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Jan 22 2021
Analysis
How Biden Plans to Beat Republican Obstructionism
History suggests that Joe Biden and the Democrats are going to have a tough two years and a disaster in the midterms. Here’s their plan to avoid that.
Joe biden’s team is planning a party. His inauguration on Wednesday, held under threat from the coronavirus and pro-Trump extremists, wasn’t much of a celebration. But the Biden administration hopes that January 20, 2022—a year from now—
The AtlanticNov 26 2019
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Dem Rep. Brenda Lawrence No Longer Supports Trump Impeachment
A Democrat in the House has changed her mind on the impeachment probe of President Donald Trump and does not want to see him removed from office.
Rep. Brenda Lawrence, D-Mich., spoke with Michigan radio host Charlie LeDuff and said she can't "see the value" in removing Trump from office — particularly with an election less than a year away.
"We are so close to an election,"
Newsmax (News)May 16 2013
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Obamacare: 3 years in, it faces steep challenges
The Affordable Care Act is sure to survive the latest vote scheduled for Thursday by the House of Representatives to repeal it — since the Senate doesn't plan to take it up and President Obama would veto it if it somehow reached his desk — but the administration's signature legislative achievement still faces serious perils ahead.
Americans have a dimmer view of the health care law now
USA TODAYFeb 26 2020
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Supreme Court Turns To Immigration With 2 Major Cases
Immigration and border-patrol issues took center stage at the U.S. Supreme Court in two cases on Tuesday.
A sharply divided court first ruled that the parents of a Mexican boy shot and killed by a U.S. border patrol agent cannot sue the officer who killed their son. Then, the court heard arguments in a free-speech case that will determine whether people who encourage illegal immigrants
NPR (Online News)Feb 12 2014
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'Clean' debt-ceiling hike clears House, heads to Senate
A divided U.S. House voted Tuesday to let the government borrow enough money to pay its bills for the next year, sending the measure to the Senate in an effort by Republican leaders to avoid another politically damaging legislative impasse over spending. In the 221-201 vote, less than three dozen of the majority House Republicans joined almost all of the chamber's 200 Democrats to pass the
CNN DigitalDec 08 2021
Perspectives Blog
How Public Support for Legalizing Marijuana Use Has Shifted
American public opinion on legalizing marijuana has shifted drastically over the past couple decades: from just 31% support in 2000, to 68% support in 2021, according to Gallup (Center bias). Majority support for legalizing the psychoactive drug happened for the first time around 2013, and has grown since.
This comes as the number of people who say they’ve tried marijuana also
Andrew WeinzierlMay 13 2020
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Democrats ruining the economy by fighting to keep lockdowns, Republicans say
Republicans say Democrats fighting to keep tight pandemic lockdowns are cratering the economy. The GOP strategy is to prevent President Trump shouldering the blame if there is now turnaround before Election Day.
Concern has soared within the previously confident Republican establishment about Trump’s prospects against Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee. Fears are tracking
Washington ExaminerApr 29 2019
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If Mueller Report Was 'Tip Of The Iceberg,' What More Is Lurking Unseen?
If the political interference documented in special counsel Robert Mueller's report was just the "tip of the iceberg," what else is lurking out of sight beneath the surface?
That was the question posed by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in a speech in New York City, one in which he defended his handling of the Russia investigation and suggested there could be much more to it
NPR (Online News)Oct 28 2020
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First Thing election special: if Biden wins, what will his first 100 days look like?
If Joe Biden defeats Donald Trump next week, he will take office during a global pandemic and America’s most serious economic crisis for a century. And when he’s dealt with those, he will still have to rebuild US relationships abroad, grapple with the nation’s increasingly dysfunctional democratic institutions – and face the existential threat of climate change.
Few presidents have
The GuardianFeb 18 2020
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Democrats worried about Trump's growing strength
Senate Democrats are privately acknowledging that President Trump will be very tough to beat in November if the economy stays strong and he draws on the substantial advantages of running as an incumbent.
Publicly, Democratic lawmakers are putting on a brave face, but behind closed doors anxiety is mounting over the unraveling of former Vice President Joe Biden’s White House bid and the
The Hill