Days before the federal government is expected to shutter its doors, the media’s attention has been focused on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and his raucous caucus.
Reneging on an agreement reached with President Biden last June to raise the debt ceiling and establish spending levels for the next fiscal year, McCarthy has yielded to the extreme Republican wing, which is demanding a shutdown showdown.
The de facto leader of the far-right win...
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Government shutdown lessons for the GOP
The Republican-led House of Representatives and the Democratic-led Senate are at a budget impasse once again, which could lead to a government shutdown at the end of the month. A group of conservative and mainstream House Republicans reportedly worked out an agreement over the weekend to fund the government through October through a continuing resolution, but it appears that some far-right House Freedom Caucus members are panning the deal. A few are even arguing that a government shutdo...
Government shutdown lessons for the GOP
The Republican-led House of Representatives and the Democratic-led Senate are at a budget impasse once again, which could lead to a government shutdown at the end of the month. A group of conservative and mainstream House Republicans reportedly worked out an agreement over the weekend to fund the government through October through a continuing resolution, but it appears that some far-right House Freedom Caucus members are panning the deal. A few are even arguing that a government shutdo...
Congress needs to follow Mitt Romney’s example, and let a new generation lead
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), 83, has served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 35 years, including eight as the first woman Speaker and third in line to the presidency. She has been inducted into the National Woman's Hall of Fame. Among many other achievements, she was instrumental in winning Congress's approval of the Affordable Care Act and the American Rescue Plan.
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) was the Republican nominee for president in 2012. Utah's voters elected him ...
Congress needs to follow Mitt Romney’s example, and let a new generation lead
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), 83, has served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 35 years, including eight as the first woman Speaker and third in line to the presidency. She has been inducted into the National Woman's Hall of Fame. Among many other achievements, she was instrumental in winning Congress's approval of the Affordable Care Act and the American Rescue Plan.
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) was the Republican nominee for president in 2012. Utah's voters elected him ...
No point at all: Please just end the daily White House press briefing
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has demonstrated once again why it's time to do away with the insulting spectacle known as the White House daily press briefing.
Rather than serve the public interest, the daily briefing has become a venue for White House propaganda. It has also become a springboard for shrewd, self-serving reporters who see the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room as a shortcut to easy notoriety. It has been this way for many years. It is...
Is Bernie Sanders the new healthcare pragmatist?
It is hard to find someone I agree with less than Bernie Sanders, particularly in my own area of healthcare. But increasingly, I find myself agreeing with him on significant healthcare issues.
Is Bernie Sanders becoming the ultimate healthcare pragmatist — wanting good progress even as his deepest healthcare desires do not seem achievable?
Things seem to be pointing this way, especially with his recent announcement regarding the need to tackle the primary care cris...
Feehery: 5 ways Democrats can beat Trump
It now looks inevitable that Donald Trump will be reelected to the White House, mostly because the Democrats have done a terrible job of running against him.
I would prefer Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) over Trump because he is more conservative. But in a match-up against President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, California Gov. Gavin Newsom or just about any other Democrat, I would vote for Trump.
Dysfunctional capitalists are better than fully functio...
Feehery: 5 ways Democrats can beat Trump
It now looks inevitable that Donald Trump will be reelected to the White House, mostly because the Democrats have done a terrible job of running against him.
I would prefer Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) over Trump because he is more conservative. But in a match-up against President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, California Gov. Gavin Newsom or just about any other Democrat, I would vote for Trump.
Dysfunctional capitalists are better than fully functio...
Third-party presidential candidates who changed American history
Democrats are very worried that a third-party presidential candidate backed by the group No Labels could cost Joe Biden the 2024 presidential election — handing victory to the Republican candidate, possibly former President Donald Trump. Democrats are right to be worried … but Republicans should be worried too.
Although third-party candidates are fairly common in U.S. presidential elections — as well as other federal and state elections — they seldom have much of an effect on ...