by Patricia Lopez In a fit of pique, stung by their inability to take action on the border crisis, House Republicans have resorted to their usual go-to moves: distraction and […]
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Republicans want the border to bleed
If House Republicans succeed in sinking the strongest border enforcement bill in a generation, they can go back to playtime, impeaching Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and spreading weird stuff about […]
Tentative CTC deal would help working families and the economy
It isn’t often that a shift in federal tax policy has an immediate, positive and widespread impact on America’s struggling working families. And it’s perhaps even more rare in today’s […]
PRESS Act: What it means for journalists & America
There must have been a strange and rare alignment of stars on Jan. 18, because on that day, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protect Reporters from Exploitative State […]
Makes economic sense to expand CTC
by Karl W. Smith Congressional leaders are reported to be close to a deal that would restore President Joe Biden’s 2021 expansion of the child tax credit in exchange for […]
There’s no emergency response plan for this government crisis
by Kevin Frazier Has it ever struck you as odd that cavemen didn’t have fire departments? After all, they discovered fire, right? The absence of this emergency service, though, makes […]
U.S. bombing Houthis latest example of Congress sidelined for military action
by Daniel DePetris President Joe Biden’s decision to order a wave of strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen was inevitable the moment the Yemeni militia disregarded Washington’s warnings a week […]
Senate adopts resolution urging Congress to reform energy project-permitting process
MORGANTOWN — Senate President Craig Blair stepped down from the president’s dais Monday morning to promote a resolution urging the federal government to reform its energy permitting process. SJR 16 […]
Can a divided Congress unite?
Fractured GOP the biggest obstacle Faced with looming deadlines to produce a federal budget, the top Republican in Congress, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and the top Democrat, Senate Majority Leader […]
Defending our own interests
by Steven Roberts America must not abandon Ukraine. Congressional Republicans who are blocking President Biden’s request for another $61 billion in aid to Kyiv are making a deeply dangerous mistake. […]
