by jpitney | Apr 7, 2022 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Philip Elliott at Time reports on the retirement of Rep. Fred Upton: Well, the Reagan Administration aide and 18-term Congressman did the math this week and came to a decision with a Midwestern sensibility. On Tuesday, the long-serving Republican took the floor of the...
by jpitney | Mar 24, 2022 | Bipartisanship, Congress, Journalism, Journalists, Russia, Ukraine
A March 16 release from Rep. Ashley Hinson: Today, Representatives Cheri Bustos (IL-17) and Ashley Hinson (IA-01), both former journalists, introduced a bipartisan resolution honoring the journalists, reporters, and documentarians risking their safety and sacrificing...
by jpitney | Mar 10, 2022 | Bipartisanship, Ukraine
Joe Gould at Yahoo: Lawmakers on Wednesday unveiled a $13.6 billion Ukraine aid package that took President Joe Biden’s request for weapons and training for Ukrainian forces and put it on steroids. Part of a sweeping $1.5 trillion measure to fund the federal...
by jpitney | Mar 9, 2022 | Bipartisanship, Congress, Senate
Emily Cochrane at NYT: Congress gave final approval on Tuesday to the most sprawling overhaul of the Postal Service in nearly two decades, sending President Biden legislation intended to return the beleaguered agency to solvency and address pandemic-era mail delays....
by jpitney | Feb 21, 2022 | Bipartisanship, Congress
Despite deadlock on high-profile controversial bills, Congress does manage to pass legislation on lower-profile issues. Russell Berman in The Atlantic The final two-plus years of the Trump administration, for example, began with a government shutdown and featured two...
by jpitney | Feb 16, 2022 | Bipartisanship, Congress
Li Zhou at Vox: In the past few weeks, Congress has been doing something that feels surprising: weighing a number of bipartisan bills on issues including sexual harassment and stock trading. Given Republicans’ willingness to block many of Democrats’ biggest...
