National Issues

These issues fall under the purview of Congress and/or the President.

Illustration of New Year's resolutions on post-it notes, like take walks and drink more water, with a purple stop post-it note over the pile.

Resolute

This year is less about resolutions and more about being resolute, determined, unwavering, and persevering in the face of an insatiable GOP that wants nothing more than to wipe the country clean of social programs, voting rights, reproductive health care, and so much more.

Take Pride in Who We are

We have become a nation ruled by legislation that fuels phobias instead of progress.

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Let's Be Loud!

Resistbot users have their finger on the pulse of the nation and express themselves eloquently.

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Death with Dignity

Each person deserves the right to decide for themselves when their terminal illness is too much.

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Drag[net]

The protection that our children need is not from drag queens. They need protection from violence.

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Looking for the Bright Side

While the red wave came for my home state of Florida, it mostly stopped there, and we saw wins across the country of which we can all be proud.

Someone holding up a sign that reads, "If climate was a bank, you would have saved it already."

The Tides They Are A Changin'

Climate change, women’s reproductive rights, individual sexual autonomy, voting rights, and more are on the ballot in November and voting is our only way of protecting these rights and our future.

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Stay Awake

In today’s highly charged political landscape, “woke” has come to mean two very different things depending upon which side of the aisle you find yourself on.

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Take a Break

When exhaustion hits you, you should pay heed to what your body and mind are telling you and take a mental health break. Do not let hitting the wall be the first time you notice that you need help or just a break.

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The Fall of Roe: Something Wicked This Way Comes

Reproductive healthcare is not the only fundamental right that has a date with the executioner.

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Roe

Alito spends a considerable portion of the first 68 pages of his decision blathering on about what the abortion laws were in the US in the mid-1800s when the 14th Amendment was ratified—when women were chattel.

Unhoused person sleeping on a bench with an American flag blanket.

The Unhoused

165,000,000 people may be one unanticipated hardship away from finding themselves without a roof over their heads or food in their stomachs.

Black and white photograph of a sign that reads, "Welcome to Mason, a good place to live, established 1955"

Follow the Money

As has been the norm since America’s founding, the prospect of successful Black communities rattles the cages of White conservatives who often view the success of the “Other” as a detriment to their own prosperity. Mason City and BlueOval City are no different.

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The Crushing Weight of the Mortar Board

The student-debt crisis and the gender gap make it difficult for women to get by, let alone ahead.

Book on Critical Race Theory being whitewashed.

This History of Us

Regardless of where we find ourselves in history, white Americans continue to find new ways to shore up their sense of superiority at the cost of the Black mind and body.

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Don’t Destroy Section 230, Fix it

The EARN IT act contains a number of bad provisions, including what’s effectively a repeal of Section 230. Section 230 can and should be fixed, not removed.

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This Seat is Taken

Care about the map, and maybe you will get an elected official that cares about you.

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The Hallway Commute

What was thought impossible by most employers just a few years ago has become commonplace. Teleworking is the new normal for many industries.

Trump supporters scale the west wall of the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

January 6th: What Happens When Your Coup Fails (But Almost Succeeds)

A failed coup is still a coup.

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Sanctuary

We may not hear as much about Sanctuary Cities in the daily news as we did just a couple of years ago; however, they remain an important component of our immigration policies at the state level.

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Congregate Care: Far From Home, Far From Safe

On any given day between 10,000-20,000 children are residing in congregate care facilities across the country. Many of these children are living in states far from home in conditions and with people who are far from safe.

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Where The Wild Things Are

Constructing destructive tar sands oil pipelines through First Nations' lands is the latest in a long legacy of atrocities committed by European settlers in North America and the United States Government.

They Belong to Us

In the intervening 48 years since Roe, more than 1,300 pieces of legislation have been enacted nationwide with the express aim of restricting a woman’s access to abortion.

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Our American Stories

Americans are encouraged to think in terms of what it will cost us to be welcoming to immigrants. Those “costs” generally focus on the idea that immigrants take jobs away from hard-working Americans as well as the burdens that newcomers might put on education, healthcare, and social service.

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The Golden Door

Almost every piece of U.S. immigration legislation passed over the past 231 years has changed what coming here, “the right way” actually means.

Illustration of women of different races with bras and masks on with the text, "cancer is not quarantined, check your breasts".

Save the Women

On any given day in America, 771 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. On that same day, 119 will die—for every hour of every day, breast cancer will kill 5 women.

