Author: Bill Scher, RealClearPolitics
Taking the Infrastructure Bill Hostage Didn’t Work
Back in August, New York magazine’s Jonathan Chait blessed the strategy of the Congressional Progressive Caucus to withhold their votes for the Senate’s…
Progressives Won. But What Exactly Did They Win?
Last week, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House would vote on the Senate’s bipartisan infrastructure bill (BIB) by Sept. 30. But progressives have long feared…
Why House Republicans Should Vote for Infrastructure
One week from today, the House is scheduled to bring the Senate’s bipartisan infrastructure bill (BIB) to the floor. The date was set last month in an agreement between Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a band of 10 Democratic moderates who want to keep that b…
The Texas Abortion Gambit Is Politically Insane
Joe Biden is suffering his worst job approval numbers of his presidency. The messy Afghanistan withdrawal and the COVID-19 spike have bruised his reputation…
Bipartisan Hope Floats on Manchin’s Houseboat
Beltway institutionalists have lamented that members of both parties no longer get together for a drink, and hard-headed cynics have accused the…
White House Needs to Explain Its Voting Rights Strategy
Last week Vice President Kamala Harris announced that, to counter the spate of restrictive voting measures which have been enacted in several Republican-controlled states, the Democratic National Committee would spend $25 million on "tools and te…