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24/7 Insights Sadly, multiple members of Congress have been convicted for various crimes. Many congressional convictions relate to fraud, bribery, and related finance scandals. Members of the...
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24/7 Insights Men still outnumber female members of Congress. Some of the most powerful women are high-ranking Congressional leaders. Nancy Pelosi has been Speaker of the House multiple times....
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The 118th Congress is on course to be one of the least productive in American history. When the Republicans gained control of the House of Representatives in 2022, legislation ground to a halt. Each...
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The 118th Congress is on track to be one of the least productive in American history. Since the Republicans regained the House of Representatives in the 2022 midterms, few meaningful bills have made...
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It defies all reason that elected officials are allowed to buy and sell stock in an economy that they are actively involved in running and are in charge of making the laws for, yet they are among the...
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According to the 2012 STOCK Act, members of the United States Congress are allowed to buy and sell stocks as long as they follow some rules (like reporting each trade) and agree not to participate in...
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When Dianne Feinstein died in September, she had recently celebrated her 90th birthday, and had been the oldest person currently serving as a Washington legislator. She was not the first person to...
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With some exceptions, there are certain professions or activities that are clearly a young person’s game, such as professional sports, mountain climbing, firefighting, and construction work....
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Public confidence in American institutions is plummeting. Across both the public and private sectors – from banks and big business to public schools and the military – Americans are less likely...
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Historically, the first midterm election of any new president’s administration often results in a net-gain of congressional seats to the opposition party. Between the end of World War II and 2018,...
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Distrust in government institutions is surging in the United States. According to a recent Gallup poll, only 25% of American adults had a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the...
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In the first two years of his administration, President Joe Biden was backed by a Democratically controlled congress. With a Democratic majority on Capitol Hill, Biden pushed through a number of...
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