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The Debt Ceiling (Again)

Once again, the Federal Government is running out of money, which happens at semi-regular intervals because the way Congress spends and allocates money is objectively stupid.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, standing next to former President Donald Trump

Milley: Peril at the Pentagon

The idea of uniformed members of the military making foreign policy or promising to divulge attack plans is a concerning one. That is doubly true when the Pentagon appears to be acting out of fear that the President might order something, “crazy, illegal, immoral or unethical.”

#BeThe1To

World Suicide Prevention Day is September 10th. It is a day aimed at helping those in our lives who struggle with depression and who may have suicidal thoughts. It is a day for putting your hand out and asking someone to take hold.

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Big Money in Politics is the Enemy of Progress

Big money from wealthy donors and corporations is truly a bipartisan problem.

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It's Time For Vaccine Mandates

The pandemic has claimed enough lives. We have a vaccine. It is safe. It is effective. It is time to require it as the price of admission to society.

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One Day Longer: The Battle Cry of Alabama Miners

It is long past time for the industries in this country to respect and honor American workers.

A stylized bowl of ice cream with smaller bowls around it. The scoop handle reads "Defund the Police". Surrounding bowls read "affordable housing", "job training", "education", "mental-health screening", and "substance-abuse treatment".

Summer Thunder Part 3: A Better Way

Ask yourself if the situation is such that only law enforcement can or should respond. In many cases, that answer is “no”. Here’s a guide to looking beyond 911.

The New New Deal

Millions of Americans rely on social security for their basic needs. However, for more than 50 years, public policy has forced them to live in poverty.

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Summer Thunder Part 2: Defund the Police

Despite America’s reliance on law enforcement as the end-all, be-all to society’s problems, their presence may only make the situation worse.

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Summer Thunder Part 1: The History of Policing in America

“Out of the stillness of the shutdown, the voices of protest have roared like summer thunder. An overwhelming majority of Americans, of both parties, support major reforms in American policing.” –Jill Lepore

One in Every Three

With a global population nearing 8,000,000,000 people, millions of women will be brutalized by someone who is meant to care for them.

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By the People, For the People

The time is ripe for Congress to enact H.R.1 so that our right to vote is valued and administered as it was intended to be.

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Sleep For Today, But Tomorrow We Fight

There is a lot of work to be done and a short time in which to do it. The Biden-Harris administration has promised us a lot, and we mean to hold them to it.

The people of Puerto Rico sinking into a rough sketch of their homeland with Trump holding out a golf club saying "Too bad, it doesn't reach. Sad".

Statehood for Puerto Rico

On the question of "should Puerto Rico be immediately admitted into the Union as a state," on the November 2020 ballot; 623,053 voted yes, or 52.34% of voters.

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The Case for D.C. Statehood Now

D.C. isn’t a state because the Republican Party would sooner boil Mitch McConnell and eat him in a savory soup (getting the roux right is critical) than give a city that voted 92% for Biden two Senators and a Representative.

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A Shot in the Arm

The COVID vaccine is rolling out across the country and most states have developed a plan of action in dispensing the vaccine.

Deja Screw

The CASH Act of 2020 has one purpose: amend the current COVID Relief package to include $2,000 for each eligible American instead of the $600 it currently provides. But, McConnell has sabotaged the bill.

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Oh, SNAP!

Every day, more families face the reality of losing the roof over their heads, an inability to keep the lights on, or put food in their bellies.

Thankful

In a year that has seen more than 250,000 Americans die at the hands of a global pandemic that has been left unchecked by an indifferent administration, family has come to mean so much more.

Africa-American women with "Woman Power" shirt.

When She Runs, We All Win

When The Hill looks more like those we see in the mirror, the better chance we have at enacting policies that work to the benefit of everyone instead of a select few.

Charles Schulz' Peanuts characters Lucy and Charlie Brown

It's That Time Again

It's open enrollment time.

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Basking in the Glow

Thousands of women and men who share our democratic values ran in down-ballot races across the country — and many of them won.

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Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

Just as many modern day Halloween celebrations do not resemble the festivals of old, Halloween in the age of COVID may be a mere shadow of its former self.

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Blue Skies

From the winter of our discontent rises the promise that bluer skies are on the horizon.

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#WorkThePolls

Find your local election office in 1 minute with Resistbot, and become a poll worker for this Election Day.

RBG - What Happens Next

Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died and while her family deserves time to mourn her, the fight for her seat on the Court is about to begin.

Everything Matters

It would be easy to look at the unending torrent of scandals that beset the Trump administration and conclude that nothing matters, but that's far from the case.

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Saving Stars And Stripes

Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to put an end to Stars and Stripes.

