Ron Johnson pushes false claim that Medicaid expansion increased opioid abuse
The Wisconsin GOP senator also spread misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines in a recent speech.
By Jacob Gardenswartz - November 19, 2021The Wisconsin GOP senator also spread misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines in a recent speech.
By Jacob Gardenswartz - November 19, 2021For months, Republican lawmakers had been lauding former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers as a soothsayer.
By Josh Israel - November 18, 2021Republicans have been baselessly claiming the Build Back Better jobs proposal will worsen inflation.
By Josh Israel - November 17, 2021The Washington Post-ABC News poll also found that only a small fraction of Americans back the Texas abortion ban currently before the Supreme Court.
By Josh Israel - November 16, 2021Braun’s 2018 Senate campaign took more than $8.5 million in ‘apparent prohibited loans,’ a recent Federal Election Commission audit found.
By Josh Israel - November 11, 2021President Joe Biden has already made clear that reports of $450,000 settlements are ‘garbage.’
By Josh Israel - November 09, 2021The cost of President Joe Biden’s spending package would be more than offset by cost-saving measures and new taxes on corporations and the wealthy, according to a nonpartisan analysis released Thursday.
By Josh Israel - November 04, 2021Republicans across the board have criticized the Build Back Better framework as reckless, despite expert analysis showing it would curb inflation long-term.
By Josh Israel - November 04, 2021Congressional Republicans are mocking the concept of ‘tree equity,’ which would fund a wave of new jobs and plant trees in neighborhoods without any.
By Josh Israel - November 02, 2021What’s actually in President Joe Biden’s new $1.75 trillion framework.
By Josh Israel - October 29, 2021Several GOP lawmakers suggested any effort to protect the rights of women and girls was a waste of time.
By Josh Israel - October 26, 2021Democrats’ proposed plan would only affect Americans who have over $1 billion in assets or who make $100 million for three years in a row.
By Josh Israel - October 26, 2021Senate Minority Whip John Thune is the latest Republican to back the ex-NFL player endorsed by Donald Trump.
By Josh Israel - October 25, 2021The lawmakers behind the new caucus have backed limiting what professors can teach about critical race theory previously.
By Josh Israel - October 20, 2021In March, Republicans called for ‘a 3 to 5 percent increase.’ The current proposal they find ‘grossly inadequate’ is 5%.
By Josh Israel - October 19, 2021Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm wants both the United States and China to take steps to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
By Josh Israel - October 18, 2021Higher taxes on the rich and lower drug prices receive strong support among registered voters.
By Josh Israel - October 15, 2021Republicans in Congress are upset that the Internal Revenue Service might have more tools to target wealthy tax evaders.
By Josh Israel - October 15, 2021They are urging airline employees to skip their jobs to protest COVID-19 safety rules.
By Josh Israel - October 12, 2021GOP lawmakers say vaccines and ‘socialism’ are to blame for September’s lower-than-expected jobs numbers.
By Josh Israel - October 08, 2021The party that would have allowed a debt default thinks Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer shouldn’t have been so ‘partisan’ about it.
By Josh Israel - October 08, 2021The White House has said President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan is fully paid for.
By Josh Israel - October 07, 2021Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) said a panel investigating the U.S. Capitol attack would be too ‘partisan.’
By Josh Israel - October 05, 2021But Susan Collins still supports Senate Republicans’ obstruction.
By Josh Israel - October 05, 2021GOP lawmakers are twisting warnings about the ongoing pandemic into an attempt by the Biden administration to ‘cancel Christmas.’
By Josh Israel - October 04, 2021Senate Republicans are wasting as much time as possible to thwart Democrats’ plans.
By Josh Israel - September 29, 2021Senate Republicans are stonewalling Democrats’ efforts to stave off economic calamity.
By Emily Singer - September 28, 2021Senate Republicans blocked a bill that would fund the government and raise the debt ceiling.
By Emily Singer - September 28, 2021‘This is your first real taste of Communist controlled healthcare,’ Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene charged.
By Josh Israel - September 22, 2021Attacks on ‘amnesty’ from Republican lawmakers have not swayed most voters.
By Josh Israel - September 21, 2021