by Melinda Burrell Rep. Kevin Crutchfield, Republican from North Carolina’s 83rd district, strode to the back of the state legislature building. Four House pages were seated there, high school students who help out at the state legislature. “What’s one thing you’ve learned ...
A Republican and a Dem County Chair test a theory by Melinda Burrell Heads probably turned as we entered the red brick town house in Warrenton, Va., on a warm September morning. It happened to be the headquarters of the Fauquier County Republican Committee. Its chairman, Greg ...
by Steven Roberts After negotiating a deal with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to avoid a catastrophic default on America’s debt, President Biden observed: “Now, this agreement represents a compromise, which means not everyone gets what they want. That’s the responsibility of ...
As the debt ceiling showdown moves toward the critical stages, a bipartisan House group has offered a path forward on another controversial issue: immigration. Last Tuesday, a handful of Democrats and Republicans in the lower chamber announced they would introduce the Dignity Act, ...
by Clive Crook A lot can happen between now and next year’s election, but President Joe Biden’s decision to run and former President Donald Trump’s barely diminished standing with Republicans make a repeat of their 2020 contest quite likely. Pause for a moment to consider this ...
From the beginning, politics has always been a contact sport with competing interests attempting to achieve power over each other. A friend recently said to me he has never seen it so bad as it is today. The friend appears to be in his 50s, so he missed the divisions caused by the ...