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Taxation Without Representation Is Tyranny

Make Washington, D.C. the 51st State

Black Lives Matter

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. - Desmond Tutu

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The Motivation Behind Reopening

The right wants to end the lockdown; this is why.

COVID Infection rates highlighting extreme upward trend for US.

This is Trump's Pandemic

The virus is from China; the pandemic is homegrown.

Save The Post Office

The mail is vital to our society and our democracy

70 Days

It took 70 days for the White House to take Covid19 seriously; in that time they squandered hundreds of thousands of American lives.

Please, Please Take This Seriously

The next month will be a bitter one and we must face it together separately.

ORDER UP!

Order your favorite pizza and beer, and raise a glass to the men and women who bring it to your doorstep.

The 2020 Census

Brought to you by the number 435

Blue No Matter Who

No matter the nominee; this is the fight of our lives

The House Must Impeach (Again)

The killing of Soleimani showed us a new side of a criminal president

Iran

War is a continuation of politics by other means

Debunking Some Impeachment Lies

You didn’t think this would be easy, did you?

Yes, Mr. President, we know exactly “what is really happening.”

The War On Identity Politics

What did your family fight about this Thanksgiving?

A Horse of a Different Color

The GOP can’t refute testimony from fact witnesses like Amb. Yovanovich and Dr. Hill, so they’re trying to confuse Americans by conflating impeachment with a criminal trial.

Bribery

It’s time to call the Ukraine scandal what it is.

I Do Declare

Whether we are immigrants seeking a better life, or American-born seeking equality in how the world sees us, how we see ourselves, and with whom we are in love, the words “all men are created equal” must include _all_ of us.

Not The Impeachment We Expected

There’s more to the Ukraine scandal than we know.

Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and the Coming War

The echos of Iraq are there for any with ears to hear.

Making A Stand, Taking A Knee

We resist, and in doing so, we speak up for those whose voices are ignored.

Is Your Medicine Gluten Free?

How can you be sure?

From Russia with Love

Without the ability to vote for our leaders, the heart of what it means to be American, America no longer exists.

Election Security In A Nutshell

Cybersecurity is hard… but simple.

We’re Running Out Of Money

The CBO estimates that the U.S. deficit will hit a **trillion dollars** by 2022

Cash Crop: Slavery in America

H.R. 40 is meant to address “the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865.”

Concentration Camps

Resistance is imperative.

Voice of the People

Your Elected Representatives Need to Face You

They Belong to Us

Women have a right to self-governance of their own bodies. Congress has the power to make that a reality.

Not So Fast McConnell

While our Representatives in the House are advancing legislation that benefits the country, our Senators are hiding behind a blockade in the Senate.

America’s Rifle No More?

The AR-15 and similar weapons could be coming to a ban list near you.

Impeach

Boy howdy is this a can of worms

Murder By Death

Lightning Round — 4/4/2019

Lightning Round: April 4, 2019

Release The Report

The American people deserve the whole truth

Politics, Not Policy

The price of a check on power

Emergency Rules

Besides the usual business before the House, three “Emergency” bills are on this week’s docket

WE ARE FAMILY

I got all my sisters with me

21 Billion Reasons

Trump Declares An Imaginary Emergency

Net Neutrality 2019

This thing isn’t over

Veterans’ Access To Child Care Act

Because veterans are parents too

Voting: We Have The Right, What We Lack Is Access

Through the centuries, blockades to enfranchisement have been both erected and demolished

Moving The Needle

The Future History of the Shutdown

Emergency

If Trump claims emergency powers we have a crisis on our hands

Taking Back Democracy

HR 1 declares an anti-corruption agenda

Four Ways Out

There are four ways the shutdown ends

A Matter of Principle

Democrats must determine the price of their ideals

And When They Can’t Win They Cheat

Michigan offers a glimpse of the struggles to come

Deja Vu All Over Again

Trump threatens to shut down the government, again

American Lawlessness

Republicans have to choose between loving the Constitution and repelling asylum seekers

A Lame Duck Farm Bill

The 115th Congress has one last fight left in it

Lightning Round

November 15th in 6 stories

Mueller, Whitaker, & McConnell

If you miss, you had better miss very well

Tonight We March

Whitaker must recuse himself from the Russia investigation

Elections Have Consequences

And so will this one

One Day More

Tomorrow is election day; tomorrow we’ll discover what the midterms have in store…

