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Mar 03 2023
News
House Democrat says ‘heads should roll’ at White House over Biden’s support to nix DC crime bill
Democrats laid into President Biden on Thursday after he announced that he would back federal legislation overriding a Washington, DC, crime bill that has been called soft on criminals.
“The White House f–king this up royally,” an anonymous House Democrat told the Hill.
“F–KING AMATEUR HOUR. HEADS SHOULD ROLL OVER AT THE WHITE HOUSE OVER THIS,” the lawmaker added, noting that
New York Post (News)Sep 21 2022
News
House to vote on bill to prevent attempts to subvert presidential election results
The House is planning to vote Wednesday on an electoral reform bill that seeks to prevent future presidents from trying to overturn election results through Congress, the first vote on such an effort since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob seeking to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s electoral win.
The Presidential Election Reform Act, authored by Reps. Liz
Washington PostMar 28 2023
News
Clash Over Building Atop Native Burial Sites Angers N.Y. Tribes
New York’s Native American tribes fought bitterly with former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo over his efforts to tax their tobacco sales and seize a sizable share of their gambling proceeds, and they blamed him for the deterioration of a stretch of interstate that slices through tribal lands.
So when Mr. Cuomo resigned in disgrace in 2021, tribal leaders found reason to hope for more amiable
New York Times (News)Oct 04 2022
Opinion
Republicans offer a real healthcare alternative
With their Commitment to America , Republicans have departed significantly from Democrats ' big government agenda. Nowhere is that clearer than on healthcare.
Over the last few years, progressives have made clear their intention to replace the market-based healthcare system with a single, government-run insurance program. Republicans ' Commitment to America, by contrast, seeks to
Washington ExaminerDec 22 2022
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I.R.S. Routinely Audited Obama and Biden, Raising Questions Over Delays for Trump
The I.R.S. subjected both President Donald J. Trump’s predecessor and his successor to annual audits of their tax returns once they took office, spokespeople for Barack Obama and President Biden said on Wednesday, intensifying questions about how Mr. Trump escaped such scrutiny until Democrats in the House started inquiring.
Late Tuesday, a House committee revealed that the I.R.S.
New York Times (News)Dec 19 2019
Opinion
Family-Forward Conservatism Could Be the Future
The Bennet-Romney child benefit offers a path forward for reformers seeking to respond to today’s policy crises.
A strange thing happened this week amid the chaotic logrolling that has come to define America’s broken budget process: A conservative Republican and a liberal Democrat proposed a good-faith, bipartisan tax reform.
I’m of course referring to the proposal that senators
National Review (News)Nov 05 2014
Opinion
OPINION: Negativity Wins the Senate
Republicans would like the country to believe that they took control of the Senate on Tuesday by advocating a strong, appealing agenda of job creation, tax reform and spending cuts. But, in reality, they did nothing of the sort.
New York Times (News)Jul 14 2021
News
Senate marijuana bill: Schumer, Democrats to introduce bill to federally decriminalize cannabis
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., plans to introduce legislation that would decriminalize marijuana on a federal level.
The Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, a draft bill by Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Schumer would remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, allowing pot to be regulated and taxed.
Thirty-seven states have
USA TODAYFeb 15 2023
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Reporter Seymour Hersh on “How America Took Out the Nord Stream Pipeline”: Exclusive TV Interview
When the Nord Stream pipelines carrying natural gas from Russia to Germany were damaged last September, U.S. officials were quick to suggest Russia had bombed its own pipelines. But according to a new report by the legendary investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, it was the U.S. Navy that carried out the sabotage, with help from Norway. Citing a source “with direct knowledge of the
Democracy Now!Oct 21 2022
Analysis
The mini-budget that broke Britain – and Liz Truss
Britain has been through the wringer since last month’s mini-budget. Not only was Kwasi Kwarteng’s not-so-mini plan the trigger for a domestic financial crisis and higher mortgage costs for millions, it lit the blue touchpaper for his political downfall and that of his close friend, Liz Truss.
It was all supposed to be so different. Truss had spent the summer promising to cancel the
The Guardian