by OpenSecrets | Mar 4, 2023 | Quick Facts
The 2022 federal election cost more than $8.9 billion, blowing past the inflation-adjusted $7.1 billion spent on the 2018 midterm elections, a new OpenSecrets analysis of year-end disclosures filed with the Federal Election Commission found. For all the billions of...
by Common Dreams | Feb 16, 2023 | Quick Facts
Polling released Wednesday by Gallup and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation reveals half of American adults “feel most national news organizations intend to mislead, misinform, or persuade the public,” which could impact the future of both the...
by The Conversation | Feb 5, 2023 | Quick Facts
The U.S. military shot down what U.S. officials called a Chinese surveillance balloon off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. 4, 2023. Officials said that the U.S. Navy planned to recover the debris, which is in shallow water. The U.S. and Canada tracked the balloon...
by Common Dreams | Jan 14, 2023 | Quick Facts
Missouri state lawmakers can bear arms in the legislative chamber but if they’re women, they can no longer show their bare arms under new dress code rules passed by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Friday. State Rep. Ann Kelley (R-127) is...
by Marty Kassowitz | Jan 8, 2023 | Quick Facts
Katie Porter (D-CA), newly re-elected to the House from deep Republican Orange County, California, went viral with her choice of reading material. Porter is well known for the use of graphical tools while engaging in hearings and speeches in Congress. The power of her...
by The Conversation | Jan 4, 2023 | Quick Facts
Second in the line of presidential succession after the vice president, the speaker of the House occupies a central role in our national government. But what is it that a speaker actually does? Most people think the speakership is a party office. It’s not. The speaker...