Distractions and Manipulations: Birthright Citizenship

A short series on media manipulation

Distractions and Manipulations: Transgender Redefinition

A short series on media manipulation

Distractions and Manipulations: The Caravan

A short series on media manipulation

Voter Purges

There are twenty-seven days until the midterm elections

Firehose

Five Senators remain on the fence; keep up the pressure

Mr. Kavanaugh Doth Protest Too Much

Sorry Mr. Kavanaugh, but you’ve shown your true colors

Imagine

Just for a moment

Reading into Kavanaugh

Because sometimes politics is chess, and sometimes its checkers

The Kavanaugh Whip Count

It’s about to get nerdy in here

Why We Fight: Healthcare

Resist like your life depends on it

Raising Arizona

How Jeff Flake can redeem his Party and save the Republic

Sex, Scandal, and Serious Politics

Cohen, Daniels, Trump, and Kavanaugh

What We Don’t Know About Brett Kavanaugh

Senate Republicans are derelict in their constitutional duty

Four Things to do Before You Lobby Your Lawmaker (Advocacy Planning)

Nunes Teaches Us How Congress Is Supposed To Work

Perfectly balanced, as all things should be

What “Collusion” Means

And why, yes, it’s a crime

Trump’s Immigration Dystopia

The Trump administration is forcing children to take mind-altering drugs.

Medicare For All

A mathematical reality check

Trump, Putin Collude to Rewrite History

The White House and the Kremlin are trying to change what happened in Helsinki

Begun, The Trade Wars Have

The shroud of the tariff has fallen

The Republican Plan To Restore Net Neutrality

It’s almost like there’s an election coming up

Donald Trump’s Love Life Is Important

Take a deep breath and let’s get this over with

The Least We Can Do

Senators Coons and Flake demonstrate how much we’ve lowered the bar

Lightning Round: Treasongate

48 hours since Trump’s diplomatic 9/11

From Russia With Love

Trump is open to Russia sending interrogators to question U.S. citizens

Trump Putin Summit

Why everyone is freaking out about Helsinki

NATO Matters

Could Trump do what Stalin, Khrushchev, and Gorbachev couldn’t?

Pruitt’s Out of EPA

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss

Trump’s Denaturalization Squads

This is some gestapo crap, just not the way you think

Kennedy

The five votes that will decide the fate of the Supreme Court

Zero Tolerance Is The Problem

House Republicans want to help Trump put children behind bars

Call Them What They Are: Hostages

The GOP’s use of immigrant children to force funding for the wall is shameful

Republicans Own EPA Corruption

Scott Pruitt is looting the EPA and House Republicans refuse to stop him

The FCC Lied About Cyber-Attack During Net Neutrality Fight

These are not the actions of honest government

Tautology: The Last Refuge of the Guilty

Mr Trump thinks he’s above the law

Trump Pardons An Election Cheat

Dinesh D’Souza pled guilty to campaign finance violations; now Trump will pardon him

Humane Immigration

The Trump Administration talks about immigrants like animals

On The Outside Looking In

The White House is locking down the government

The Childhood Cancer STAR Act

The Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act improves all of those things

Trumpcare’s Death Spiral

Truth and consequences for the GOP’s tax-cut

Torture Is Bad

Gina Haspel can’t be trusted to run the CIA

Grassroots Activism: How much contact with elected officials is too much?

Rescission Theater

Republicans want to pretend that “cutting” $15 billion makes them fiscal conservatives again

One Vote For Net Neutrality

Democrats need one vote to put the House on the record on Net Neutrality.

The Price Of Access

Mulvaney is a symptom, not the problem.

Narrow Margins

McConnell’s grip on the Senate is slipping

Lightning Round

Because it’s been a busy week

The Most Fireable Man In Washington

Mitch McConnell still won’t protect Robert Mueller.

Trade Wars Are Bad

Simple economics for people in a hurry.

What if the Census asked about firearms ownership?

A thought experiment.

Protect The Census

How the GOP and Trump are sabotaging the 2020 census

Mueller and the Red Line

Robert Mueller is treading on dangerous ground; Americans have to protect him.

A Stormy Week In The White House

Buckle Up.

After Parkland, Student Activists Have Kept Our Focus on Gun Safety

What Resistbot data can tell us about how we respond to mass shootings.

Why Does Donald Trump Hate Puppies?

Trump’s USDA promotes profits over humane treatment of animals.

GOP Won’t Fund Government Without Defunding Planned Parenthood

Last-minute demand ignites fears of a March shutdown.

John Bolton Is A Menace To Society

The hawkish former U.N. ambassador tops the short-list of candidates for National Security Advisor.

