a final debate passed 67 to 32.
voter suppression
July 26, 2021
J.D. Vance: How About We Give Parents Extra Votes? The Senate candidate’s trollish proposal is just the flip side of Republicans’ usual thinking on voter suppression.
A Brief Guide to Congress’s Packed Summer Schedule With conflicting reports on late-night talks and meaningless failed votes, it’s hard to track what Congress is doing. Here’s their pre-recess plan.
Pelosi and McCarthy Joust Over GOP Participation in January 6 Panel McCarthy picked two MAGA hard-liners for the committee. Pelosi vetoed them, so all the GOP nominees quit. And now we have another stalemate.
Bill Aims to Keep Trump From Becoming House Speaker Democrats could bar Trump and other nonmembers from serving as Speaker, but they may not want to draw attention to the zany proposal.
Everything You Need to Know About the 2021 Child Tax Credit A guide to when parents can access their monthly benefits, why it may be wise to opt out, and how the program could become permanent.
democrats in disarray
July 15, 2021
Primary Voters Should Decide the Direction of the Democratic Party Those waging factional battles over who should represent safe districts should defer to the wisdom of actual voters.
Senate Dems Start Loading a $3.5 Trillion Bazooka to Pass Biden’s Agenda A new agreement would dodge a Republican filibuster to expand the welfare state, but many issues are yet to be resolved.
capitol riot
July 1, 2021
Kevin McCarthy Between Rock and a Wild Place on January 6 Inquiry The minority leader opposes GOP cooperation with a select committee that his most out-of-control members want to join. He has no great options.
House Democrats Can Blow Up Biden’s Agenda, Too Joe Manchin and other Senate centrists get all the flak, but it would only take five rebel Democrats to derail key House votes.
infrastructure
June 24, 2021
‘We Have a Deal’: Biden Endorses Senators’ Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan The deal can only hang together if Democrats, including Joe Manchin, can unite around a reconciliation bill to enact the rest of Biden’s agenda.
capitol riot
June 24, 2021
Pelosi Announces Select Committee to Investigate Capitol Riot Since Senate Republicans killed an independent commission, Democrats will convene their own panel to investigate the events of January 6.
Ilhan Omar Backs Down In Latest Blowup With Democrats The congresswoman’s remarks about Israel, Hamas, the U.S., and the Taliban were taken out of context, and she was forced to issue a “clarification.”
When Will Congress Move on Biden’s Agenda? Democrats’ timetable has slowed, as they are pursuing bipartisan deals and haven’t settled on a legislative strategy. But it will be a busy summer.
derek chauvin trial
Apr. 20, 2021
Democrats Defeat Maxine Waters Censure Resolution Over Chauvin Verdict A Republican exercise in whataboutism aimed at distracting attention from January 6 failed.
5 Revelations From John Boehner’s New Memoir In On the House , the former Speaker praises Nancy Pelosi’s “killer instinct,” unloads on Ted Cruz, and claims Mark Meadows once begged on his knees.
McConnell Howls About Court-packing Just As Pelosi Nixes It It’s a good example of how smears of the opposing party can run abruptly into countervailing reality.
Democrats’ Control of the House Is Increasingly Fragile Resignations and a death have left Pelosi with a shrinking majority until special elections fill the vacancies.
2022 midterms
Mar. 29, 2021
Watch Democratic Retirements for Clues About House Midterms History suggests it will be tough for Democrats to hang on to their narrow House majority in 2022. But open seats will be especially hard to defend.
capitol riot
Mar. 26, 2021
January 6 Commission Dies, As Republicans Oppose Focus on January 6 With the GOP demanding an investigation of left-wing violence unrelated to the Capitol riot, Pelosi is shifting to a regular House investigation.
What Will Be in the Next Big Democratic Bill? Deciding what can and can’t go into the next budget reconciliation bill will be a real and consequential puzzle for Democrats.
insurrection
Feb. 15, 2021
Nancy Pelosi Vows to Launch ‘9/11-Type Commission’ to Investigate Capitol Riot Already, there is bipartisan support for such an outside investigation, which would help answer the many unknowns surrounding the January 6 attack.
impeachment
Feb. 12, 2021
The Timeline for Trump’s Second Impeachment Trial The schedule and structure have been set, and the whole thing could be over in less than a week.
impeachment
Feb. 12, 2021
Trump’s Defense for Inciting the Mob: Everybody’s Fighting! A video of Democrats saying the words fight or fighting was put together by his lawyers, likely for Trump’s entertainment.
american rescue plan
Feb. 5, 2021
Democrats Get Down to Writing Biden’s Stimulus Bill Now comes the hard part: writing Biden’s plans into legislation, and getting a reconciliation bill through a narrowly divided Congress.
marjorie taylor greene
Feb. 4, 2021
House Bars Marjorie Taylor Greene From Committees Over Hateful Rhetoric Because of her rhetoric, Greene will not join the House Budget Committee and the House Education and Labor Committee as originally planned.
budget reconciliation
Feb. 2, 2021
What Is Budget Reconciliation and Why Does It Matter for Biden’s Agenda? For 40 years, reconciliation has provided a way to bypass the Senate filibuster. It may be crucial for passing Biden’s stimulus plan.
covid-19 stimulus
Feb. 1, 2021
Republicans Offer Another Very Skinny Stimulus Proposal Biden has agreed to talk to the Republican senators, but a deal is unlikely unless he maintains the freedom to quickly follow up with a partisan bill.
impeachment trial
Jan. 21, 2021
A McConnell-Backed Trump Conviction Is Just Fantasy Conviction in Trump’s impeachment trial was always a long shot. Now momentum is waning, as GOP senators aren’t onboard and McConnell won’t herd them.
Biden Will Run a Very Un-Waspy Government Women, Blacks, Latinos, Catholics, and Jews: This ain’t your grandfather’s Cabinet.
we meet again
Jan. 13, 2021
Nancy Pelosi Wore Her Impeachment Suit Again It’s the same thing she wore to the last impeachment — a subtle sartorial dig.
capitol riot
Jan. 7, 2021
Is There Really Enough Time to Impeach and Remove Trump? There may be a point to doing this beyond throwing him out of the White House two weeks early.
Nancy Pelosi Is Narrowly Reelected House Speaker With 216 votes to her Republican opponent’s 209, the Democrat secured another term as leader of the House.
coronavirus stimulus
Dec. 30, 2020
Will We Get a Second Round of COVID-19 Stimulus Checks? The second stimulus bill signed by Trump on Sunday includes $600 checks for Americans eligible for the $1,200 payments in the CARES Act.
Pelosi Tries to Embarrass Trump Backers With Vote on $2,000 Stimulus Checks Democrats staged a show vote on the president’s demand, which by passing the House could create a very awkward vote for Senate Republicans.
covid-19 stimulus
Dec. 21, 2020
Second Stimulus Deal May Be Last Gasp of Bipartisanship Democratic underperformance in the election and Republican underestimation of the pandemic made a deal possible. But don’t count on much else.
coronavirus stimulus
Dec. 17, 2020
Congress Close to a Deal on Second Stimulus Package: What We Know With time running out, the two parties appear near a compromise attached to a stopgap spending bill.
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