Why was it hard for the GOP – which controls Congress – to pass its spending bill?
Without Democratic votes to break a Senate filibuster, the GOP would not have been able to pass its stopgap spending bill and ...
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George Boutwell, the radical abolitionist Republican you've likely never heard of
Jeffrey Boutwell, a distant relative, tells his story in the new book “Boutwell: Radical Republican and Champion of Democracy ...
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Upcountry History: Women’s Right to Vote
The Upcountry History Museum brings us this week’s this week in history nugget. THIS DAY IN 1872, SOUTH CAROLINA ...
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What Republican Motherhood Taught Me about Civic Responsibility
The politics of the early republic weren’t so different from those of today—often messy, fiercely competitive, and driven by ...
How Jesse Jackson embodied Southern politics − and changed American elections
Jackson finished second in the Democratic primary to Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, who would go on to lose the 1988 presidential election to George H.W. Bush. But Jackson’s strong results ...
Alien and Sedition Acts were reviled in their time, and John Adams was not sorry to see them go
John Adams signed the Sedition Act in an attempt to silence dissent. Some other Founding Fathers thought that muzzling the ...
Democrat David Gottfried wins Minnesota House special election, restoring a 67-67 power split
Gottfried's district is solidly Democratic. The ineligible Johnson received 65% of the vote in November, compared to about 35% for Wikstrom. Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris carried the ...
Trump says ‘golden age of America has only just begun’ in speech riddled with exaggerations and inaccuracies
President offers up shocks and promises, riddled with exaggerations and factual inaccuracies, during address to Congress ...
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What's in the House Republican budget bill? | The Excerpt
On Thursday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: USA TODAY Congressional Correspondent Riley Beggin takes a closer look at this week's passed House Republican budget bill, and what might be next ...
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So long, Party City, and thanks for all the balloons
What came first: America's obsession with Halloween or Party City? Steve Mandell launched Party City in 1986 as a single store in New Jersey. He sold cups, napkins and other supplies for birthday ...