Trade Wars

Why trade is good, tariffs are bad, and the consequences of getting it wrong

Devin Nunes and the Canary Trap

Nunes has crossed a line; it’s time for him to go

Pollution Waiver for Coal Plants Goes To House Floor

The SENSE Act will lift many pollution caps on coal refuse power plants

The Nunes Memo Was An Absolute Lie

The release of the Democratic Memo shows how much the GOP twisted the truth

The Power of the NRA

To understand the NRA is to understand American Politics

The Three Russia Investigations

Helping make sense of Mueller, Trump, and the FBI

The Gun Debate Is About To Escalate

Events are lining up for a perfect storm in Washington

Trump’s Blue Apron

Why “Blue Apron” for Food Stamps will never work

Protecting Disabled Americans

The ADA Education and Reform Act is critically broken

Why Politicians Respond to Some Callers and Not to Others

Five steps you can take to make more effective calls to Congress

A Bananas Republic

Trump’s Military Parade is a terrible idea

Resist The Flu

One of Trump’s evangelical advisors claims Jesus can protect from flu

Telling Lies With The Truth

The Nunes memo is nothing less than propaganda.

Senate to Consider 20-Week Abortion Ban

The bill is unlikely to pass but Republicans need to shore up their religious base

Who Is The President Of The United States?

Because it’s clearly not Donald J. Trump

The Next Shutdown

Second verse, same as the first but a whole lot louder and a whole lot worse

Issue Roundup

Five important stories you won’t see covered on cable news

5 Steps to Speaking at Public Hearings or Town Meeting

Stepping Back From The Brink

Congress is backing away from the 2018 weekend shutdown.

Dems, DACA, CHIP & a possible Shutdown

Democrats face a political hostage situation: the Dreamers for CHIP

Shithole

The United States needs to remember where it came from.

Challenging the FCC on Net Neutrality

Net Neutrality’s next loss is necessary to save it

There Is No “Party of States’ Rights”

Not on slavery. Not on gay marriage. Not on gun control. Not on marijuana.

The Nuclear Taboo

It is well that war is terrible else we should grow too fond of it

Of Taxes, Economics, and Intellectual Honesty

Trickle Down Economics is the lie the White House loves to tell

Pay As You Go

Two things in life are certain: PayGo and Taxes

Gunning for Mueller

The Trump Administration and Conservative Media are gearing up for an assault on Robert Mueller

Once More Unto the Breach Dear Friends

Once more, for the internet

Why Deficits Matter

The Trump Tax Plan will add $2.5 Trillion to the deficit over 10 years; this is a terrible idea.

Force Congress To Take A Stand On Net Neutrality

HR 4585 demands the FCC take seriously citizen demands to protect Net Neutrality; it deserves a vote

Concealed Carry Reciprocity

Newest firearms bill a tough choice for gun-control advocates

Franken, Moore, and Trump

On the partisanship of sexual assault

Congress Can’t Find Money For Children’s Healthcare

They’ve been promising since April but time is running out and there’s still no sign of funding

What’s Next

The GOP Tax Bill has passed the Senate, here’s what happens next.

Debt Limit: Round II

It’s payback time

Taking Away Trump’s (Launch) Keys

A bill before Congress would restrict the President’s ability to launch a preemptive nuclear strike.

The Deficits of the Republican Tax Plan

The Senate Tax Bill is drowning in red ink

How Congress Can Defend Net Neutrality

It’s one thing to tell Congress to defend the net; it’s another to tell them how to do it.

This Story Not Available

On a non-neutral internet, this content could be blocked or censored

The GOP’s Tax Hike

It’s time we start calling this what it is: a tax hike

Taxing Education

The Republican Tax Bills will gut higher education and send college costs skyrocketing

Death and Taxes

A very short and simple treatment of a long, sordid bill

Reading The House Whip Counts

A Who’s Who of Who’s on the fence

Trump’s Tax Plan Encourages Abortion

There are no sacred cows in the Republican quest to cut taxes

The Mortgage Interest Deduction

The GOP tax plan could have far reaching consequences for your home.

Fireproofing Mueller

Indictments are coming down from the Russiagate investigation and Mueller still serves at the pleasure of the President

Save Our Net!

Congress and the FCC are talking about ending Net Neutrality

Too Little Too Late

The Trump administration announces its response to the opioid epidemic

Salt Salt Salt

The GOP’s tax-plan betrays conservative values

Hurricane Relief

Congress is sending billions to help hurricane victims and not a moment too soon

Resist The White House

He doesn’t really care what you think, but it feels good doesn’t it?

