Author: Paul Kane

Washington Post – Politics:

The influential Fox News host had possibly more power than any other conservative to sway the House Republican conference

Washington Post – Politics:

Despite pledges of transparency, not a single committee held a hearing on a bill that would slash trillions of dollars from federal budgets as part of the GOP’s debt-ceiling proposal.

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Once a nearly forgotten issue, federal court nominations now occupy a central focus for the Senate. So much so that Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s illness has turned into a referendum on winning the court battle.

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In an interview, the former Senate majority leader says he believes that the keys to his success in brokering peace in Northern Ireland — patience and listening — are missing from today’s U.S. politics.

Washington Post – Politics:

A new study by the Cook Political Report shows just how much America’s views have shifted over the last two decades, as regions that were once critical swing districts now occupy the most far right or left on the political landscape.

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The large margin of victory for the liberal state Supreme Court candidate reassured Democrats of the continuing political power of the backlash to the controversial 2022 Dobbs ruling.

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The new House GOP majority used its first quarter in charge to slowly assemble its leadership and committee ranks, trying to find unity on even their most important agenda items.

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Recent moves created the appearance that House Republicans were running political interference for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, an unusual move in an open primary.

Washington Post – Politics:

More than 20 years after granting unfettered power to wage war, Congress is finally trying to clean up the mess from a 2002 vote that upended the world and U.S. politics.