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Contraception bill vote previews next fight over rights

It is infuriating as well as alarming that the U.S. Senate on Wednesday failed to pass the Right to Contraception Act, a straightforward bill that would guarantee a federal right to safe and legal contraception. The bill needed 60 votes to proceed but only received 51, all but two of those ...

The phantom campaigns of Joe Manchin

Current U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin recently changed his voter registration from Democrat to “unaffiliated” (aka, independent). This is noteworthy, though not surprising. Manchin has reiterated several times over the last several years that he’s felt the national Democratic Party has moved ...

April 28 letters to the editor

Senate cannot delay vote on child tax credit It is imperative for the U.S. Senate to take immediate action and expand the child tax credit. How long must families wait? Nearly two months have passed since the House passed a bipartisan child tax credit enhancement and sent it to the ...