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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

Ex-Speaker McCarthy Warns Against GOP-Led Gerrymandering Push: The Politicians Are Now Picking the Voters'

Lawmakers are retiring partly because partisan gridlock, harassment, and threats make public service unrewarding while mid-decade gerrymandering intensifies electoral hostility.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

As shutdown drags on, filibuster shows how both parties have been hypocritical

For years, California's late Sen. Dianne Feinstein fought off calls by her fellow Democrats to get rid of the filibuster, a Senate rule used to great effect by Republicans to thwart Democrats' key legislation. A traditionalist who served in Congress in the days when the two parties often worked toward compromises, Feinstein knew that when Democrats were in the Senate minority, they would need that option, too.
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