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Oct 29 2014
News
The Tiebreaker: Biden's New Role If Senate Splits
It's the stuff of a campaign manager's dream: The sitting vice president, in the midst of his own run for president, dashes across Pennsylvania Avenue and bursts into the Senate to cast the deciding vote on make-or-break legislation, saving the day for his party while C-SPAN cameras capture the moment.
For Joe Biden, it could become a reality — in the event of a deadlocked Senate after
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Aug 07 2020
News
Why Black Workers Will Hurt the Most if Congress Doesn’t Extend Jobless Benefits
When Congress expanded unemployment insurance this year to meet the staggering economic toll of the pandemic, it had one less-noticed effect: It made America’s fractured jobless benefits system more fair.
Starting in April, the federal government provided $600 weekly payments to unemployed workers in addition to state jobless benefits, smoothing sharp differences between more and less
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Jul 14 2015
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Voices: Wisconsin's schizo politics a study in polarization
Ever since I lived in this idyllic city between two lakes as a graduate student in the 1970s, I have been fascinated — and perplexed — by Wisconsin's schizophrenic political personality.
How is it possible for the same state to be the home of Robert "Fighting Bob" La Follette, the iconic populist senator and Progressive Party presidential candidate in 1924, and Joe McCarthy, the hard-
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Sep 27 2019
News
The Whistleblower Complaint Against Trump is Released
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
THE QUICK FACTS
On Thursday, The House Intelligence Committee released the official 9-page whistleblower complaint that has led to an official impeachment inquiry of President Trump. In the complaint, the whistleblower provides substantial new Abridge News![](https://www.allsides.com/sites/default/files/bias-allsides-new-12_0.png)
Apr 08 2020
News
Bernie Sanders’s Allies Aim to Keep Shaking Up Democratic Party
Supporters of Vermont senator acknowledge he is unlikely to win presidential nomination, but they say ‘he’s no longer just a lone voice’
Bernie Sanders’s allies, aware their preferred candidate is unlikely to win the Democratic nomination, are now aiming to cement his legacy as the politician who pushed the party to the left on health care, climate and more.
For now, they are
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Dec 12 2019
News
House panel battles over impeachment articles against Trump
The U.S. House of Representatives moved closer on Thursday to the impeachment of Republican President Donald Trump, as a committee considered formal charges against him that are likely to be sent to the House for a final vote next week.
The House Judiciary Committee is expected to approve two articles of impeachment later on Thursday, which will allow a vote by the Democratic-controlled
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Apr 03 2019
News
Biden's Behavior Under Scrutiny
“On Friday, former Nevada assemblywoman Lucy Flores recalled a 2014 campaign event where Biden approached her from behind, smelled her hair and kissed her head… [Since then] a second woman has come forward, claiming former Vice President Joe Biden touched her inappropriately at a political event. Former congressional aide Amy Lappos told the Hartford Courant that Biden reached for her face and
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Sep 26 2019
News
Democrats call whistleblower complaint ‘deeply disturbing’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats who reviewed a secret whistleblower complaint involving President Donald Trump Wednesday called it “deeply disturbing” and said it gives them new leads to pursue as they consider impeachment.
The complaint from an intelligence community whistleblower, the document at the center of a firestorm about Trump’s handling of Ukraine, was made available to members of
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May 23 2020
Opinion
Biden’s Progressive Gamble
A few hours after this column appears on the internet, more than 30 liberal activists will meet online to plan your future. The gathering is called the "Friday Morning Group." It comprises, according to the New York Times, "influential figures at labor unions, think tanks, and other progressive institutions." These influential figures, the Times goes on, believe that when Democrats last had
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Nov 17 2020
News
Post-Election Calls for Unity
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
THE QUICK FACTS
On November 7, President-Elect Joe Biden used his victory speech to pledge to unite the country, calling upon Americans to "put away the harsh rhetoric" and "listen to each other again."A pre-election Pew Abridge News![](https://www.allsides.com/sites/default/files/bias-allsides-new-12_0.png)