A 10-year veteran of congressional policy battles, Rachel Bovard is The Heritage Foundation's director of policy services.
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Last week, following on the precedent set by former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in 2013, Senate Republicans removed the last vestige of the filibuster… Read More
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After a week of fallout from the failure to pass the GOP health care bill, disgruntled Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois took to the pages… Read More
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Last week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., was vaulted to high status among feminists. What did she do? Did she lay down in the street to… Read More
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Troubling signs are appearing that congressional Republicans may not be as committed to the life agenda as they once were. The pro-life movement, tens of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Hill reported Thursday that President-elect Donald Trump’s team is considering “dramatic” cuts to the federal budget, using as a baseline a report issued in 2016 by… Read More
Health CareCommentary
When it comes to Obamacare, the buzzwords on Capitol Hill this week have been “repeal” and “replace.” As for the timing of which happens when,… Read More
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Congress returns this week for its lame-duck session—that period of time between November and the end of the year where accountability in Washington is at… Read More
EconomyCommentary
After voting to proceed to a bill that didn’t exist earlier this week, the Senate has finally produced text of the continuing resolution, a short-term… Read More
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On Tuesday night, the Senate voted to proceed to the continuing resolution, a bill that will allegedly fund the government until Dec. 9. The only… Read More
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The lame-duck session is the most dangerous period in the nation’s capital that you’ve never heard of. There are nearly two months in between Election… Read More
