Washington Examiner / Magazine
March 26, 2019 Issue
March 26, 2019 Print Edition
Cover Story
American Hangover
The politics of Congress is increasingly one of chaos. Democrats won the House of Representatives in 2018 on a pledge to hold President Trump accountable and promote “fairer” economic growth. Yet for the first two months of the party’s tenure in power, it has been New York freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dominating headlines with her social media-driven insta-fame and advocacy of policies like the Green New Deal, a sweeping program to redesign the entire economy to combat climate change that has won the endorsement of several Democratic presidential candidates over the objections of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California. Suffice it to say, this is not how the Democrats won over Middle America in 2018. Recently, Rep. Ilhan Omar, a freshman from Minneapolis, has drawn attention for anti-Semitic comments that House Democrats could not bring themselves to condemn formally. Party leadership was ignored in meetings about how to handle the controversy, and, by and large, the party and its aspiring standard-bearers sided with the freshman out of fear of the grassroots. Again, this is not part of the program. Congressional disorder seems to be a bipartisan affliction. During their previous six years in the majority, GOP leaders constantly had to fight off revolts from the Tea Party. Eventually, the right flank of the House GOP dethroned Speaker John Boehner. His replacement, Paul Ryan, retired last year after serving as little more than a caretaker speaker....

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Your Land

Get yourself a splot
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Get yourself a splot
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Ichiro’s last game
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Snowplow parents
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Snowplow parents
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Go meme yourself
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No one cares, J.K. Rowling
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Business

Social media companies under pressure to censor violent content
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Social media companies under pressure to censor violent content
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GM plant closure sparks 2020 campaign preview
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Washington Briefing

Immigration
ICE database raises privacy concerns
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is using sophisticated technology to keep tabs on immigrants, privacy advocates...
Infrastructure
Dems fume over tunnel funding
President Trump is under fire from Democrats in New York and New Jersey for failing to...
Energy and Environment
Energy agenda, stalled
President Trump’s energy deregulation could be at the mercy of a Democratic successor or simply stall...
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Congress takes on a force of nature
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McConnell forces 2020 Democrats to vote on party’s socialist policies
Senate Democrats running for president on increasingly progressive – even socialist – agendas have been telling...
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Restoring the balance of powers
President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the southern border became the catalyst for bipartisan...
Letter from editor
Should Alito stay or go?
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