Hogan worried a large GOP field would help the former president who won the 2016 nomination because a group of rivals split the anti-Trump vote.
Author: Ledyard King, USA TODAY
Millions live near Superfund sites. An oil industry tax in the climate bill could pay to clean those up
Reimposition of the oil industry tax is included in the Inflation Reduction Act the Senate passed Sunday and the House approved Friday.
Advocates praise Schumer-Manchin climate deal, despite a possible short-term bump in oil, gas leases
The deal Demoractic Sens. Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer brokered is heavy on tax credits and incentives to help build out the US clean energy sector.
Pell Grants at 50: Loss of buying power has Congress rethinking ways of paying for college
The maximum Pell Grant covered roughly 75% of the cost of a four-year public college when it was enacted in the 1970s. Today, it ‘s less than a third.
Republicans could delay, but not block Biden’s Supreme Court pick if all Democrats back nominee
A simple majority is all that’s needed to approve a presidential nomination to the country’s highest court.
Senate Republicans move to block Biden’s vaccine mandate with help from Democrats Manchin, Tester
The effort is unlikely to get anywhere in the House. The fate of the mandate will lie in the hands of the courts, which are weighing challenges.
Democrat dust-up over infrastructure underscores Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema’s hold on Biden’s agenda
Manchin and Sinema have raised doubts about their ability to support large Democratic bills given the spiraling debt approaching $28 trillion.
Congress is weeks away from a debt crisis that could lead to default. Is it time to panic?
A near-default in 2011 had severe consequences: The stock market turned volatile, bond prices rose and the U.S. AAA credit rating was downgraded.
A Republican and Democrat walk into a town hall. Can they help fix Congress?
The squabbles in Congress have grown so venomous it inspired Reps. Dean Phillips and Dusty Johnson to try something new.
Joe Manchin suddenly seems to influence everything Washington does. The West Virginia senator says he wants to make Congress ‘work again’
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has been given many labels: an obstacle to progress, defender of the status quo. So who is he?: “Not those people,” he says.