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Former senior investigative reporter at ThinkProgress and former head of money-in-politics reporting at the Center for Public Integrity.
A bipartisan resolution that would have recognized the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment failed to get a filibuster-proof majority.
By Josh Israel - April 27, 2023
The House GOP caucus has refused to offer a bill to raise the debt ceiling without demands for budget cuts.
By Josh Israel - April 27, 2023
Republican gubernatorial candidate Kelly Craft features Alex Payne, the former deputy commissioner for the Kentucky State Police, in an ad accusing a primary opponent of supporting a 'woke' diversity agenda.
By Josh Israel - April 26, 2023
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has made a litany of hateful remarks on social media and in sermons, and once told women who are pregnant, 'It's not your body anymore.'
By Josh Israel - April 24, 2023
House Republicans are threatening a catastrophic debt default if they don't get to make major cuts to historic climate change investments.
By Josh Israel - April 21, 2023
During her confirmation hearing, Republicans attacked Julie Su for implementing a pro-worker law when she was California labor secretary.
By Josh Israel - April 21, 2023
The House passed a bill on Thursday that would bar transgender, gender-nonconforming, and intersex student athletes from participating in school sports.
By Josh Israel - April 20, 2023
The ad was produced by the tax-exempt group One Nation, which has received millions of dollars from fossil fuel companies in recent years.
By Josh Israel - April 19, 2023
Virginia Republicans have pushed to make it harder to vote and to keep former felons from regaining their rights.
By Josh Israel - April 19, 2023
The Wisconsin Republican has previously spoken out against former members of Congress who 'shop their connections' to foreign countries.
By Josh Israel - April 18, 2023
Virginia Republicans want to decimate laws promoting clean energy and curbing greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change.
By Josh Israel - April 18, 2023
Abortion rights advocates warn that Virginia could soon see the same kind of near-total abortion ban just enacted in Florida if Republicans win full control of the General Assembly.
By Josh Israel - April 17, 2023
Mark Lamb supported QAnon-promoting influencers and has a history of extremist positions against democracy, abortion rights, and gun safety.
By Josh Israel - April 13, 2023
An ad released by the National Republican Senatorial Committee claims Pennsylvania’s senior senator has been ‘caught’ in ‘scandal after scandal.’
By Josh Israel - April 12, 2023
If Democrats win, they can restart the process of protecting same-sex marriage. If Republicans win, they will likely roll back equality for LGBTQ+ Virginians.
By Josh Israel - April 12, 2023
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy claims his caucus is ‘keeping our Commitment to America’.
By Josh Israel - April 11, 2023
This year’s election could determine the fate of historic gun safety legislation Virginia Democrats enacted between 2020 and 2021.
By Josh Israel - March 31, 2023
The Union of Concerned Scientists calls wind ‘one of the cleanest and most sustainable ways to generate electricity.’
By Josh Israel - March 29, 2023
Fossil fuel companies have thrown their support behind the Lower Energy Costs Act.
By Josh Israel - March 28, 2023
Removing the agency that protects students’ civil rights and distributes federal education funds has received an increasing amount of Republican support in recent years, including from Donald Trump.
By Josh Israel - March 24, 2023
Republicans in Congress have already filed bills to undermine labor rights, eliminate the agency that oversees workplace safety, and roll back wage protections.
By Josh Israel - March 24, 2023
The party has refused to remove a meme they posted falsely claiming Nazis enacted gun control laws in Germany before massacring over 6 million people. In fact, party chair Kristina Karamo defended it.
By Josh Israel - March 23, 2023
Sen. Rick Scott used 2021 footage of Dr. Anthony Fauci trying to convince a D.C. resident to get vaccinated to question President Joe Biden’s current pandemic strategy.
By Josh Israel - March 22, 2023
The GOP is attacking Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for having received support from a PAC that was partially funded by Democratic philanthropist George Soros.
By Josh Israel - March 22, 2023
Republicans in Congress are proposing to override state gun safety rules, cut taxes for gun purchasers, and roll back the few existing federal firearms laws
By Josh Israel - March 20, 2023
Scott was complaining about how ‘woke’ America’s armed forces are when he shared the unheard of story. Officials have not confirmed it.
By Josh Israel - March 20, 2023
After losing the Pennsylvania Republican Senate nomination to Mehmet Oz in 2022, Dave McCormick is predicted to challenge Sen. Bob Casey in 2024.
By Josh Israel - March 17, 2023
Despite having a Republican majority in the House his entire time as a member of Congress, very few of the bills and resolutions he sponsored eventually passed.
By Josh Israel - March 17, 2023
The national survey found a majority wants lawmakers to prioritize health care and costs.
By Josh Israel - March 16, 2023
A Congressional Budget Office analysis shows congressional Republicans cannot get to a balanced budget in 10 years without unpopular cuts or higher taxes.
By Josh Israel - March 15, 2023