The Hill's Morning Report — At long last, Senate strikes gun deal
Senate negotiators at long last struck a deal to combat gun violence on Tuesday, marking the culmination of weeks of talks following a spate of tragic shootings and years of inaction on the topic. A bipartisan group of senators announced the deal on Tuesday night, which hung in the balance in recent days as the two sides haggled over the final details of the proposal. However, the 80-page bill incentivizes states to set up red flag laws, directs billions of dollars in funding for mental health treatment, close the “boyfriend” loophole and enhance background check requirements for
Read MoreWebb: A warning from Canada
Freedom is one country away from extinction. Once may be coincidence, twice is curious at a minimum, and a multiyear pattern of behavior is a plan. An emboldened leftist movement is pushing socialist governance and worse in the U.S., to our north in Canada, south in Mexico, throughout South America and across the globe. They have allies in the Chinese Communist Party, the criminal cartels and other transnational bad actors, governmental or otherwise. For the reader, I want to give you a perspective from the Canadian side of the border. C
Read MoreCongress likely to reject gas tax push
Congress is likely to quash the White House effort to back a suspension of the federal gasoline tax. The White House has flirted for weeks with the idea of temporarily halting the 18-cent tax as one way to bring relief to drivers amid record gas prices — and President Biden is expected to officially announce support for it on Wednesday. But with skepticism spanning the ideological spectrum — from Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to swing vote Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to much of the GOP — the idea is unlikely to make it across the finish line. Biden’s position
Read MoreBudowsky: Rightist ‘RINO’ extremism could sink GOP in midterms
The real “Republicans in name only” (RINOs) are far-rightists who attack true Republicans who admire Abe Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan. Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, who resigned in disgrace as governor and is now a leading candidate for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination, recently released a campaign ad in which he holds a shotgun and says, “today we go RINO hunting.” One might conclude that Greitens’s ad could incite violence against other Republicans. On the 50th anniversary of Watergate, we remember President
Read MoreMellman: How many endorse political violence?
“Professors Debate” is a headline that would not have merited a “breaking news” banner, even under CNN’s old regime. But this debate is both important and timely, given the January 6 committee hearings: How many Americans countenance political violence and what difference does that level of support make? As with many academic debates, the differences can seem small. Professors Nathan Kalmoe of Louisiana State and Lilliana Mason of Johns Hopkins maintain that 10 percent to 20 percent of Americans support partisan political violence. P
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