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Anti-Monopoly Movement Targets Richie Neal

by David Dayen July 9, 2020

The Massachusetts congressman, facing a primary challenge, enabled rip-offs on doctor bills to reward private equity giant Blackstone.

by Daniel Boguslaw June 9, 2020

Too cozy with the hospital lobby and pharmaceutical industry, the Massachusetts congressman has failed constituents during the COVID crisis.

Will the flaws in CARES relief come back to haunt Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal as he faces a progressive primary challenge?

Why surprise billing legislation broke down, and how the coronavirus outbreak makes this unforgivable—and potentially deadly.

Neal, who chairs the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, got money from PACs of several corporations that had negative effective tax rates in 2018.

Despite continual rumors that a deal on the update to the North American trade agreement is imminent, House Democrats and Trump are far apart.

Some advice from old pros on how—and why—to go after the myriad misdeeds of Trumpworld

Is the threat to senior House incumbents a risky distraction or a long overdue exercise of grassroots progressive power—or both?

The costs of having a corporate Democrat chair the House Ways and Means Committee

We read a lot about progressive House Dems having too much influence, but the deeper problem is the undertow of corporate Democrats.