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Grace Segers

Grace Segers is a staff writer at The New Republic, where she covers Congress and politics. Previously, she worked as a political reporter for CBS News, where she covered two Supreme Court confirmations, two elections, two impeachment trials, a pandemic, and an insurrection. She also served as a digital reporter for City & State New York. She has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, and NPR.

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September 8, 2021
Grace Segers
The Texas Abortion Law Could Juice Democratic Turnout in Virginia
Terry McAuliffe may benefit if reproductive rights return to the forefront as a campaign issue in the upcoming gubernatorial elections.
September 3, 2021
Grace Segers
The Filibuster Is Blocking Roe v. Wade From Becoming the Law of the Land
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House would vote on a bill codifying the right to an abortion, but it will likely stall in the Senate.
September 1, 2021
Grace Segers
Washington’s Addiction to Defense Spending Will Outlast Afghanistan
The House Armed Services Committee is marking up the latest NDAA, which will be packed with more than $700 billion in new spending.
August 30, 2021
Grace Segers
How Peter Meijer Changed His Mind on Extending the Afghanistan Withdrawal Deadline
The Republican congressman, who traveled to Afghanistan last week on an unsanctioned trip, believes that staying beyond the August 31 withdrawal deadline would be worse than leaving.
August 25, 2021
Grace Segers
Congressional Colleagues Unimpressed by Duo’s Secret Afghanistan Fact-Finding Trip
Some House members slammed Representatives Seth Moulton and Peter Meijer’s jaunt as “troubling” and a “distraction.”
August 24, 2021
Grace Segers
For Congress, September Will Be the Cruelest Month
Between budget reconciliation, infrastructure, and the debt ceiling, lawmakers have their work cut out for them.
August 24, 2021
Grace Segers
These Companies Say They Support Voting Rights Reform. So Will They Stop Donating to Mitch McConnell Now?
Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and others have called on Congress to pass the John Lewis Act, but for years they’ve pumped money to the man dedicated to blocking the bill.
August 20, 2021
Grace Segers
Bomb Scare Has Capitol Hill Staff Worried About a New Normal
For many still reeling from the January 6 attack, Thursday’s threat renewed concerns about public service in an era of political violence.
August 18, 2021
Grace Segers
Biden Finally Unifies Congress—Against His Afghanistan Withdrawal Debacle
In a rare display of bipartisanship, angry lawmakers of both parties are pushing the president to do more to aid Afghan refugees.
August 16, 2021
Grace Segers
Democrats Continue Their Doomed Push to Save Voting Rights
A House subcommittee held a virtual hearing on the John Lewis Voting Rights Act on Monday, despite the looming prospect of death-by-filibuster.
August 6, 2021
Grace Segers
Cory Booker Wants Baby Bonds in the Budget Reconciliation Bill
The proposal would help close the racial wealth gap by giving every child in America up to $2,000 annually in a savings account.
August 4, 2021
Grace Segers
This Is How Infrastructure Week Might Finally End (in the Senate, at Least)
The incredibly true story of how a BIF could become a BIB—which would be a BFD, indeed.
August 3, 2021
Grace Segers
The Movements for Eviction Relief and Voting Rights Converge on the Capitol Grounds
Activists and lawmakers rally against congressional inertia.
August 2, 2021
Grace Segers
The Congressman Behind the House Infrastructure Bill Is Miffed About the Bipartisan Deal
Peter DeFazio, who chairs the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, is frustrated by the way the Senate has warped his original bill.
July 29, 2021
Grace Segers
Masks Are Mandatory Again on Capitol Hill. It’s Not Going Well.
The reimplementation of Covid restrictions in the House chamber has outraged many Republicans—and they’re not shy about letting you know.
July 29, 2021
Grace Segers
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Refuses to Die
A group of Democratic and Republican senators struck a $1 trillion deal that passed in a key procedural vote on Wednesday. Is this thing really going to happen?
July 27, 2021
Grace Segers
Police Officers Give Congress a Front-Row Seat to the Trauma of Our Politics
On the opening day of testimony, the Capitol’s defenders tried to rescue the January 6 commission from the all-consuming partisan rancor that spawned it.

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