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Dec 27 2018
Perspectives Blog
Trump and Democrats Blame Each Other as Government Shutdown Drags On
The partial government shutdown had no end in sight on Thursday as President Trump and Democrats remained at an impasse over funding for Trump's border wall. Both sides of the aisle have depicted the shutdown as needless and preventable. Some have accused Democrats of being obstructionist and weak on border security, while others have blamed Trump for upending Washington operations by John Gable, AllSides Co-founder
Oct 06 2021
Headline Roundup
Perspectives: The Senate's Debt Ceiling Standoff
Despite warnings that inaction could lead to an economic crisis, the U.S. Senate has reached a partisan impasse on suspending the debt ceiling. A short-term offer from Republicans to extend the debt limit into December is likely to be accepted by Democrats, but doesn't solve the issue of how the limit will be raised. Senate Republicans have promised for months to vote against and filibuster
538 (ABC News)
New York Times (Opinion) 
Wall Street Journal (Opinion)
Jul 19 2022
Headline Roundup
House Passes Bill to Codify Same-Sex Marriage with Large Bipartisan Support
47 House Republicans joined all Democrats on Tuesday to pass a bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and codify same-sex and interracial marriage.
The legislation, which passed 267-157, was introduced after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade last month — a move that authorized states to enforce their own abortion restrictions. While same-sex marriage became legal
Wall Street Journal (News)
Fox News (Online News) 
HuffPost
May 12 2016
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Ryan and Trump Meet
Media and protestors swarmed Capitol Hill this morning for a meeting between Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan. The meeting, held at the Republican National Committee headquarters, was said to be set with the goal of discussing differences and bridging gaps in the wake of Ryan claiming he wasn’t ready to endorse the presumptive GOP nominee. Let’s have a look at how different sides are John Gable, AllSides Co-founder
Jan 03 2019
Perspectives Blog
Democrats Take Control of House as Nancy Pelosi Assumes Speakership
As Democrats took control of the House of Representatives on Thursday, Nancy Pelosi won the speakership, vowing to focus on climate change, health care, and LGBTQ equality. Some criticized Pelosi and the Democrats for their agenda, characterizing it as fiscally irresponsible, weak on border security, and obstructionist in their plans to investigate President Trump. Others hailed the new John Gable, AllSides Co-founder
Jan 07 2023
Headline Roundup
Was the Speaker Vote Drama a Productive Debate or a Waste of Time?
After a week-long delay and fifteen rounds of voting, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives. The prolonged voting process broke a century-long one-ballot streak and sparked discussion on if the delay was a productive debate on the rules of Congress or a dysfunctional and chaotic mess.
Dysfunctional: Dana Milbank argued that the past week’s drama
Fox News (Opinion)
The Hill
Washington Post 
Mar 25 2020
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Congress, Trump Unite to Pass $2.2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus
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Updated 3/27/2020 at 4:54 p.m. ET: President Donald Trump signed a $2.2 trillion stimulus bill into law Friday afternoon, aimed at stabilizing the economy and American life amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.
The legislation — the largest of its kind in U.S. history — includes direct payments to
Henry A. Brechter
May 24 2019
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Calls for Trump Impeachment Grow
Calls for President Trump's impeachment are growing among House Democrats with the addition of Rep. Justin Amash, the first Republican congressperson to signal support for the move. Although the Mueller report did not find evidence of Trump-Russia collusion during the 2016 campaign, some say that his findings show that Trump obstructed justice, as the report alleges that the president attempted AllSides Staff
Nov 15 2021
Headline Roundup
Biden Signs $1.2T Infrastructure Bill Into Law
President Joe Biden signed his $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law Monday afternoon during a ceremony on the White House South Lawn.
The bill includes hundreds of billions of dollars for roads, bridges and water supply networks; over $100 billion billion for railways and transit; $75 billion for clean energy initiatives; and $65 billion to improve broadband
Reuters
ABC News (Online)
Washington Examiner
Jan 11 2022
Headline Roundup
Biden Backs Filibuster Reform in Voting Rights Speech
President Joe Biden backed Senate Democrats’ proposed filibuster reforms in a voting rights speech on Tuesday.
Speaking in Atlanta, Georgia at a consortium of historically black colleges and universities, Biden said Republicans had ""weaponized and abused" the filibuster, and voiced support for "changing the Senate rules whichever way they need to be changed to prevent a minority of
The Hill
New York Post (News)
CNN (Online News)