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Asked whether his parents, when naming him, had a sense of history or a sense of humor, Rep. Patrick McHenry, a North Carolina Republican, says: Yes. Twenty years in Congress have taught him verbal parsimony when answering questions. Patrick Henry said: “Give me liberty or give me death.” McHenry says: I chose to be part […]

Asked whether his parents, when naming him, had a sense of history or a sense of humor, Rep. Patrick McHenry, a North Carolina Republican, says: Yes. Twenty years in Congress

Asked whether his parents, when naming him, had a sense of history or a sense of humor, Rep. Patrick McHenry, a North Carolina Republican, says: Yes. Twenty years in Congress

Asked whether his parents, when naming him, had a sense of history or a sense of humor, Rep. Patrick McHenry, a North Carolina Republican, says: Yes. Twenty years in Congress

The third GOP presidential debate was the most substantive yet—but did it matter?

In late July, Politico reported that Third Way, a self-described centrist political group, met with Democratic chiefs of staff in the United States Senate to brief them about the danger to President Joe Biden’s reelection if a third-party presidential candidate runs from the center. The whisper candidate of choice is Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV). Another centrist group, No Labels, is reportedly looking to spend more than $70 million on such a bid.

This week House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Joe Biden achieved what was supposed to be impossible. They reached a deal to avoid having the United States default on its debt, and pushed it through a historically unruly and divided Congress. All of this when solving problems through legislation was said to be dead, futile,…

It’s fitting that the Olympics are concluding this weekend, only as schools begin to re-open around the country. Because when students return to the...

WASHINGTON — The nation’s two leading money-in-politics data organizations have joined forces to help Americans hold their leaders accountable at the federal and state levels, a press release states.

The Center for Responsive Politics and the National Institute on Money in Politics launch combined organization: OpenSecrets