A conversation with Susan Page about her new, comprehensive biography of the House Speaker—and why the San Francisco Democrat feels kinship with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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Biden’s Immigration Dilemma
His sweeping reform probably can’t pass but he can’t ignore the issue especially with a “crisis” of asylum seekers. But there is a way forward.
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House Dems Signal Bolder Action by Weakening Self-Imposed Austerity Rules
They are learning that they shouldn’t hold themselves to standards that Republicans have long abandoned.
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If Trump is Acquitted, the House Democrats Should Press Ahead
This result cannot be allowed to stand since it eviscerates Congress’s power to hold a president accountable.
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The Democrats Who Made Impeachment Possible
These vulnerable members of Congress will be ruthlessly targeted in 2020.
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The Democrats Can’t Push Off Impeachment Much Longer
They are positioning themselves as the most reluctant of prosecutors, but their hands are increasingly tied.
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How Voters Can Help Manage America’s Largest Companies
House Democrats should introduce legislation to let the government put directors on the boards of big banks and budding oligopolies.
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One of These Parties is Not Like the Other
Elected in an anti-Trump backlash, freshman Democrats nonetheless urge leadership to focus less on investigations and more on problem solving.
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Trump Can’t Even Pardon Turkeys Correctly
The president turned an easy unifying and feel-good moment, the pardoning of turkeys, into one more opportunity to attack our institutions.
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So Much for the Uranium One Story
The Republicans’ key Uranium One witness is a fraud and doesn’t even claim to know anything.