Trump’s Tax Wishlist: The Estate Tax

Trump’s Tax plan would repeal taxes on multi-million-dollar inheritances

Hostage Situation

Build The Wall or the Dreamers get it

Bipartisanship

Not everything before Congress is a political firestorm

Trump Slashes Birth Control Requirements

New rules from Health & Human Services eliminate Obamacare’s birth control coverage requirement

Lawyers, Guns, and Money

Silencers, Concealed Carry, and Armor Piercing Rounds top the NRA’s 2017 wishlist.

Your Cable Company Loves Ajit Pai

If you hate your cable company, now is a good time to let Congress know.

Tax Cuts Aren’t Simple

The GOP’s Tax Plan is being sold as a “simplification” but that’s just not true

Pressure Points on the Obamacare Repeal

Meet the nine Senators who stand between Trump and the Affordable Care Act

Protect The Constitution

Stacy Moore in the Dallas Morning News

Protect All Of Us

Larry Gillie in the Kane County Chronicle

The Gory Details of the GOP’s latest Obamacare repeal

Deep cuts and painful sacrifices are buried in Cassidy-Graham’s legal labyrinth

Equifax and the Failure of American Privacy

Something is rotten at the heart of the American consumer credit industry and Equifax is a symptom of the problem

Medicare For All

Senator Sanders’ “Medicare For All” Bill is a play for the soul of the Democratic Party

Once More Unto The Breach

Cassidy-Graham: The GOP’s Latest Attempt at Repealing Obamacare

Trump continues to be a national embarrassment

Erich Glasbrenner in the Sun Sentinel

Does Trump actually have a plan for Afghanistan?

Gordon Olson in the Charlotte Observer

The CHIPS are down in Congress

The Children’s Healthcare Insurance Program will run out of money at the end of Sept; Congress hasn’t started on funding it.

Cross political lines for good of country

Debra Swacker in USA Today

What Dreamers May Come

President Trump has said he’ll end the DACA “Dreamer” program; now Congress has to decide how to handle undocumented natives

Budget Amendment Targets Russia Investigation

A GOP budget amendment would halt the Russia investigation and limit its scope while Democrats move to protect it

Trying To Reason With Hurricane Season

Houston is drowning but there are storm clouds on the Washington horizon

President Trump’s actions in defense of Nazis is not defensible

Trevor Phillips in USA Today

Shutting Down DC

Trump promised he’d shut down the government to secure funding for the wall

Looking for Leadership

Missy Slaathaug in the Watertown Public Opinion

Senators should oppose RAISE Act

Thomas Lockard in the Columbus Dispatch

Pass law to protect subsidies

Cathy Mabe Pyron in the Tennessean

Now is no time for Trump vacation

Andrew Hartley in the Columbus Dispatch

Get Foreign Money Out Of Politics

Jamie Raskin is trying to get to the root of the Russiagate question: money.

193 Days!

Ann Richards in the Arizona Daily Star

U.S. House passes bill to weaken Clean Air Act

John Chipman in the Greensboro News & Record

Terminating the Environmental Protection Agency

The right’s favorite whipping boy is the target of H.R. 861 and a lot more besides

Leaders must vote against “dirty” energy sources

Mary T. Danhauer in the Owensboro Messenger & Inquirer

Recess

School’s out for summer

The Bipartisan Fight To Protect Robert Mueller

As the Special Counsel empanels a Grand Jury an effort is underway to protect his job

Resist Attacks on Women’s Health

Martha Peters in the Tennessean

Trump, Senate Move To Cut Legal Immigration

The RAISE Act would turn away 500,000 legal immigrants yearly

Say no to secret health bill

Jennifer Sherman in the Arizona Daily Sun

Congress won’t stop Trump

Lawrence Collins in the Orlando Sentinel

Trump has admitted criminal act

Robert Sabatini in the Albuquerque Journal

Just A Brick In The Wall

The House Defense Budget will slash military funding by 13% and fund a US/Mexico border wall

ACA Repeal

Maureen Andrew in the Arizona Daily Star

Transgender Ban Is Wrong

Katherine Avcollie in the Hartford Courant

GOP should join outcry over possible election interference

Aleisha Aguilera in the Sun Sentinel

Be like Howard Baker

Elisa Brock in Commercial Appeal

We must hold Trump accountable

Thomas Hyland Robertson in the Baltimore Sun

On the wrong side of history

Dennis Major in the Colorado Springs Gazette

Get outside commission for Trump investigation

Caitilin Kane in the Argus Leader

Investigation is a must

Travis Irwin in the Dallas Morning News

The tyranny of Trump

Charles Horenstein in the Dallas Morning News

Sessions hawks archaic plan

Max McGrath in the Alaska Dispatch News

Proposed federal budget fails America’s youth

Lisa Harris in the Sun Sentinel

Making matters worse

Jim Murray in the Omaha World-Herald

Simple Question

Dawn Lee in the Denton Record Chronicle

No more vouchers

Melissa L Garber in the Orlando Sentinel

Get onboard, Jeff Denham, vote to get to bottom of Russiagate

Gay Walker in the Modesto Bee

Religious Freedom order prioritizes one expression of faith over another’s

Zebulun Treloar-Reid in the Des Moines Register

Preserve Obamacare

Karla Beadle in the Scranton Times-Tribune

The Healthcare Bill You’ve Never Heard Of

The Medicare Part B Improvement Act is sober policy in a frenzied political world

