New Television Ads Showcase Senator Ron Johnson’s Work on Poverty
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) is best known as a successful businessman who has quickly ascended in the U.S. Senate. But Wisconsinites know him a bit differently: as a community leader who wants...
View ArticleRepublican Senators Launch Poverty Working Group
A group of Republican lawmakers Senators announced they have formed a working group to seek insights and develop solutions to America’s poverty challenges. Named the Senate Opportunity Coalition, the...
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The Gangster, The Preacher And The Speaker Of The House
This article was originally published on Forbes Opinion A former gang-leader trying to wash away his sins. A smooth-talking preacher trying to stop kids from dying in his backyard. And an exhausted...
View ArticleRyan Confident Government Will Avoid Shutdown, Stresses Need to Update Budget...
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R–Wis.) calmed the nerves of some doomsday predictors on Wednesday and seemed confident that a government shut-down would “most definitely” be averted by Friday’s looming...
View ArticleGOP Congressmen Find Unconscious Man in Capitol, Resuscitate Him
Who says Congress doesn’t do anything worthwhile? Two members of Congress certainly earned their keep this week, when Reps. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) and Michael Burgess (R-Texas) entered an elevator in the...
View ArticleFather of Democratic Senate Candidate Donates $1.75 Million to Elect His Son
Congressman Patrick Erin Murphy (D-Fla.) has had a pretty tough time lately. As incumbent Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) rises in pre-election polls, national Democratic fundraising operations have pulled...
View ArticleEven in the Age of Trump, Latinos Not Flocking to Democratic Party
Latino representation is poised to grow in Congress following the 2016 election and Latinos are likely to tip the scales in a number of battleground states. But around half of all eligible Hispanic...
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Control for the Senate May Hinge on Nevada
If Republicans manage to retain control of the U.S. Senate this election, they will have U.S. Rep. Joe Heck (R-Nev.) to thank. Control of the upper chamber may hinge on the outcome of a handful of...
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Johnson Celebrates Wisconsin Poverty Fighters; Feingold Denigrates Them
On Monday evening, Opportunity Lives hosted a “Comeback” screening event at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) headlined the event, and he requested that Pastor...
View ArticleTrump May Trigger Nuclear War, In the Senate
Donald Trump’s likely defeat may set the stage for what progressives like Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) have long dreamed of — a full-scale procedural nuclear strike on not just the Senate...
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Sorry, Subsidies Aren’t Going to Save People from Obamacare Premium Hikes
When the Obama administration admitted last week that premiums under the Affordable Care Act are rising significantly — 25 percent across states that use the federal exchange; more than 100 percent in...
View ArticleThis Insane Election Year Plan Shows Democrats Don’t Care about Saving Social...
Election years can produce some pretty crazy legislation, with members of Congress scrambling to win their constituents’ affection with ideas that vary in their seriousness and wisdom. This year,...
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Evan Bayh’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Campaign
As I’ve written recently here at Opportunity Lives, down-ballot Democrats should be performing much, much better against Republicans across the country with Donald Trump at the top of the GOP ticket....
View ArticleThe “See, I Did Not Tell You So” Election
Going into election night, Hillary Clinton’s supporters and Donald Trump’s critics were preparing variations of a “See, I told you so” message. Hardly anyone, including some in the Trump campaign,...
View ArticleHow Harry Reid Normalized the Alt-Left
Since Donald Trump’s shocking victory, America has been engulfed in a conversation about race and identity that has been both constructive and schizophrenic. Any constructive dialogue requires “active...
View ArticleHere’s What an Obamacare Replacement Bill Should Look Like
After last week, Republicans have a renewed sense of optimism about ending the disaster that is Obamacare. In pursuit of greater health care access, Americans have endured seemingly unending setbacks,...
View ArticleThe Problem With Congress “Letting The Courts Decide”
On Thursday at the Federalist Society’s annual lawyers convention, U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) made an incredibly important point about Congressmen who act without regard to the Constitution,...
View ArticleBecoming Fluent in the Replace of “Repeal and Replace”
Despite intense public pressure, Republicans have held firm in their opposition to Obamacare after all these years. After failing to persuade even a single Republican congressman or senator to support...
View ArticleHere’s the Democrats’ Playbook for the Upcoming Health Care Fight
Donald Trump’s victory earlier this month has even his skeptics cautiously optimistic that his presidency could yield at least a few positive policy results. As Republicans formulate their dream...
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Why Welfare and Work Go Hand-in-Hand
To understand why welfare programs are politically popular, consider the word. Well. Fair. ‘Welfare’ seems to embody something that makes our society healthier, happier and more just. Something...
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