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The Hill: Congress Blog

A warning to Ryan’s successor: The Speakership is no cakewalk
Speculating who will become the next Speaker of the House is Washington’s latest parlor game. Though Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is a front-runner, the names of several other potential Republican candidates have been tossed around. And...
Now is the time to modernize the OTC monograph system
Some wines get better with age, but regulatory systems typically do not. In general, a process that worked in 1972 doesn’t necessarily work as well in 2018. Such is the case with the regulatory system that oversees the vast majority of over-the-...
With Ryan out, let’s blow up the process for selecting the next Speaker
So who’s the next victim?Three years ago, after Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) had finally grown tired of being held hostage by the right-wing extremists in the Freedom Caucus, he bailed on the job. Speculation on his replacement immediately became a...
Administration right to revisit NAFTA, must ensure better labor, environmental protections
Donald Trump’s presidency has in many ways been a disaster for working people.Critical programs and policies that protect people’s financial security, health care, education and quality of life are under assault from President Trump and...
Open data and protecting privacy — we can do both
After EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced that he will implement a policy to make our government more accountable to the American people, we’ve seen massive media coverage misrepresenting the potential effects of such a policy.Regrettably, the...
Mike Pompeo is the right man for the State Department
The horrendous chemical weapon attack by Syrian president Assad against his own people reminds us that the world remains a dangerous place.President Trump needs a full national security team on the job to continue a strong foreign policy that puts...
Human lives must be focus of Puerto Rico fiscal plan
As Puerto Rico continues to wrestle with power outages across the island, the federally appointed Financial Oversight and Management Board soon votes on a fiscal plan for economic growth. We are concerned that the current proposed fiscal plans fail...
Steps Congress can take to defend America against foreign influence operations
Last week, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster conceded that, “We have failed to impose sufficient costs… [on Russia for the Kremlin’s use of]…new and old forms of aggression to undermine our open societies.” Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s recent ...
Congress: Use American leverage to save lives in Yemen
This week, Congress will hold hearings to debate America’s role in the Yemeni civil conflict. Three years have passed since this war began, with tragic consequences for 29 million Yemenis. While the war has grown more complex over time,...
The House Republican farm bill has nothing to do with helping anyone work
Just four months after giving $1.5 trillion in tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans, House Republicans recently unveiled a farm bill that would dismantle the nation’s main source of nutrition assistance for struggling workers and families—the...

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