House GOP debates: More like a hockey brawl than legislating
January 23, 2023
After a speaker’s race that took 15 ballots, a few angry encounters and shoutings, the upcoming debate over the debt limit could be even worse.
Time for a non-toxic debate over a new Supreme Court justice?
January 28, 2022
After so may contentious and embarrassing debacles over controversial candidates, a tempered one would be a welcome break
Senators to watch on filibuster debate
June 28, 2021
The future of a Senate rule that is both lauded and called out of date depends on how the Democrats deal with the sensitive issue
Masks or no masks? That depends
May 16, 2021
The White House is mask-free. Congress is not. Why? That depends on who is vaccinated or not
Democrats make late changes as Senate begins debate on COVID-19 aid bill
March 5, 2021
Republicans began stalling tactics while Democrats hope to win approval by mid-March.
Attempt to stop impeachment trial fails as opening arguments begin
February 10, 2021
Trump, aides say, is fuming as details of the Jan. 6 riot and takeover attempt at the Capitol is played out for all to see.
With final debate, Biden and Trump head into the closing days towards election
October 22, 2020
Will Trump have some control over his ranting and raving or will he just dig himself deeper into his political void?
Trump on non-stop campaign swing; Biden prepares for Thursday’s debate
October 21, 2020
President Donald Trump is hopping from one must-win stop on the electoral map to the next in the leadup to a final presidential debate that
Fact-checking VP debate: Exaggerations, misstatements and outright lies
October 7, 2020
Both sides had exaggerations and misstatements but Pence followed Trump’s format of lying and repeated past lies.
Voters verdict on debate: ‘Sad’ and ‘pathetic’ and ‘a joke’
October 1, 2020
Donald Trump and Joe Biden debated. Americans cringed. After the presidential candidates put on one of the noisiest, most chaotic debates in recent memory, voters