noah pransky America Has Maxed Out Its Credit Limit. Who's Taking the Blame? The U.S. needs authority to continue borrowing money to fund the government – otherwise it could shut down on Friday. And according to a recent poll, it seems like Democrats would take more of the heat if a shutdown occurred. NBCLX Political Editor Noah Pransky explains what’s going in Washington as Senate talks to address the debt ceiling are at...
U.S. Senate Many Senate Republicans Want to Move On From the Trump Era — But Will They Vote to Convict Him? Now that President Trump has been impeached for the second time, all eyes turn to the Senate where Republicans will need to decide whether to vote for conviction. The Washington Post’s David Fahrenthold joined LX News to explain the political calculations being made by Senate Republicans about whether to end the Trump era once and for all.
Trump Impeachment President Trump Has Been Impeached, Again – Here's What to Expect Next President Trump was impeached for the second time just days before President-elect Joe Biden will take office. Looking ahead, there is no historical precedent for what it means to put a president on trial in the U.S. Senate after he’s left the White House. William Howell, a professor of American politics at the University of Chicago, joined LX News to...
U.S. Senate Having Zero Black Women in the U.S. Senate After Kamala Harris' Exit Is a ‘Travesty of Justice,' Advocates Say There will be no Black women in the Senate once Sen. Kamala Harris leaves the chamber to become vice president. Political strategist Atima Omara and Rev. Leah Daughtry, a former CEO of the Democratic National Convention Committee, joined LX News to discuss the lack of representation of Black women, what it means for democracy and its ties to institutional racism.
John Lewis Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff Owe Their Historic Georgia Senate Wins to John Lewis Rev. Raphael Warnock became the first Black Georgian elected to the U.S Senate, and 33-year-old Jon Ossoff became the state’s first Jewish senator. LX News welcomed the founder of The John Lewis Bridge Project, Michael Starr Hopkins, to talk about the road the late Congressman John Lewis paved for their historic victories.
U.S. Senate From $2K Stimulus Checks to Climate Change Reform — What the Democrats' Senate Wins Mean for You and Your Family Now the projected victors have been declared and the dust begins to settle following the Georgia Senate runoff races you may be asking yourself a simple question. What does it all mean?
jon ossoff Five Things To Know About Projected Georgia Senate Winner Jon Ossoff Jon Ossoff secured both a personal victory and an even bigger victory for the Democratic Party Wednesday as he was named the projected winner of his Georgia Senate runoff. Here are a few things to know about the incoming senator. Ossoff, 33, will be the youngest Democratic senator since Joe Biden in 1973. He will also become the state’s first…
LGBTQ Democratic Wins in Georgia Would Mean a ‘New Dawn' for LGBTQ Americans, Says GLAAD CEO With the projected election of Democrat Raphael Warnock to the U.S. Senate for Georgia, LGBTQ advocates are hopeful about the fate of a bill called the Equality Act that aims to protect its community against discrimination. Sarah Kate Ellis, GLAAD’s president and CEO, joined LX News to explain why Georgia’s U.S. Senate elections will decide the future of federal protections...
georgia How Donald Trump Helped Give Raphael Warnock and Democrats an Edge in Georgia Democrats moved one step closer to knocking Republicans out of the Senate majority as Georgia voters elected Rev. Raphael Warnock over the Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler in their runoff race. NBCLX’s Noah Pransky breaks down what motivated Democrats to turn out and how President Trump’s actions helped discourage his own party from going to the polls.
georgia Georgia's Shift From a GOP Stronghold to a Purple State Started With the 1996 Atlanta Olympics Demographic changes dating back to the 1990s have turned Georgia from a Republican stronghold into a purple state that is set to determine whether Democrats or the GOP control the U.S. Senate. NBCLX storyteller Chase Cain joined LX News to explain why he marks the 1996 Olympics as the start of this shift.
