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Aug 06 2016
News
Some Bernie Sanders Supporters Finding A New Home Within The Green Party
At the Green Party national convention in Houston, Bernie Sanders may have been mentioned more often so far than the party's own presumptive nominee, Dr. Jill Stein.
The progressive third party has a rare opportunity to expand their reach by picking off disaffected supporters of the Vermont senator. The group had planned to have about 250 people at their quadrennial gathering, but
NPR (Online News)Apr 15 2019
News
Robert Mueller's Russia Report Is Coming Thursday. Here's What You Need To Know
The Justice Department says it plans to release special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Thursday morning. Here's what you need to know.
Mueller was appointed in the spring of 2017 to investigate whether President Trump's campaign conspired with the Russian interference in the 2016 election.
The fact of the interference itself had been long established, and last month Attorney
NPR (Online News)Jan 22 2020
Analysis
Black lawmakers’ presidential endorsements are the most spread-out they’ve been in recent history
Nearly half of black Americans are solidly behind one Democratic presidential candidate — former vice president Joe Biden, according to the most recent Washington Post/Ipsos poll. And there’s significant support — 20 percent — behind Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) among black voters. But black lawmakers — and some rather high-profile ones — are making headlines for the diversity of their support
Washington PostMar 13 2019
News
GOP seizes on Pelosi's position on impeachment
Republicans are seizing on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) comments pumping the brakes on impeaching President Trump — and their reaction could exacerbate Democratic tensions on the issue.
Some supporters of the president argue that Pelosi’s comments, in a Washington Post interview, are tantamount to admitting there is insufficient evidence to launch impeachment proceedings.
The HillJul 09 2012
News
Obama calls for Bush tax cut extensions for those making less than $250,000
President Barack Obama called Monday for Congress to pass a one-year extension of the Bush-era tax cuts for people earning less than $250,000 a year. "I believe prosperity comes from an economy that's built on a strong and growing middle class," Obama said at the White House, with people described as working Americans standing behind him. In addition, an Obama campaign official said the
CNN DigitalOct 01 2019
Opinion
In Today's America, Everybody Who Disagrees with You is a Traitor
Throwing the word "treason" around, unmoored from its actual meaning, is a weapon for delegitimizing political opposition and dissent.
With a little over a year to go before the next presidential election, politicians, pundits, and political players have grown comfortable yelling "treason" in each other's faces. That's a problem. Except in those rare circumstances when the charge is
ReasonNov 11 2014
News
Republicans Vow to Fight E.P.A. and Approve Keystone Pipeline
The new Republican Congress is headed for a clash with the White House over two ambitious Environmental Protection Agency regulations that are the heart of President Obama’s climate change agenda.
Senator Mitch McConnell, the next majority leader, has already vowed to fight the rules, which could curb planet-warming carbon pollution but ultimately shut down coal-fired power plants in
New York Times (News)Jun 13 2013
News
Grassley immigration amendment tabled
An amendment to the Senate's immigration reform plan that would have required strict border controls be in place before undocumented immigrants are able to begin the process that could lead to citizenship was tabled Thursday.
Democrats and a few Republicans voted 57-43 to table the measure, proposed by Republican Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa,
Democrats, who oppose the Grassley
CNN DigitalNov 30 2012
News
House passes bill to cancel diversity visa lottery
The House voted Friday to cancel the annual diversity visa lottery and give those immigration visas to high-tech foreign-born who earn advanced degrees from American universities, as Republicans powered through their chamber the first major immigration bill since the election.
Washington TimesJun 11 2014
News
Cutting the U.S. Budget Would Help the Economy Grow
As the House and Senate budget conference meets to decide the fiscal course of the United States, lawmakers should focus on reducing federal spending. Federal spending is growing rapidly and will accelerate outside the 10-year budget window. Even though tax revenues are projected to grow faster than spending over the next decade, the nation faces chronic and increasing deficits. Research finds
The Heritage Foundation