Tag: Congress
Democrats Are Favored to Win Back the House of Representatives in 2024
2024 will be the largest election year in history. For the first time ever, nations consisting of over four billion people will participate in elections – including eight of the ten most populous countries and the three largest democracies: India, ...
Politics Express: The Debt Ceiling
Politics Editor Lars Emerson is joined by Chris Choban to discuss the debt ceiling — what it is, why it exists, why it’s dangerous, and how can America get out of the pattern of debt ceiling impasses (yes, the trillion ...
Members of Congress Have a Hard Job, Their Work Ethic is Just Fine
Let's get the controversial stuff out up front: members of Congress are not paid enough, they work far more than headlines indicate, their work/life balance is brutal, and they probably work harder and longer than you do.
Three Reasons Biden Shouldn’t Wait on His Supreme Court Nomination
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring this year, giving President Biden his first opportunity to name a nominee for the Supreme Court. Biden had promised during the 2020 campaign (and reaffirmed at a press conference on Thursday) that his ...
Politics Express: The Four Ways 2022 Could End
Welcome to a midterm year! In 2022’s first Politics Express, Lars and Michael preview the four ways control of Congress could look at the end of 2022.
Washington’s Invented Crisis: The Debt Ceiling
It was nice while it lasted. In 2019, Democrats, Republicans, and President Trump agreed to legislation suspending the debt ceiling through the 2020 election, kicking the can on a showdown over one of Washington’s most notorious and most dangerous sticking ...