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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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October 26, 2022
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How Democrats Are Holding Onto Latino Voters in Arizona
As the support of this critical voting bloc has ebbed elsewhere, the Grand Canyon State is providing a lesson on how to win it back.
October 25, 2022
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The Candidates Trying to Turn the Arizona Legislature Blue
Republicans hold the state legislature by just a handful of seats, and whether they retain control will be decided by a few key districts in the Phoenix area.
October 21, 2022
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Mini Timmaraju Takes the Fight for Reproductive Rights on the Campaign Trail
“We’re not restoring Roe in one election cycle,” the head of NARAL tells TNR. “This is a decades-long fight.”
October 13, 2022
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Aye, Aye, Aye, Aye, Aye, Aye, Aye, Aye, Aye
The January 6 committee saves its greatest surprise for last, voting unanimously to subpoena Donald Trump.
October 10, 2022
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Michael Bennet Authored the Democrats’ Most Successful Pandemic Aid Program. Why Is His Senate Reelection Shaky?
The expanded child tax credit lifted millions of kids out of poverty, but Congress failed to extend it. Now the Colorado senator is facing the difficulty of running on an expired policy.
October 6, 2022
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Democrats Seethe After OPEC Decision to Cut Oil Output
Some lawmakers are coming to the conclusion that America’s long-standing partnership with Saudi Arabia might not be worth the pain.
October 4, 2022
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Bernie Sanders Wants Build Back Better Back
The Vermont Senator rues the failure to pass Biden’s big social spending bill. “That was transformational. And we came within two votes of doing that.”
September 30, 2022
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Biden Gives Anti-Hunger Advocates Reason for Hope
For the first time in 50 years, the White House held a conference to address the nationwide crises of hunger and food insecurity.
September 28, 2022
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Afghan Evacuees Watch and Wait for Congress to Pull Them Out of Legal Limbo
Lawmakers have yet to vote on the Afghan Adjustment Act, which would provide those who left the country amid our chaotic military withdrawal with a pathway to permanent residency.
September 23, 2022
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How the Sprawling Fight Over Permitting Reform Could Capsize Congress
The side deal that Chuck Schumer and Joe Manchin cut to pass the Inflation Reduction Act now threatens to be the proximate cause of a government shutdown.
September 21, 2022
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Congress Is Racing to Coup-Proof the Next Presidential Election
House Democrats on Wednesday passed their reform of the Electoral Count Act. The Senate has a different reform bill in mind. Only one can win.
September 15, 2022
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Delaying a Vote on Same-Sex Marriage Isn’t a Death Knell
The Senate won’t be voting on a bill to protect same-sex marriage until after the election. But that doesn’t mean it won’t pass at all.
September 14, 2022
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What Lindsey Graham Doesn’t Understand About Abortions After 15 Weeks
The South Carolina senator’s proposed ban can’t be squared with either the medical consensus or the lives of those who most often have to seek the procedure late in their pregnancies.
September 13, 2022
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How Chuck Schumer Finally Got His Big Breakthrough
“I know everything about my caucus,” the Senate majority leader enthused. “I care about them. I love them.”
August 30, 2022
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How Pat Ryan’s Fast-Acting Campaign Turned Abortion Rights Into a Winning Message
The New York Democrat was quicker to the punch than most of his party when Roe was overturned. He was rewarded with a come-from-behind victory in a bellwether contest.
August 22, 2022
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The Bitter Manhattan Primary That Will End One House Democrat’s Career
In New York’s redrawn 12th district, longtime allies Carolyn Maloney and Jerry Nadler have become fierce enemies trying to remain in power—and fight off a young upstart looking to defeat them both.
August 15, 2022
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How Progressives Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Inflation Reduction Act
Yes, Build Back Better eventually became Build Back Manchin, but for Democrats, it’s better than nothing.
August 11, 2022
Magazine,
The Bland Ambition of Kevin McCarthy
The Bakersfield Republican has everything it takes to rise to the top in today’s GOP: zero interest in policy, relentless thirst for power, and slavish loyalty to Trump. If this man becomes speaker of the House—look out, America.
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August 10, 2022
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Congress May Finally Do Right by Afghan Evacuees
After months of delay, a bipartisan group of senators has introduced a measure that would end the paralyzing uncertainty faced by those we promised to find a new home.
August 7, 2022
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The Inflation Reduction Act Passes After a Long and Exhausting Weekend in the U.S. Senate
The upper chamber's “vote-a-rama” may sound like a real fun way to spend a Saturday night, but guess what?

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