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In this June 9, 2017 House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democratic Party divisions are on stark display after a disappointing special election loss in a hard-fought Georgia congressional race. (Photo: AP)

House Democrats Reviving “Gephardt Rule” Protects Rent-Seeking Special Interest, Not Against Default

Government shutdown 3D illustration and graphic concept. (Photo: AdobeStock)

Study: Government Shutdowns Impact Blue States More than Red States

The Feel-Good Story of 2018

A worker stacks boxes of television sets after they have been assembled, checked and repackaged, before moving them to the warehouse at Element Electronics in Winnsboro, South Carolina May 29, 2014. (Photo: Reuters)

Investment, Productivity, Wages, and Economic Prosperity

Paul Ryan takes questions about the Senate health care bill during his weekly press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 13, 2017. (Photo: Reuters)

Republicans Embrace Bad Economics and Bad Policy

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act of 1935 on August 14, 1935. Present at the signing was Rep. Robert Doughton (D-NC); unknown person in shadow; Sen. Robert Wagner (D-NY); Rep. John Dingell (D-MI); Rep. Joshua Twing Brooks (D-PA); the Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins; Sen. Pat Harrison (D-MS); and Rep. David Lewis (D-MD).

Did Democrats Intentionally Exclude Black Workers in Social Security Act?

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney (L) and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin (R) flank U.S. President Donald Trump as he hosts a "strategic initiatives" lunch at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 22, 2017. (Photo: Reuters)

Fake Debt Limit Crisis: Revenue to U.S. Treasury Far Exceeds Loan Obligations