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Democrats Don’t Have a Good Answer to the Mitch McConnell Question

How will they get their policies through a Republican-controlled Senate?

Nick OttensNick OttensJune 28, 2019November 21, 2021

Republicans Put Party Before Country in Election Hack

Republicans refused to entertain evidence of Russian interference in the election.

Nick OttensNick OttensDecember 15, 2016November 21, 2021

Republican Senate Leader Scolds Party’s Rejectionists

Mitch McConnell reproaches the purists who refuse to accept anything short of total victory.

Nick OttensNick OttensJune 2, 2016November 21, 2021

Republicans Must Not Hold Trade Pact Hostage

Republicans are not only denying America economic gains; they are putting its Pacific strategy at risk.

Nick OttensNick OttensDecember 11, 2015November 13, 2022

Republicans Reject Tax Hike for Millionaires

Opposition lawmakers in the United States won’t consider tax increases. They argue that corporate taxes should actually be cut.

Nick OttensNick OttensSeptember 18, 2011August 22, 2019

Republicans Urge Ratification of Trade Deals

The Republican leader in the Senate asks the president to submit three pending trade agreements.

Nick OttensNick OttensSeptember 8, 2011October 29, 2021

Debt Ceiling Talks Reach Impasse Over Taxes

Republicans won’t consider tax hikes. Democrats refuse to reform entitlements.

Nick OttensNick OttensJuly 10, 2011January 5, 2021

America “Needs to Get Its Act Together”

Republican lawmakers leverage a debt vote to extract deeper spending reductions from Democrats.

Nick OttensNick OttensMay 15, 2011August 23, 2017

Boehner, McConnell Call for Spending Cuts

Republican leaders talk about spending reductions on the Sunday morning talk shows.

Avatar photoJason ClarkJanuary 30, 2011August 22, 2019

Previewing Obama’s State of the Union

Republican leaders in Congress want the president to talk about cutting spending.

Nick OttensNick OttensJanuary 23, 2011September 17, 2012

Republicans Pledge to Rein in Spending, Somehow

All Sunday morning talks shows devote time to discussing the upcoming congressional elections.

Nick OttensNick OttensSeptember 26, 2010December 25, 2019

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