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Marvin Gentry / Reuters Is Combatting Sexual Abuse Becoming a Partisan Issue?
Defenders of Alabama’s Roy Moore are politicizing a problem that crosses party lines.
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Charles Dharapak / AP Capitol Hill's Sexual-Harassment Problem
Congress has all the necessary elements for a perfect storm of predation.
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Brooks Kraft / Corbis / Getty / The ... Leon Wieseltier: A Reckoning
Women who once worked at the New Republic reflect on their experiences with the legendary literary editor, who is now facing allegations of workplace “misconduct.”
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James Lawler Duggan / Reuters Alabama's GOP Primary Is Just a Preview
Despite controlling all three branches of government, Republican voters are still angry with their representation in Congress.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters The Senate's Lions Draw Frustration From Their Cubs
Young, ambitious politicians are growing impatient with their older colleagues and their tendency to stay in Congress’ upper chamber to an advanced age.
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Mark Makela / Reuters Who Will Lead the Republican Moderates?
The retirement of Pennsylvania’s Charlie Dent puts his like-minded colleagues in a tough position.
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Marvin Gentry / Reuters The Lawlessness of Roy Moore
The would-be Alabama senator was twice disciplined by the state’s judicial ethics panel for failing to comply with court orders.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Democrats Dance With Donald Trump on Debt-Ceiling Repeal
Pelosi and Schumer hope to persuade the president to go along with their plan to end congressional standoffs that could end in default.
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Mike Blake / Reuters Accountability Is for Non-Celebrities
Sean Spicer at the Emmys? It’s the latest illustration that members of the establishment are held to different standards.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Cutting Taxes Will Be Harder Than Trump Thinks
Failure is always an option—especially in Congress.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Trump's Buck Passing on Immigration
The president’s decision to try to shift responsibility for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to Congress could turn out to be one of his politically shrewder moves.
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James Lawler Duggan / Reuters Republicans Need a Villain for the Midterms
With the GOP currently running everything, coming up with a suitably electrifying bogeyman could prove challenging.
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Steve Nesius / Reuters The Onerous, Arbitrary, Unaccountable World of Occupational Licensing
Like its predecessor, the Trump administration wants to reform how states issue these certificates, which often have less to do with consumer protection than economic protectionism.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Eight Things Paul Ryan Has Learned About Governing
The speaker of the House had grand ambitions for the first 200 days of this Congress.
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Gerald Herbert / AP Can Congress Bring the National Flood Insurance Program Above Water?
The debate over too-low premiums and repetitive payouts grinds on, even as the thunderheads roll in and the water levels rise.
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James Lawler Duggan / Reuters Democrats Pitch a Kinder, Gentler Populism
With the unveiling of the party’s new agenda, the rhetorical battle for the allegiance of the middle classes has begun.
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Mike Segar / Reuters The War on the Freedom of Information Act
A conservative group is resisting congressional efforts to kneecap FOIA.
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters Mitch McConnell's Heavy Health-Care Lift
A run down of the votes the Senate Majority Leader needs to corral to pass Trumpcare.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Congressional War on Expertise
The Congressional Budget Office is a controversial part of the health-care debate, but that just proves its importance.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The Plot Against Pelosi
Some members of the Democratic caucus are beginning to see the House leader as a liability.
