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Ron Johnson stoops lower with misguided anti-vaccine 'questions' If there's a competition among Senate Republicans to see who can be the most irresponsible about the pandemic, Wisconsin's Ron Johnson has taken the lead. Senator Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., speaks at a hearing to examine the nomination of Neera Tanden, on Capitol Hill, on Feb. 10, 2021.Anna Moneymaker / Pool via Reuters file May 10, 2021, 12:00 PM UTC BySteve Benen On his Fox News program last week, Tucker Carlson suggested COVID vaccines may be linked to a "not even close to normal" number of deaths. The host relied on data from the...

Tennessee Republican badly misstates the three-fifths compromise Debating the importance of race and history is worthwhile. Defending the Constitution's three-fifths compromise is not. Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville, Tennessee.Raymond Boyd / Getty Images May 5, 2021, 1:20 PM UTC BySteve Benen As a rule, the national news tends not to focus too much attention on foolish comments from state legislators. With more than 7,000 Americans serving in state legislatures nationwide, there are simply too many officials saying too many things to even try to keep up. But once in a while, an exceptio...

Why it matters that McConnell refuses to touch Trump-era tax cuts On infrastructure, McConnell is offering a "roughly $600 billion" plan that leaves Trump-era tax breaks alone. What's wrong with that? Everything. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks in Washington on Dec. 15, 2020.Caroline Brehman / Pool via Reuters file May 3, 2021, 4:57 PM UTC BySteve Benen To help pay for new infrastructure investments, President Joe Biden is sticking to the blueprint he presented to voters during the 2020 campaign: he intends to roll back parts of the Republicans' 2017 package of tax breaks for we...

Maddow Blog | Why it matters that McConnell refuses to touch Trump-era tax cuts MSNBC 4 hrs ago Steve Benen To help pay for new infrastructure investments, President Joe Biden is sticking to the blueprint he presented to voters during the 2020 campaign: he intends to roll back parts of the Republicans' 2017 package of tax breaks for wealthy and big corporations. It's an approach that makes fiscal sense and enjoys fairly broad public support. It's also an approach that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) took off the negotiating table this morning. McConnell warned...

Ted Cruz admits a bit too much about influence of corporate cash Ted Cruz now claims to be uncomfortable with the pay-to-play game he played with corporate America for nearly a decade. That's tough to believe. Senator Ted Cruz listens during a hearing in Washington, D.C.Anna Moneymaker / Bloomberg via Getty Images file April 30, 2021, 1:25 PM UTC BySteve Benen Three years ago this week, Mick Mulvaney spoke to a group of banking industry executives, who were likely eager to hear what he had to say. By that point, the Republican was already a highly influential figure in the Trump administratio...