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The proposal, which contained modest guardrails far short of Democrats’ demands, failed to draw the 60 votes necessary to overcome a filibuster. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Legislation

Simplified: Proposal failed to draw 60 votes necessary to overcome filibuster

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8 months ago
Earmarking has contributed to a general erosion of fiscal responsibility in Washington. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Blog Post 🏷️ Politics , Finance

Simplified: Earmarking has contributed to erosion of fiscal responsibility in Washington

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8 months ago
Reform will only come when voters start throwing the most fiscally irresponsible members out of office. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Blog Post 🏷️ Politics , Finance

Simplified: Reform will only come when voters start throwing fiscally irresponsible members out of office

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8 months ago
Voters need to research subsidies using Internet tools, such as www.usaspending.gov, and complain to their members of Congress about the waste. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Blog Post 🏷️ Politics , Finance

Simplified: Voters need to research subsidies using Internet tools and complain to Congress members about waste

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8 months ago
During that time, he voted several times to address climate change, including a vote against an amendment to a spending bill that would have prohibited the E.P.A. from applying the endangerment findin... 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Climate Change

Simplified: He voted several times to address climate change including a vote against an amendment to a spending bill that would have prohibited the E.P.A. from a...

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8 months ago
He even joined the Climate Solutions Caucus, a bipartisan group of House members. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Climate Change

Simplified: He joined the Climate Solutions Caucus a bipartisan group of House members

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8 months ago
Mr. Zeldin is reversing positions he took as a member of Congress from Long Island from 2019 to 2023. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics

Simplified: Mr Zeldin is reversing positions he took as member of Congress from Long Island from 2019 to 2023

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8 months ago
After becoming Mr. Trump’s E.P.A. administrator, Mr. Zeldin ridiculed climate change and said he hoped to “drive a dagger” through it by repealing the endangerment finding. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Environment , Climate Change

Simplified: After becoming Mr Trump’s E.P.A. administrator Mr Zeldin ridiculed climate change and said he hoped to drive a dagger through it by repealing the enda...

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8 months ago
In 2022, he ran unsuccessfully for governor of New York on a pledge to allow and accelerate natural gas drilling. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Energy

Simplified: In 2022 he ran unsuccessfully for governor of New York on a pledge to allow and accelerate natural gas drilling

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8 months ago
Government agencies, policy programs, democratic norms, the rule of law — Mr. Trump is smearing his grubby fingerprints across so much more than a few edifices. 0.900

👤 Michelle Cottle 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics

Simplified: Trump is smearing his grubby fingerprints across much more than a few edifices

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8 months ago
They should be encouraged to celebrate their chief in the private sphere. 0.850

👤 Michelle Cottle 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics

Simplified: They should be encouraged to celebrate their chief in the private sphere

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8 months ago
Removing presidential graffiti promises to be one of the easier repair jobs. 0.900

👤 Michelle Cottle 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics

Simplified: Removing presidential graffiti promises to be one of the easier repair jobs

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8 months ago
The reconstruction will be long and daunting, especially if we take the opportunity to (with apologies to President Joe Biden) build back better. 0.850

👤 Michelle Cottle 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics

Simplified: The reconstruction will be long and daunting

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8 months ago
Pretending otherwise would just lay the groundwork for public disappointment and bitterness. 0.850

👤 Michelle Cottle 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics

Simplified: Pretending otherwise would lay the groundwork for public disappointment and bitterness

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8 months ago
In revoking the endangerment finding, the Trump administration made the legal argument that the Clean Air Act allows the government to limit only pollution that causes direct harm to Americans, and on... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Legal

Simplified: Trump administration made legal argument Clean Air Act allows government to limit pollution that causes direct harm to Americans

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8 months ago
There are no quick fixes. 0.900

👤 Michelle Cottle 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics

Simplified: There are no quick fixes

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8 months ago
Trumpism will not last forever. 0.900

👤 Michelle Cottle 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics

Simplified: Trumpism will not last forever

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8 months ago
Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the House minority leader, has derided the renaming as “presidential graffiti,” which captures its inherent pettiness. 0.900

👤 Michelle Cottle 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics

Simplified: Hakeem Jeffries derided the renaming as presidential graffiti

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8 months ago
He seems to lack what it takes to create or even to inspire institutions or monuments built to endure. 0.850

👤 Michelle Cottle 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics

Simplified: He seems to lack what it takes to create or inspire enduring institutions or monuments

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8 months ago
Lunging forward the moment Mr. Trump cedes the stage would only trigger a backlash from the G.O.P. base. 0.850

👤 Michelle Cottle 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics

Simplified: Lunging forward the moment Trump cedes the stage would only trigger a backlash from the G.O.P. base

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8 months ago