Don’t jam legislation through

Amy Wolin in the Colorado Springs Gazette

Don’t deny healthcare to those with pre-existing conditions

Kendrick Arnett in the Fort Worth Star Telegram

We must protect open internet access for all

Christine Tomasello in the San Diego Union-Tribune

Does the Trump family have something to hide in Russia business dealings?

Jacob Michalik in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Women’s health ignored

Janet Nagengast in the Delaware News Journal

Find health-care solution for all

Rick Olson in the Evansville Courier Press

Health-care plan isn’t good enough

Lynn Bhullar in the Indianapolis Star

Health Care Bill Will Hurt Next Alaskans

Mary Herrick, MD in the Alaska Dispatch News

Monuments Should Transcend Politics

Jessie Nunn in the Billings Gazette

Noem, GOP take aim at women

Lesleigh Owen in the Rapid City Journal

Is it good strategy for Trump to meet with amoral dictators?

Douglas Levy in the Los Angeles Times

Your Right To Sue

Do you have the right to take your bank to court?

CBO Scores Republican’s Skinny Repeal

16 million set to lose coverage, premiums to rise 20% each year.

Who Voted “No” on the Latest Healthcare Bills

Shelley Moore Capito, Bill Cassidy, Susan Collins, Dean Heller, Lisa Murkowski, Rob Portman remain key.

Too Quiet

It’s a slow week in Washington for a reason; that reason is Health Care.

Congress Wants to Restrict First Use of Nuclear Weapons

The authority to launch a nuclear first-strike has always rested unilaterally with the Commander-in-Chief.

The Republican Health Care Journey

Latest GOP health care effort still drives up ininsured and premiums, removes pre-existing protection protections.

A New Bipartisan DREAM

Senators Graham and Durbin bring hope to young immigrants.

32 Million Estimated to Lose Coverage if ACA Repeal Passes, CBO Says

Additionally, average premiums would increase about 25% in 2018, about 50% in 2020, and would double by 2026.

GATTACA for Gender

The “Civil Rights Uniformity Act” would make gender about genetics

The GOP’s Healthcare Bill Is Dead

Here’s who to thank (or blame)

Privatized Air-Traffic Control Awaits Takeoff in House

The “21st Century AIRR Act” would take government out of the air-traffic-control business

The Senate Health Care Bill v2.0

They revised it, but did they improve it?

Medicine On The Road

Should doctors be able to carry/administer drugs outside of their licenced state?

House Moves To Prevent Debt-Ceiling Showdowns

Bill would issue bonds; allow President to cut spending, sell assets

Congress May End Funding for Voting Cybersecurity

Election Assistance Commission among cuts in 2018 FY budget

Another Way to be Heard on Repeal-and-Replace

Write a Comment on Regulations.gov

CBO Scores Senate Healthcare Bill

Number of Uninsured Will Spike to 15M in the First Year Following the Bill’s Passage

Where Do They Stand on Healthcare?

It’s Complicated — And Not Over Yet

Trump Demands State Voter Data

Is the Trump Vote Fraud commission protecting or suppressing your vote?

Last Chance To Weigh In On Healthcare

The Senate will delay its vote on S-106, the Republican “Obamacare Repeal Act” until after the July 4th recess.

Massive Cyberattacks Hit US, Europe

Another major round of ransomware cyberattacks struck Europe and the United States today.

House To Reaffirm U.S. Commitment To NATO

Trump rhetoric on Article V prompts Congress to act to assure nervous NATO allies.

Medical Malpractice Caps Head To House Floor

Rep. Steve King's (R-IA) 'Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017' heads to the House floor this week as H.R. 1215. The bill aims to impose a $250,000 cap on 'non-economic' damages brought in medical malpractice suits.

The Senate Healthcare Bill

Senate Republicans revealed their secret healthcare plan on Thursday: The Better Care Reconciliation Act. Find out what’s inside.

Congress’ Next Secret: Tax Reform

Tax reform, which aims to remake the federal tax system, will likely be drafted in the same way as the AHCA: behind closed doors.

