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Oct 09 2015
News
Next man up? House GOP pushes reluctant Ryan to seek speaker's chair
Since House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., shocked his congressional colleagues early Thursday by withdrawing his name from consideration to replace John Boehner, R-Ohio, as Speaker of the House, Republicans have launched a relentless press aimed at convincing House Ways and Means Committee chair Paul Ryan, R-Wis., to put himself forward for the job.
Fox News (Online News)
Dec 11 2019
News
How impeachment helped push surprise progress on trade
Agreement on a new trade deal and a defense authorization bill show bipartisan progress is possible even amidst the polarizing effects of the impeachment inquiry.
Suddenly, Washington is getting things done in bipartisan fashion. And that’s in spite of – or perhaps because of – the thoroughly partisan effort to impeach President Donald Trump.
Democrats and Republicans, in
Christian Science Monitor
Sep 22 2019
News
Sanders’s apples-and-oranges comparison on Medicare-for-all costs
“Joe said that Medicare-for-all would cost over $30 trillion. That’s right, Joe. Status quo over 10 years will be $50 trillion.”
— Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), remarks during the third Democratic presidential debate, Sept. 12, 2019
Sanders made this comment after former vice president Joe Biden criticized the senator’s Medicare-for-all plan for potentially adding “$30 trillion, $
Washington Post
Aug 30 2012
News
‘You have not failed, your leaders have failed you’
Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin accepted the GOP nomination for vice president on Wednesday with a declaration that President Obama, who was elected four years ago on a promise of hope and change, has failed and his opportunity has been squandered.
Washington Post
Jan 13 2021
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: Politifact “Fact Check” Is Actually Analysis
From the RightThis piece is from a writer rated Lean Right.
America is politically volatile and has been for some time, and in recent weeks things have only escalated. Amid the turmoil, people are clamoring for cold, hard facts.
Fact checking sites like Politifact (Lean Left bias) promise to help. But sometimes, instead of giving you the facts and letting you interpret
Julie Mastrine
Aug 22 2012
News
Obama and Mitt Romney Remain 'Neck and Neck' In Poll Posted: 08/22/2012 8:
The race between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney "remains neck and neck," according to an AP-GfK poll released Wednesday -- the outlets' first since Paul Ryan was added to the ticket.
HuffPost
Dec 10 2019
Analysis
Trump impeachment articles: Democrats decide to 'keep it simple, stupid'
Ever since Nancy Pelosi announced last week that she was instructing the Judiciary Committee to draft articles of impeachment against Donald Trump, speculation swirled as to what exactly they would look like.
Would they be broad, sweeping in a hodgepodge of alleged presidential misdeeds that include evidence gathered over the course of Mr Trump's three-year presidency? Or would they go
BBC News
Dec 10 2019
News
House Democrats Unveil 2 Articles Of Impeachment Against Trump
House Democrats unveiled two articles of impeachment against President Trump on Tuesday morning, charging him with abuse of power in the Ukraine affair and obstruction of Congress.
The announcement followed 77 days after the House launched a formal inquiry into Trump's freezing of assistance to Ukraine and request to investigate his political rival. It marked only the fourth time in U.S
NPR (Online News)
Sep 25 2019
Opinion
Trump voters are waiting ... and watching
(CNN)When the euphoria from the announcement that the US House will pursue an impeachment inquiry of President Trump wears off for Democrats and others who oppose Trump's administration, and all the talking heads have spoken, remember this -- it's important: Trump didn't change the country; he revealed it.
It may encourage Americans to follow the news more closely, it may prompt them
CNN (Opinion)