Senators eye Social Security reforms as some in House GOP consider cuts
Some senators are eyeing a divided Congress as an opportunity to tackle reforms to Social Security, as the program faces significant solvency issues in little more than a decade. Changes to Social Security are a perpetually heavy lift for Congress, but they’ve gained traction as some House Republicans float cuts to it as part of debt ceiling negotiations. “A wise senator said that whenever you see reforms shore up those kinds of programs, it usually takes a divided Congress,” Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) told The Hill this week. “So, maybe tha
Read More'Liberal' may finally be shedding its political stigma
More than half of Democrats now identify as liberal, suggesting that the long-vilified “L-word” may be losing its potency as political kryptonite. A generation of Democratic presidential contenders, from Michael Dukakis to Bill Clinton, ducked the liberal brand. Republicans disparaged liberals as weak-willed softies. Democratic candidates faced perennial accusations of closet liberalism. In the millennial era, the L-word seems to be shedding its stigma. The share of avowed Democrats who describe themselves as liberal has
Read MoreConservative additions to Rules panel may haunt GOP leaders who put them there
Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-Calif.) decision to promote conservative firebrands to the House Rules Committee has given some of his leading GOP detractors enormous new powers to dictate the party's legislative agenda — and may cause headaches for Republican leaders down the line. The Rules Com
Read MoreSenate GOP pours cold water on idea of impeaching Biden
Senate Republicans are pouring cold water on the idea that President Biden’s classified documents controversy rises to the level of an impeachable offense, heading off House conservatives looking for revenge after former President Trump’s two trials. Even before Tuesday’s revelation that about a dozen classified documents had been found at former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana home, GOP senators were cool to the idea of impeachment. “I don’t think you want to get into where it’s a tit for tat, every two years or four years you’re dealing with impeachment proce
Read MoreMcCarthy says Santos will be removed from office if Ethics panel finds he broke law
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