But during a meeting on infrastructure, held in the Oval Office with a bipartisan group of senators earlier in the day, Mr. Biden removed his…
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G.O.P. Senator Faces Fraught Path to Infrastructure Deal
The difficulty of maintaining roads and bridges that wind through mountains, coupled with a declining lack of revenue in part from the state’s beleaguered coal…
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This Might Be the Year D.C. Becomes a State
[MUSIC PLAYING] jane coaston Today on “The Argument,” the case for and against D.C. statehood. If you live in D.C., you aren’t represented in Congress.…
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Senate Panel Deadlocks on Voting Rights as Bill Faces Major Obstacles
Republicans gave no indication they were willing to cede any ground to Democrats in a fight that stretches from the Capitol in Washington to state…
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Once Deal Makers, Biden and McConnell Are Miles Apart
WASHINGTON — When Joe Biden won the presidency, hopes rose that he might be the rare Democrat who could finally crack the code of Mitch…
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‘We May Not Have a Full Two Years’: Democrats’ Plans Hinge on Good Health
In the House this term, deaths have already affected the parties’ close margins. Three members — Ron Wright of Texas and Representative-elect Luke Letlow of…
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Republicans Attack Democrats as Liberal Extremists to Regain Power
WASHINGTON — Minutes after a group of congressional Democrats unveiled a bill recently to add seats to the Supreme Court, the Iowa Republican Party slammed…
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Constitutional Challenges Loom Over Proposed Voting Bill
WASHINGTON — If the sweeping voting rights bill that the House passed in March overcomes substantial hurdles in the Senate to become law, it would…
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Who Cares About Hypocrisy?
But even beyond that, hypocrisy provides a neat, clean, easy to grasp, nonpartisan rubric by which to pass judgment on public officials. With hypocrisy, you…
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Schumer Readies Plan B to Push Immigration Changes Unilaterally
“Before we can do anything meaningful on immigration, we’re going to have to deal with the current crisis at the border,” said Senator John Cornyn,…
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