×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Yet again the Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion reversing the corruption convictions of public officials. This time, Justice Elena Kagan of the court’s liberal wing authored the 9-0 opinion, in , overturning the convictions of former New Jersey state officials Bridget Kelly and Bill Baroni for their part in the 2013 “Bridgegate” scandal.Over the past decade, the Supreme Court has made clear that all of its members view the anti-fraud and anti-corruption laws passed by Congress to have a limited reach....…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Yet again the Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion reversing the corruption convictions of public officials. This time, Justice Elena Kagan of the court’s liberal wing authored the 9-0 opinion, in , overturning the convictions of former New Jersey state officials Bridget Kelly and Bill Baroni for their part in the 2013 “Bridgegate” scandal.Over the past decade, the Supreme Court has made clear that all of its members view the anti-fraud and anti-corruption laws passed by Congress to have a limited reach....WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisementAt the hearing, a panel of four expert witnesses testified that the committee has broad authority to request tax returns from the president or anyone else. But argued the committee had no need to obtain Trump’s returns because the IRS is mandated to audit them and the president already has to make other financial disclosures.AdvertisementThe witnesses, however, argued that Congress sought Nixon’s tax returns because they did not trust the IRS to properly audit the president’s taxes...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisementAt the hearing, a panel of four expert witnesses testified that the committee has broad authority to request tax returns from the president or anyone else. But argued the committee had no need to obtain Trump’s returns because the IRS is mandated to audit them and the president already has to make other financial disclosures.AdvertisementThe witnesses, however, argued that Congress sought Nixon’s tax returns because they did not trust the IRS to properly audit the president’s taxes...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×President stunned even hardened observers when he admitted on national television Thursday morning that he would not agree to additional U.S. Postal Service funding because it would make mail-in balloting easier.“Now they need that money in order to make the post office work so it can take all of these millions and millions of ballots,” he . “But if they don’t get those two items, that means you can’t have universal mail-in voting.”AdvertisementLater Thursday, that the Postal Service is removing machines that...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×President stunned even hardened observers when he admitted on national television Thursday morning that he would not agree to additional U.S. Postal Service funding because it would make mail-in balloting easier.“Now they need that money in order to make the post office work so it can take all of these millions and millions of ballots,” he . “But if they don’t get those two items, that means you can’t have universal mail-in voting.”AdvertisementLater Thursday, that the Postal Service is removing machines that...WW…

US EditionU.S.CLOSEFollow usPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2020 Verizon Media. All rights reserved. Huffington Post.BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.Four Democratic senators have added their names as cosponsors to Senate legislation to make Washington, D.C., the 51st state in the wake of President ordering federal forces to crack down on a Black Lives Matter protest earlier this month. Trump deployed federal forces to occupy some of the city’s streets against the wishes of District of Columbia officials ― something he could do...…US EditionU.S.CLOSEFollow usPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2020 Verizon Media. All rights reserved. Huffington Post.BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.Four Democratic senators have added their names as cosponsors to Senate legislation to make Washington, D.C., the 51st state in the wake of President ordering federal forces to crack down on a Black Lives Matter protest earlier this month. Trump deployed federal forces to occupy some of the city’s streets against the wishes of District of Columbia officials ― something he could do...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementCheck out more on Democratic senators’ positions above.Under current Senate rules, it takes 60 votes to end debate on a bill and overcome a filibuster. This is called a cloture vote. For Democrats to defeat any filibuster, they would need 10 Republicans to defect to vote to end debate. But Republicans already refused to provide votes for Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, a sign that they will move back into the position of total opposition they occupied during President Barack Obama’s...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementCheck out more on Democratic senators’ positions above.Under current Senate rules, it takes 60 votes to end debate on a bill and overcome a filibuster. This is called a cloture vote. For Democrats to defeat any filibuster, they would need 10 Republicans to defect to vote to end debate. But Republicans already refused to provide votes for Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, a sign that they will move back into the position of total opposition they occupied during President Barack Obama’s...