Tag: Congress
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Week in Review: 5% Yields, a $409 Billion Deficit and a Dodged Vote
Hot consumer and wholesale prices pushed the 10-year Treasury yield past 5%, the fiscal year opened with a $409 billion October deficit, and Congress ducked hard votes. Our Week in Review connects the dots.
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Jim Jordan Is House Minority Leader. Defense Alone Isn’t a Plan.
House Republicans chose change, electing Jim Jordan over Steve Scalise, 106-73, as House minority leader. It was Jordan’s third run at the top job, and the conference he inherits is the smallest since 1993. A minority that only defends the White House will stay a minority. A minority with a budget can win the House…
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How Impeachment Works: 22 Impeachments, 8 Removals, Zero Presidents
The House has impeached officials 22 times, and the Senate has removed eight, every one a federal judge. As the House takes up Rep. Thomas Massie’s articles against Pete Hegseth, here is how impeachment works, from privileged resolutions to the two-thirds Senate vote, and why the bar should stay high.
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Hegseth Impeachment Aims at the Wrong Man. Congress Owns This War.
Rep. Thomas Massie is forcing a Hegseth impeachment vote this week, and Hakeem Jeffries is a “hard yes.” Massie is right that the Iran war has outrun the War Powers Resolution. But the Secretary of Defense doesn’t start wars, and impeachment won’t end one. Congress holds the real lever: an $87.6 billion supplemental, only about…
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The Debt Ceiling Explained: $777 Billion Left and Counting
Washington has about $777 billion of borrowing room left under the $41.1 trillion debt ceiling. Here’s how the limit works, what extraordinary measures are, and why the 2027 fight should be about spending.
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Week in Review: Democrats Won. Voters Still Want Receipts.
This Week in Review: Democrats took Congress, but ticket-splitters locked in voter ID, rejected data-center deals, and still face soft paycheck math under a strong jobs print. Treasury’s $618B ‘cut’ papers over higher need — and Court packing is the wrong answer.
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Supreme Court Reform Is Back. Packing Isn’t Reform.
After winning the House and Senate, Democrats are dusting off Supreme Court reform — ethics codes, term limits, and expanding the Court to 13 — while Chuck Schumer vows to block Trump’s judicial and Cabinet nominees. Here’s what is reform, what is packing, and what the Senate math actually allows.
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Iran Fired at U.S. Forces. The Qeshm Island Strikes Were the Right Answer.
Editor’s note, November 14, 2026: I have folded our late-October and early-November Hormuz posts into this living column, from the post-midterm strike warnings through the November 2 Qeshm Island strikes. Later developments will be added here. Our November 12 column on Iran’s enriched uranium and the blockade remains a separate chapter. The Qeshm Island strikes…
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The Big Ten Capped NIL at $49 Million. Now the House Has to Act.
The Big Ten just capped what schools can pay or arrange for athletes at about $49 million a year, without waiting for Congress. With 94% of Division I programs spending more than athletics brings in, that is a guardrail. Now the House should pass the Protect College Sports Act, with one fix.
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Your Clocks Fall Back Sunday. The Senate Wouldn’t Even Vote.
Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, because the Senate never voted on the House-passed Sunshine Protection Act. Here’s the Trump vs. Cotton fight, what history says about permanent daylight time, and why letting each state choose is the better fix.
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