#Congress

I'd argue the most successful Secretary of Defense since the position was created in 1947 was William Perry, who had two distinct advantages: his time in office was the easiest
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It was always going to come to this. Always. From the moment Trump refused to divest his financial interests, this presidency was about him and not about America. And so
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1) President Trump’s video Tuesday night caught everyone on Capitol Hill and many in his administration off guard. The president ordered changes to the $2.3 trillion combination COVID relief bill
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In “Trains, Buses, People, I note how the Austin Red Line, as a result of political compromise, misses both the highest concentrations of population (red/orange) and jobs (the purple outlines.)
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Let's be clear on something: the Jan 6. insurrection was NOT Donald Trump's only attempt to retain his hold on power. It was the culmination of years of (luckily, mostly
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Pat Toomey speaking now. Says he plans to speak again when and if PA is objected to.Toomey indicates his speech will touch on whether or not congress has the constitutional
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. @ByJamesKeller and I did a story looking at the Globe's coverage of the 1918 Spanish flu and the similarities to today's pandemic.Let me share in this thread some items
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.@JaneMayerNYer "they say her short-term memory has grown so poor that she often forgets she has been briefed on a topic, accusing her staff of failing to do so just
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Trump begins his August 8 Bedminster news conference with some casual xenophobia, and takes credit for Veterans Choice legislation that was actually signed into law by President Obama in 2014
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THREAD: 1) I’m a Democrat, running for Congress in 2022 from Wisconsin’s Sixth District. This is (part of) my story. I grew up in Southfield, a city in the suburbs
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While researching Media responsibility during national emergencies I stumbled upon something that absolutely blew me away during national emergencies the president acquires 136 power that were currently unavailable to him
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It's architecture thread time! This time on Libyan seats of power and governance through the ages. Let's get into it: The Parliament Hall in #Baida, seat of the first parliament
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"Communist Blogger" is my favorite Neutral Milk Hotel songhttps://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/1352340910483386369 Anyway, here are some of the "communist" blog posts about the Qongresswoman from Georgia (thread) In 2018
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Today is the day the Supreme Court debates the fate of the Affordable Care Act. Coverage for tens of millions of people is on the line. Arguments begin at 10am.https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/09/obamacare-supreme-court-trump-barrett-4
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Dept of Escape Hatch Finding:Some of the most anti-establishment senators turn to the most Washington of play-calls -- ye ole blue ribbon commission!"Congress should immediately appoint an Electoral Commission, with
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Why was this important? The large estates were lending grain to poorer farmers. These loans were important because they fed farming families between sowing and harvest months. But the estates
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