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Sep 25 2013
Opinion
On Media Coverage Of Ted Cruz's Fake Filibuster
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) (joined by a coterie of Senate Republicans) spoke on the Senate floor for about 21 hours in opposition to funding the Affordable Care Act, or "Obamacare." Cruz's speech was not a filibuster, it had to end before today's scheduled vote on the Senate's bill to continue funding the government, and was never a threat to derail legislation that was passed and signed into law
Media Matters
Sep 15 2021
Analysis
The GOP Is Going After Pennsylvania Voters’ Most Sensitive Data
After months of pressure from former President Donald Trump, who lost the state but claims it was stolen, Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers are subpoenaing voter data as part of a shambolic probe into the 2020 election.
As part of the subpoena, which passed a Republican-led state Senate committee Wednesday morning, legislators are seeking troves of information about the 2020 election:
Vice
Dec 30 2020
News
Bill legalizing abortion passed in pope's native Argentina
Argentina on Wednesday became the largest nation in Latin America to legalize elective abortion, a triumph for a feminist movement that overcame a last-minute appeal by Pope Francis to his compatriots and could pave the way for similar actions across the socially conservative, heavily Roman Catholic region. After a marathon 12-hour session, the country’s Senate passed the law after midnight by
Washington Times
Feb 03 2020
News
Democrat bungling helped shut down impeachment trial, Republicans say
Democrats were never likely to get enough votes to convict President Trump in the impeachment trial, but Republicans said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her party made a number of unforced errors that made it that much easier to shut the trial down.
From Mrs. Pelosi’s move to hang onto the articles of impeachment for weeks, attempting to dictate to senators how they should run the trial
Washington Times
Jun 03 2021
Analysis
Democrats fear health care 2009 déjà vu as Biden-GOP infrastructure talks drag
Democrats have seen this movie before.
A Democratic president engages in protracted negotiations with Republicans over his top legislative priority. The GOP wants more time. The president gives it to them, holding on to hope he can ink a historic bipartisan deal.
Democratic veterans of the 2009 fight over the Affordable Care Act say it's déjà vu watching President Joe Biden hold
NBC News Digital
Jul 21 2021
Analysis
Inside Schumer's infrastructure gamble
The Senate majority leader is courting moderates, channeling progressives and keeping a GOP channel open. It might not be enough.
Shortly before Chuck Schumer cued up a vote on the teetering bipartisan infrastructure agreement reached by five of his centrists, he gathered them all in person for a gut check.
The Senate majority leader wanted to explain his thinking in greater
Politico
Sep 09 2021
News
150 Americans to board Qatar commercial flight out of Kabul: officials
About 200 Americans and other western foreigners are expected to be flown out of Kabul airport later Thursday on a Qatar Airways flight that delivered humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, US and Qatari officials said.
The flight would mark the first large evacuation flight of US citizens from Afghanistan since the last troops left the Taliban-run country just over a week ago.
The
New York Post (News)
Nov 09 2021
News
National Republicans stunned by Sununu snub
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) shocked national Republicans Tuesday by publicly rejecting entreaties to challenge Sen. Maggie Hassan (D) in next year’s midterm elections, delivering a setback to the GOP’s chances of putting another potentially competitive race on the board at a time when Republicans feel momentum at their back.
In a press conference at the state capital in Concord
The Hill
Jan 09 2021
News
‘Close To A Worst-Case Scenario’—Former CDC Director Issues ‘Horrifying’ Outlook For New Covid Strain
Former CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden is warning that the U.S. may soon face “close to a worst-case scenario” as a new, highly-contagious strain of Covid-19 spreads around the country, warning that full hospitals in the U.S. may soon be the norm.
Forbes
Mar 19 2022
Analysis
How This Redistricting Cycle Failed To Increase Representation For People Of Color — And Could Even Set It Back
It may get the most attention, but partisanship is not the only way to measure how fair the country’s new congressional maps are. Equally important is how well they represent communities of color. And on this front, the congressional lines that will be used in the 2022 election leave a lot to be desired.
In theory, under the Voting Rights Act, every racial group must be given equal
538 (ABC News)