The Hawaii senator and heir apparent to Chuck Schumer attacked a bipartisan housing bill without trying to fix it, merely to show support for private equity.
Tim Scott
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Elizabeth Warren’s Amazingly Progressive Housing Bill
How the Massachusetts senator enlisted most Senate Republicans to support sweeping legislation.
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Republicans Are Objectively Pro–Junk Fee
A new congressional resolution aligns Republicans with the financial industry’s fight to preserve sky-high credit card late fees.
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Debate Number Two: Phonies and Cacophonies
Today on TAP: Shouting over one another, the Republican presidential candidates were unintelligible last night, and worse when actually audible.
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Dueling Bipartisan Proposals to Seize Pay From Failed Bank Executives
Elizabeth Warren introduced a bill with widespread Republican support, but Sherrod Brown replaced it with his own.
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Sen. Tim Scott’s ‘Land of Opportunity’ (Zones)
The presidential hopeful’s signature poverty-fighting policy is a bust.
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Jim Clyburn Undercuts the Democratic Police Reform Bill
In the middle of negotiations over eliminating qualified immunity for police officers, Clyburn says it’s not needed for the overall bill.
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A Guide to the GOP Convention’s Pretend Agenda
Talk of the real stuff (tax cuts and deregulation) has been muted, but these less-than-meets-the-eye policies have been foregrounded.
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Exit Jim DeMint. Enter … Tim Scott?
The first-term South Carolina congressman might become the state’s first black senator.