Chuck Grassley is now openly embracing a Jan. 6 conspiracy theory
The Iowa Republican once thanked police officers for defending the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Times have changed.
By Josh Israel - January 27, 2022The Iowa Republican once thanked police officers for defending the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Times have changed.
By Josh Israel - January 27, 2022Justice Stephen Breyer has not yet even formally announced his retirement.
By Josh Israel - January 27, 2022Senate Republicans previously supported giving stimulus payments to incarcerated Americans — when Donald Trump was in office.
By Josh Israel - January 26, 2022Republican Senate hopefuls are eagerly gathering up endorsements from extremists and conspiracy theorists.
By Josh Israel - January 26, 2022President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan would have boosted hiring and modernized technology at the Internal Revenue Service.
By Josh Israel - January 24, 2022Thanks to the filibuster rule, the GOP minority was able to block the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement and the Freedom to Vote Acts.
By Josh Israel - January 20, 2022Sean Parnell has been accused by his estranged wife of verbal and physical abuse, charges he has vehemently denied.
By Josh Israel - January 19, 2022Senate Republicans wasted more than 10 hours reading the American Rescue Plan aloud last year.
By Josh Israel - January 18, 2022‘I would end the 60-vote filibuster right now,’ Cruz said in 2017. He also called the Senate rule ‘stupid.’
By Josh Israel - January 13, 2022Economists say current inflation has little to do with President Joe Biden’s policies and will moderate in 2022.
By Josh Israel - January 12, 2022In 2021, Republicans passed 34 laws in 19 states that would make it harder for people to vote.
By Josh Israel - January 11, 2022GOP senators are making bogus arguments to defend the filibuster rule.
By Josh Israel - January 11, 2022The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel once dubbed Johnson Wisconsin’s “most irresponsible representative” since Joseph McCarthy.
By Josh Israel - January 10, 2022Analysts predicted that President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan would have supported millions of additional jobs annually.
By Josh Israel - January 07, 2022They don’t really want to acknowledge the deadly Capitol insurrection and its aftermath.
By Josh Israel - January 06, 2022Some top 2022 GOP candidates think the Jan. 6 attacks were sedition, while others say it was ‘nothing.’
By Josh Israel - January 06, 2022The Senate GOP is doing everything possible to block rule changes that would allow Democrats to protect voting rights.
By Josh Israel - January 05, 2022The House of Representatives passed each of these in 2021.
By Josh Israel - January 03, 2022They are upset about the administration’s straight talk on COVID-19 safety.
By Josh Israel - December 21, 2021The Senate majority leader also plans to take up voting rights legislation in January.
By Josh Israel - December 20, 2021Just one GOP lawmaker joined the Democrats in voting to keep paying the federal government’s bills.
By Josh Israel - December 15, 2021But Axios reports the GOP Senate hopeful also claims to have never broken the law, an apparent contradiction.
By Josh Israel - December 14, 2021Republicans blame President Joe Biden for tree shortages and ignore the climate change that is fueling the problem.
By Josh Israel - December 13, 2021Republicans are seizing on a hypothetical budget estimate to argue that Build Back Better would cost more than it actually does.
By Josh Israel - December 10, 2021Two new polls show broad support for President Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion social infrastructure package.
By Josh Israel - December 08, 2021A total of 21 current Republican senators voted in 2012 to block an international treaty on rights for people with disabilities.
By Josh Israel - December 07, 2021The federal government’s funding is set to expire on Friday.
By Josh Israel - December 01, 2021The Senate GOP filibustered the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act in hopes of forcing numerous amendment votes.
By Josh Israel - November 30, 2021GOP lawmakers are mad that Biden is releasing some of the federal petroleum supply to reduce fuel costs ahead of the holidays.
By Josh Israel - November 23, 2021Republican lawmakers are plotting what they’ll do if they win back the House and the Senate next year.
By Josh Israel - November 22, 2021