October - 2017

How Repealing Obamacare Really Hurts In Kentucky, And The Political Price For The GOP

What would repealing the Affordable Care Act of cutting Medicaid mean for people in the red state of Kentucky, and would Mitch McConnell...

What Happens When A Senator Locks The Door On Constituents

I wanted to capture the tension between Republican senators who were on the fence over various Affordable Care Act repeals and...

Trump Voters Explain What Really Matters

I won't say I saw Donald Trump's victory coming, but when I went out on the trail to cover a couple events and talk to his supporters, I...

How Lobbyists Use Congressional Dysfunction To Pass Laws And Undermine Rules, Making An Entire Indus

No one who doesn't make money in trucking wants to see safety rules weakened, yet the industry has managed to chip away at protective...

Congress And Trump Are Endangering The Census -- America's $220 Billion Secret Economic Weapon

The Census is not the sexiest subject in the world. Yet the information it provides underpins vast amounts of information that business,...

Why Jon Stewart Fought So Hard After 9/11 -- And What It Says About Congress

I've covered 9/11 since, well, 9/11. Along the way I got to see how even a group of Americans as manifestly deserving of congressional...

Congress' Toxic Stock Syndrome

Most people would think lawmakers couldn't vote on legislation that benefits them personally, but they can, even after scandals forced...