In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was one bright spot that was almost entirely overshadowed: For the first time in decades, Congress passed legislation addressing America’s out of control gun violence. The bill, Bipartisan ...
America needs more civics classes We need more civics, history and government classes in our schools. When you compare the annual federal budgets for education, as a nation, for every $50 we spend on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), we spend 5 cents on civics. After years ...
At the end of March, Rep. David McKinley cosponsored the House version of the Safeguarding Treatment for the Restoration of Ecosystems from Abandoned Mines Act (STREAM Act). The bill is simple, but important. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (usually referred to as the ...
Yesterday, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed by the Senate, in a 53-47 vote, to take over for Justice Stephen Breyer when he retires this summer. It was a rare and welcome show of bipartisanship. Republican centrists Sens. Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney voted with ...
Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia likely killed the Biden administration’s nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin to the Federal Reserve Board. Manchin cited Raskin’s opposition to carbon-based fuels as the primary reason that he could not support her. “Her previous public statements have ...
Russia has invaded Ukraine. The news was not shocking — U.S. intelligence had been warning of an imminent invasion for weeks — but it was no less upsetting. Many of us fear this is the beginning of World War III. At the moment, this is primarily a fight between Russia and ...