by jpitney | Jul 5, 2022 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress, Foreign Policy
Andrew Desiderio at Politico writes about overseas congressional delegations {CODELS] Many facets of official Washington can look impenetrably bureaucratic to the voters who send lawmakers there, and in some ways CODELs are no exception. But there’s a reason the...
by jpitney | Jul 4, 2022 | Declaration of Independence
“And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.” #July4th 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/8qE3ib9KJF — Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) July 4,...
by jpitney | Jul 3, 2022 | Public Service, Staff
Annie Karni at NYT: When an alarmed Representative Kevin McCarthy, the minority leader, called the White House on Jan. 6, 2021, demanding to know why the president of the United States had suggested he was coming to the Capitol while Congress met to certify his...
by jpitney | Jul 2, 2022 | Polarization, Public Opinion
Mike Allen at Axios: The acrid state of politics is seeping into Americans’ relationships and behavior, according to a poll out today from the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics (IOP), headed by David Axelrod. Driving the...
by jpitney | Jul 1, 2022 | Congress, Constitution, Dreier
Supporting NAFTA in 1993, Rep. David Dreier cited Burke’s speech to the electors of Bristol: Last night, Liz Cheney articulated the same idea: Here’s Liz Cheney’s closing statement in last night’s debate among the Republican candidates for representative from...
