Tag: Congress

by Lowell Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, April 25. The core values of this nation… our standing...

When I wrote the piece "For the First Time, I'm Wondering About Bob Mueller" on Monday, it was before I'd heard former AG Eric...

by Bert Berlin Having recently fought a war to free themselves from King George III, the drafters of the U.S. Constitution were quite aware that...

by Lowell Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, January 4. ‘They can do what they want’: Trump’s...

A brand-new poll by the the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University is out today. Here are the key...

It has been a dispiriting time the past couple of weeks-- dispiriting because of the one-sidedness of the battle. As the Republicans are making themselves...

by Lowell Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, December 2. Senate passes Republican tax plan (And with...

by Tom Hicks, Democratic candidate for Congress in VA-01 Recent sexual harassment claims against members of Congress have again revealed the failure of this body...

A week with a reckless president beating the drums of (nuclear?) war. First he publicly tells his Secretary of State that "he is wasting...

It looks to me increasingly likely that the Trump presidency will end with his removal from office through impeachment (despite the effort of the...