David Streitfeld
While many Americans struggle to save forretirement, elected representatives and senators in the United States Congress receive substantial pension benefits for life. Though Congressional retirement pay is not typically a big election-year issue, it might serve as evidence of a disconnect between la...
“The President’s actions are an outrageous insult to our justice system and the heroes who suffered physical scars and emotional trauma as they protected the Capitol, the Congress and the Constitution,” Pelosi said in a statement. “It is shameful that the President has decided to make one...
Less than a week after his victory, Trump has already tried to pressure Republican senators into electing a leader who would make recess appointments, nominated self-congratulating blowhards to cabinet positions, and invented a new federal agency (or something) to be run by a pair of overcompensa...
with the latter being the one that most moves the needle. Any high-profile music artists or any of their representatives have a unique opportunity to use their platforms to move the needle by contacting their respective senators and/or members of Congress and letting them know how they feel on...
Contact Your South Dakota State Representatives and Senators: South Dakota is divided into legislative districts. Each district elects representatives to the legislature in Pierre. If you don't know your district, find it here. What District am I in and Who are My Legislators? For the contact...
Senators in both parties had envisioned potential breakthroughs this fall on modest legislation dealing with rail safety or perhaps even artificial intelligence guardrails. During past moments of divided government, Congress has passed some smaller-scale legislation and made new laws on less controversial ...
ABOUT THAT TAX BILL:The Senate has now been out of Washington for going on two weeks — and according to aides and others, not much progress has been made on the tax bill during that time. In fact, lots of GOP senators still have a variety of objections to the measure negoti...
Democrats are not risking the possibility that Trump might manage to talk his way out of his troubles with swing-state women. Ahead of the town hall yesterday, Georgia’s two Democratic senators, Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, held a prebuttal conference call with reporter...
The battleground senators who aren’t speaking at the DNC Sens. Jon Tester, Sherrod Brown, and Jacky Rosen aren’t among the battleground Democrats speaking at the convention. Ally Mutnick08/22/2024, 9:27pm ET It's Senate night at the DNC. Democratic nominees from nearly every...