Senate passes debt limit deal
The bipartisan compromise between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy passed with only 17 Republicans voting yes.
By Josh Israel - June 02, 2023The bipartisan compromise between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy passed with only 17 Republicans voting yes.
By Josh Israel - June 02, 2023After repeatedly voting against border security funding, Republicans are pushing debt ceiling legislation that would likely slash existing funding by 22%.
By Josh Israel - May 25, 2023A bipartisan resolution that would have recognized the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment failed to get a filibuster-proof majority.
By Josh Israel - April 27, 2023Republicans voted against an assault weapons ban and have advocated for safety net cuts.
By Oliver Willis - April 06, 2023They cite an increase in revenue in 2022 to argue that people shouldn’t have to pay more in taxes.
By Josh Israel - March 10, 2023Republicans in Congress have filed more than 30 federal bills to restrict reproductive choice.
By Josh Israel - March 06, 2023GOP representatives and senators are touting their support for the SPLC-designated hate group’s right-wing agenda.
By Josh Israel - March 03, 2023The National Republican Senatorial Committee is running blatantly dishonest ads against six Democratic incumbents.
By Josh Israel - February 23, 2023Republicans are mischaracterizing an overall 1% increase in payments to insurers under the Medicare Advantage program as cuts.
By Josh Israel - February 16, 2023The Senate Republican leader says that the plan is Scott’s, not the Republican Party’s. But Scott is not alone.
By Josh Israel - February 10, 2023The latest jobs report shows unemployment at its lowest level since 1969.
By Oliver Willis - February 03, 2023The Florida Republican repeated his false claim that Democrats had slashed the program by $280 billion moments after he called for finding other ways to reduce its cost.
By Josh Israel - February 02, 2023The Texas Republican’s constitutional amendment to stop ‘permanently entrenched politicians’ would not apply to the 12 years he’s already served.
By Josh Israel - January 25, 2023The Florida Republican’s unpopular proposal would sunset Social Security and Medicare and raise taxes for millions.
By Josh Israel - January 05, 2023The Missouri senator and other Republican lawmakers have been on a crusade against pornography.
By Josh Israel - December 21, 2022Outside groups — often funded by undisclosed sources — supporting Republican House and Senate candidates significantly outspent groups supporting Democrats in close races.
By Josh Israel - December 08, 2022Senate Minority Whip John Thune said Republicans want to hold the country’s credit hostage if they can’t cut Social Security benefits.
By Emily Singer - November 30, 2022The Senate advanced the Respect for Marriage Act on Wednesday.
By Josh Israel - November 16, 2022No, the Inflation Reduction Act did not double the size of the agency or create an ‘army’ to spy on working families.
By Josh Israel - September 28, 2022Forty-nine Republican senators voted against the DISCLOSE Act.
By Josh Israel - September 22, 2022Lindsey Graham is leading a renewed effort to enact a federal ban on abortion that could become law if Republicans gain control of Congress.
By Oliver Willis - September 13, 2022Despite trying to distance himself from attempts to overturn the 2020 election, one person named on an invalid electoral ballot recently sent a fundraising email on Johnson’s behalf.
By Josh Israel - August 24, 2022The Senate minority leader once scolded Democrats for not taking the nonexistent issue seriously enough.
By Josh Israel - August 23, 2022Every Republican in the Senate voted against the Inflation Reduction Act.
By Josh Israel - August 08, 2022The law would ‘be a huge step forward in the fight to preserve a livable planet and is one we need to take while we have the chance,’ the group Earthjustice said.
By Adrian Cole - August 05, 2022‘There are no new taxes on families making $400,000 or less and no new taxes on small businesses,’ says the official summary of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
By Josh Israel - August 04, 2022Ron Johnson is among the Republican senators co-sponsoring Sen. Mike Lee’s resolution to declare the week of the November election ‘National Pregnancy Center Week.’
By Josh Israel - August 01, 2022Today’s cartoon from Clay Jones.
By Clay Jones - August 01, 2022Senate Republicans blocked the Honoring Our PACT Act of 2022, which would expand health care for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits.
By Josh Israel - July 28, 2022An all-Republican county board in Iowa decided to use American Rescue Plan funds to help purchase the local ski resort.
By Josh Israel - July 21, 2022