No Sanctuary for Criminals Act Introduced in The House

This act would require that cities and counties comply with federal immigration orders, such as detainers, that keep immigrants in jail to be picked up for deportation.

Ensure Efficient Reporting on Terrorism

The REPORT bill seeks to ensure that reporting on acts of terror gets to Congress in a timely manner.

Introducing: The COVFEFE Act

Mike Quigley (D-IL) has introduced a bill to prevent deletions of the President’s tweets.

Reconciliation and Repeal-and-Replace in the Senate

What is reconciliation and why does it matter right now?

SCRAP it!

Sen. Corey Booker introduced a bill, S. 1140, which would take away the ability of the Republican majority to scrap regulations without any oversight.

The White House Budget Has Deep Cuts to Education

Trump wants to cut $9.2 billion, or 13.5% of the current budget, spread out across K-12 funding and federal student aid.

Getting Rid of Wall Street Accountability, Pt. 2

H.R. 10 quietly passed the house during the Comey hearings. Now it’s the Senate’s turn with S. 1117.

Another Way to Dismantle the Affordable Care Act

The House is voting to weaken accountability of healthcare provided through federal programs, subsidies, or tax benefits.

White House Budget Cuts Science, Medical Research, and Disease Prevention

The Trump Administration is proposing massive cuts to NIH, National Cancer Institute, and the CDC.

Arizona Congresswoman Sponsors Bill to Increase Hiring of Border Patrol Agents

H.R. 2213 looks to increase the number of agents by waiving polygraph requirements.

Trump Isn’t the Only One Who Wanted Out of the Paris Climate Agreement

22 Senators urged the President to pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement

Getting Rid of Wall Street Accountability

The Financial CHOICE Act of 2017, or H.R. 10, is set to come up for a vote this week.

Robin Hood Is Coming to Washington

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) want to tax stock and bond trades to pay for free undergraduate education and student loan forgiveness.

CBO Scored the Latest Version of the AHCA

Find out how the latest version affects you.

Trump’s Budget Details Released

Deep cuts to anti-poverty programs, Medicaid, and Social Security

FCC Moves Forward on Suspending Net Neutrality

Fast lane for businesses, slow lane for everyone else

We have a Special Counsel to Investigate Russian Election Interference

So, now what?

Could the Administration Shut Down Robert Mueller’s Investigation Before it Begins?

A special counsel’s investigation could be weakened or shut down — here’s one way.

Should Disabled Veterans Receive a Cost-of-Living Increase?

Congress to vote May 23 on increasing the rates of compensation for veterans’ living expenses.

The Senate is Now Working on Health Care

Will the Senate’s health care bill save the ACA?

Rapid DNA Testing in the Field

Should law enforcement have technology that would allow them to perform rapid DNA tests in the field?

Congress to Vote on a Way to Distribute Cyber Crime Information to States and Cities

Should the Secret Service add a division that distributes cybercrime information?

Who Can Appoint a Special Counsel

How does an independent investigator get appointed?

FCC to Reconsider Net Neutrality

On May 18, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission will reconsider Net Neutrality

Protecting Data at the Border

Stop warrantless searches of your electronic devices at the U.S. border!

Overtime Pay or Comp Time?

Health Care wasn’t the only bill to pass the House last week. Also moving to the Senate: a bill that lets workers choose comp time instead of overtime pay.

Senate Considers Bill to Guarantee Coverage for Women

In the wake of the passage of the Republican health care bill, members of the Senate are moving to mitigate its impact on women.

Senate to Vote on Nominee for FDA Commissioner

Dr. Scott Gottlieb, who has been paid millions by the pharmaceutical industry, could be the new guy in charge at the FDA

The Senate and the ACHA: What Now?

Will the Senate pass the House bill?

Who Voted “No” on the Health Care Bill

**The American Health Care Act** (H.R. 1628) narrowly passed in the House of Representatives today 217 to 213

The GOP is Trying Again to Repeal the ACA

Republicans have tried to repeal Obamacare over 60 times since 2011

Could the SEC Help Small Business?

H.R. 1312 could enlarge the SEC’s purview to small businesses

With Trump in the White House, “Drill, baby, drill,” is Back

Drilling in the Arctic and other federally-protected waters is back on the table

“I will build a great wall, and El Chapo will pay for it!”

Senator Ted Cruz has introduced a bill to use El Chapo’s seized assets to fund a border wall with Mexico

Congress Wants to Issue a Fresh Round of Sanctions on North Korea

Bill enjoys broad support from Democrats and Republicans