Ailsa Chang

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Sen. Mitch McConnell Repeats Pledge To Block Obama Supreme Court Nominee

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

President Obama has settled on Judge Merrick Garland to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. Garland was approved for confirmation to the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., by the Senate in 1997, and he is widely viewed as a moderate. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell repeated his pledge that the Senate would not take any steps toward confirming Obama's nominee, setting up a judicial confirmation fight that will now take center stage in the current election drama.

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Obama's Will To Fill Justice Seat Widens Rift With McConnell

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

The relationship between President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell the last 7 years has been often confrontational and awkward, marked by occasional bouts of productive deal-making.

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Ted Cruz And The Senate: Now We've Got Bad Blood

Thursday, March 10, 2016

The Republican presidential candidate hadn't received a single endorsement from his Senate colleagues until this week.

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Senate Republicans Refuse To Consider Obama Supreme Court Nominee

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Every Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee has signed a letter pledging they won't hold any hearings on any Supreme Court nominee President Obama names this year.

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Senate GOP Faces Split On Supreme Court Vacancy

Thursday, February 18, 2016

When Congress returns from recess next week, it will be the first time since Justice Antonin Scalia's death for Senate Republicans to hash out face-to-face exactly what they're going to do about the newest Supreme Court vacancy. And rumblings from Republican senators dispersed across the country right now suggest next ...

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Sanders Needed New Hampshire Victory To Prove His Campaign's Viability

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders beat rival Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary by a huge margin. The race was called just minutes after all the polls had closed.

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Presidential Candidates Await Results In New Hampshire Primary

Tuesday, February 09, 2016

In just minutes, final polls close in New Hampshire, and the candidates await results in the state's presidential primary contests.

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Final Votes Cast As Most Polls Begin To Close In New Hampshire

Tuesday, February 09, 2016

Polls are closing at this hour across much of New Hampshire after a day when state officials projected record voter turnout. Candidates are staked out around the state awaiting results.

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Bernie Sanders Appears Poised To Defeat Hillary Clinton In New Hampshire

Tuesday, February 09, 2016

Going into the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders appeared poised to defeat rival Hillary Clinton in the state. NPR explores how meaningful such an outcome would be for each campaign going forward.

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Sanders Resonates With N.H. Voters. Is It Because He's From Vermont?

Tuesday, February 09, 2016

As voters head to the polls in New Hampshire, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is the favorite and Hillary Clinton is the underdog. It's a far different standing than they had just months ago.

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Congress Moves To Tackle Heroin, Prescription Drug Epidemic

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

What is being done to fight heroin and prescription drug abuse in hard-hit states like New Hampshire? What can Congress do to help? Lawmakers tackle the issue.

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Congressional Republicans Fear Being Overshadowed By Election Politics

Friday, January 15, 2016

House and Senate Republicans huddled at a retreat in Baltimore this week to figure out their agenda for the year. But that task is complicated by the presidential election and the Donald Trump factor.

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In Speech On Capitol Hill, Obama Requests Few Specifics Of Lawmakers

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

The State of the Union is usually a laundry list of things the president hopes Congress will get done in the year. But Republicans noticed there were few specific requests of lawmakers.

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House To Vote On Bill Repealing Affordable Care Act

Wednesday, January 06, 2016

The U.S. House will vote Wednesday on a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The Senate has already passed it, but President Obama has vowed to veto it.

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Growing Up In Houston, Ted Cruz Learned To Never Hold Back

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Before Ted Cruz was the firebrand Texas senator commandeering the Senate floor, he was a firebrand teenager reciting conservative ideology. (This piece initially aired on July 3, 2015 on ATC.)

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8 Things Congress Actually Did This Year

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

When Republicans took over both chambers of Congress in January, party leaders vowed they would prove to the country that Republicans could govern. They promised to stop with the self-made crises, such as government shutdowns, and rack up legislative accomplishments. So in the first year of a GOP-controlled Congress in ...

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The Year In Congress: How Did Republicans Do?

Friday, December 25, 2015

Republicans had something to prove when they took over both houses of Congress at the beginning of 2015 — that they could govern. So, did they prove it?

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Encore: This Is Where Donald Trump Learned How To Beat The System

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

NPR looks back on Donald Trump's time in military school where he learned how to get ahead while playing by the rules. This story originally aired on Nov. 10, 2015 on Morning Edition.

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Congress Unveils Massive Spending Bill To Fund Government

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Congress has unveiled a giant bill that will fund the government for the year and clarify the tax code. Congress will give itself an extension to get the bills passed before current funding runs out.

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Justice Stephen Breyer On What The Court Does Behind Closed Doors, And Hamilton

Sunday, December 13, 2015

One of the members of the nation's highest court dropped by the NPR Politics Podcast last week for a wide-ranging conversation about the inner workings of the Supreme Court, and Washington, changing global realities and why he loved the musical Hamilton.

It's been 16 years since I last saw Justice ...

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