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In the wake of the three-week internal GOP battle to choose a speaker, a scholar of Congress says that what looks like dysfunction is actually something else.
The problems faced by the House GOP in choosing a new speaker aren’t particular to Republicans. They’re a reflection of larger problems that have afflicted both parties in Congress.
California’s governor has already announced his pick for the the seat, Laphonza Butler. Here’s more on the state-by-state process for replacing a senator who has died, is facing criminal charges or has serious illness.
The GOP in the House and Senate is doing lots of investigations; Democrats did the same in the past. A scholar of congressional oversight asks: When are investigations justified?
Politicians and their campaigns use a lot of methods, including manipulation and deception, to persuade you to vote for them and give them money. AI promises to make those attempts more effective.
It may seem strange that in a country of more than 330 million people, the most likely options for the next president are the same as they were four years ago. But there are good reasons for it.
The United States has a two-party political system because of single-winner plurality voting.
When everything is seen as political – indictments, Supreme Court decisions, scientific findings – a democracy may be on its way to fascism.
Public data about individual donors’ political contributions supports the perception that American academia leans left.
The news media spent a lot of time reporting on how much progressive Democrats and conservative Republicans didn’t like the debt ceiling deal. But centrists had enough votes to pass it in the House.
Biden believes these sorts of compromises help restore trust and optimism about the US government actually being capable of responsible governing.
The deal would raise the ceiling for two years, cap some federal spending and impose new work requirements on certain federal benefits. It still needs the blessing of Congress.
Brinkmanship means coming to the edge of potential default on the US debt ceiling. Are lawmakers negotiating the debt limit representing the wishes and interests of their voters?
Idaho, Montana and Florida had the highest population growth among US states between 2020 and 2022.
The Treasury has been taking extraordinary measures to delay a default, but these measures could fail as early as June 1.
Folk singer and activist Woody Guthrie actually had thoughts about the national debt – and politicians in general. They’re remarkably apt today.
If Democrats embrace and deploy the Constitution leading up to the 2024 election, it will enable them to offer a confident message based on the hallowed principles of America’s founding charter.
Free speech is under attack from both sides of the political spectrum.
Only three presidents in the last 50 years have announced their re-election campaigns with similarly low approval ratings. But Biden could face an even more unpopular opponent in 2024.
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
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Non-resident Senior Fellow, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney
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W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University
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Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Director of Research, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Dayton
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Lecturer in International Studies and Politics, Ulster University; Queen's University Belfast
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Political History Curator, Smithsonian Institution
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Provost Professor of Political Science, UMass Amherst
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Professor in U.S. Politics and U.S. Foreign Relations, United States Studies Centre,, University of Sydney
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Professor of Political Science, North Carolina State University