The mass shooting at a high school in Florida on Wednesday is the latest in a string of similar tragedies over the last few decades. It has some asking for Congress to tighten gun control measures, which Congress has been hesitant to do in the past. While it’s unclear whether […] Read more »
Defining the Terms of the Tax Reform Debate
Earlier this week the Democratic SuperPAC Priorities USA released a memo that publicly acknowledged concerns that Democrats had been privately expressing for a couple weeks that Democrats lack a compelling economic narrative for 2018. … The Priorities memo, as well as other non-partisan polling, finds that the majority of Americans […] Read more »
The Congressional Stalemate Over Guns and Immigration Isn’t Going Away
The dim odds that Congress will respond to the Parkland school massacre with meaningful gun control and the flickering prospects it will pass immigration reform both reflect the same obstacle: the widening trench between the forces of transformation and restoration in American politics. The convergence of the two policy debates […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Voters are holding steady financially, optimistic about economy
The mood of America? It’s complicated. Most voters are optimistic about the economy, as three in ten see their wallet getting fatter. And while most still don’t like the way the federal government is working, the number that does is at a high point. CONT. Dana Blanton, Fox News Read more »
What’s Behind Trump’s Rising Popularity?
It would be easy to read the headlines this week and conclude that the Trump administration is in even more trouble than normal. The White House still can’t get its story straight on Staff Secretary Rob Porter’s departure amid domestic-violence accusations. Chief of Staff John Kelly seems to be losing […] Read more »
Approval of Congress Falls After Two Shutdowns
Congressional approval is now 15%, down slightly from an uptick to 20% last month after Congress passed tax reform in December. Positivity quickly faded this month as the government shut down twice in three weeks because of impasses over the federal budget. CONT. Megan Brenan, Gallup Read more »