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×this weekAdvertisementcan use a special process called budget reconciliation in order to pass tax-and-spend legislation, but they can’t use the process for policies without significant budgetary effects. This leaves a wide range of policies that make up the Biden administration’s agenda vulnerable to Republican-led filibusters.AdvertisementAdvertisementSuggest a correctionNewsletter Sign UpHuffPost's top politics stories, straight to your inbox.Successfully Subscribed!Realness delivered to your inbox…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×this weekAdvertisementcan use a special process called budget reconciliation in order to pass tax-and-spend legislation, but they can’t use the process for policies without significant budgetary effects. This leaves a wide range of policies that make up the Biden administration’s agenda vulnerable to Republican-led filibusters.AdvertisementAdvertisementSuggest a correctionNewsletter Sign UpHuffPost's top politics stories, straight to your inbox.Successfully Subscribed!Realness delivered to your inboxWW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Sen. (D-W.Va.) signaled Thursday that he would support elements of fellow : a package of voting rights, campaign finance, redistricting and ethics reforms.But first, he wants on board, too ― a heavy lift given hardline GOP opposition to the bill.Advertisement“As the Senate prepares to take up the For the People Act, we must work toward a bipartisan solution that protects everyone’s right to vote, secures our elections from foreign interference, and increases transparency in our campaign finance laws,” Manchin...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Sen. (D-W.Va.) signaled Thursday that he would support elements of fellow : a package of voting rights, campaign finance, redistricting and ethics reforms.But first, he wants on board, too ― a heavy lift given hardline GOP opposition to the bill.Advertisement“As the Senate prepares to take up the For the People Act, we must work toward a bipartisan solution that protects everyone’s right to vote, secures our elections from foreign interference, and increases transparency in our campaign finance laws,” Manchin...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Wednesday took its first step toward as the Senate Rules & Administration Committee held the first hearing on a major voting rights, campaign finance, gerrymandering and ethics reform legislative package.The For The People Act is the top legislative priority of congressional , and was introduced as the first bill in both the House and Senate. Its expansion of voting rights is touted as the most sweeping expansion on the issue since the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The House , with one Democrat joining all in...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Wednesday took its first step toward as the Senate Rules & Administration Committee held the first hearing on a major voting rights, campaign finance, gerrymandering and ethics reform legislative package.The For The People Act is the top legislative priority of congressional , and was introduced as the first bill in both the House and Senate. Its expansion of voting rights is touted as the most sweeping expansion on the issue since the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The House , with one Democrat joining all in...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Freshman Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) is the latest senator to endorse the admission of Washington, D.C., as the nation’s 51st state.Ossoff is currently one of eight senators in the ’s caucus who have not co-sponsored the Washington, D.C. Admission Act introduced by Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.). He told HuffPost on Tuesday, however, that he supports D.C. statehood.AdvertisementSen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) also backs statehood for D.C., his staff told HuffPost on Tuesday. Like Ossoff, Tester has not yet co-sponsored the...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Freshman Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) is the latest senator to endorse the admission of Washington, D.C., as the nation’s 51st state.Ossoff is currently one of eight senators in the ’s caucus who have not co-sponsored the Washington, D.C. Admission Act introduced by Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.). He told HuffPost on Tuesday, however, that he supports D.C. statehood.AdvertisementSen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) also backs statehood for D.C., his staff told HuffPost on Tuesday. Like Ossoff, Tester has not yet co-sponsored the...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Standing in front of the historic St. John’s Episcopal Church on H Street across from the White House, President held a Bible in his hand like one of his patented Trump Steaks. The church, which every president since James Madison has attended at least once, suffered minor damage after a fire was set amid protests in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. “It’s a Bible,” Trump said as he shifted the book into different positions for the photographers.The cameras had followed him from...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Standing in front of the historic St. John’s Episcopal Church on H Street across from the White House, President held a Bible in his hand like one of his patented Trump Steaks. The church, which every president since James Madison has attended at least once, suffered minor damage after a fire was set amid protests in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. “It’s a Bible,” Trump said as he shifted the book into different positions for the photographers.The cameras had followed him from...WW…