Is a bipartisan commission to investigate the Capitol Riot even possible in 2021?
Nancy Pelosi
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Why Is Trump Still President?
The failure of rapid action places democracy at risk.
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The Establishment Strikes Back
Henry Cuellar and centrist Democrats mutiny against progressives in a key committee fight.
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House Leadership Keeps Inexplicably Rolling Along
In the accountability-free zone in the Capitol, nobody has managed to challenge those responsible for the disappointing electoral result.
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Donna Shalala Encapsulated Pelosi’s Embrace of Passivity as a Strategy
The Florida congresswoman who lost her re-election battle did nothing to oversee or challenge the Trump administration.
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Record ‘Dark Money’ Donations Help GOP Retake House Seats
A Republican-linked nonprofit was a top donor to House Republicans’ super PAC, which spent big in a number of swing races that saw the GOP retake seats lost to Democrats in 2018.
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It’s Time for an Overhaul of House Democratic Leadership
The performance, strategy, and results were all wrong.
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Nancy Pelosi’s One-Woman Congress
Pelosi has unilaterally run pandemic relief negotiations with virtually no input from the rank and file. For how long will disenfranchised members of Congress take that?
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Unsanitized: The Iron Law of Institutions
Explaining why McConnell and Pelosi are resistant to stimulus. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for October 14, 2020.
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Suddenly, Everything Has Changed in Congress
The prospect of a delayed Supreme Court fight and coronavirus relief is on the table.
