The Columbian Article RatingJackson, COVID and a moderate's retirement show Congress' partisan path
Apr 10, 2022 View Original Article
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| "But their demand for an immigration amendment transformed a fight over how much more to spend on a disease that's killed 980,000 people in the U.S. into a battle over border security, tailor-made for GOP political campaigns ahead." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "They crowed about a bipartisan stamp of approval from the trio of Republicans who supported it: Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah." | Positive | 28% Conservative |
| "They crowed about a bipartisan stamp of approval from the trio of Republicans who supported it: Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah." | Positive | 28% Conservative |
| "They crowed about a bipartisan stamp of approval from the trio of Republicans who supported it: Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah." | Positive | 28% Conservative |
| "Cotton was fundamentally unfair, but that is his tradition, said Durbin." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "Cotton was fundamentally unfair, but that is his tradition, said Durbin." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "On Monday, senators from both parties agreed to a $10 billion COVID-19 package that President Joe Biden wants for more therapeutics, vaccines and tests." | Positive | 20% Conservative |
| "Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., aounced his retirement Tuesday." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "The pro-business Upton, 68, was a driving force on one law spurring pharmaceutical development and has worked with Democrats on legislation affecting energy and the auto industry." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Their questions and criticisms of her were pointed and partisan, with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCoell, R-Ky., saying the Senate views itself as a co-partner in this process with the president." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Donald Trump was elected and ultimately filled three vacancies over near-unanimous Democratic opposition." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "They voted solidly against Amy Coney Barrett after Trump and McCoell rushed through her nomination when a vacancy occurred just weeks before Election Day 2020, a sprint that Democrats called hypocritical." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "They voted solidly against Amy Coney Barrett after Trump and McCoell rushed through her nomination when a vacancy occurred just weeks before Election Day 2020, a sprint that Democrats called hypocritical." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "The departure of Upton, now in his 18th term, subtracts another moderate from a GOP that's shifted rightward in recent years, particularly when it comes to showing fealty to Trump." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "The departure of Upton, now in his 18th term, subtracts another moderate from a GOP that's shifted rightward in recent years, particularly when it comes to showing fealty to Trump." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "To him, 'bipartisan' and 'compromise' are not forbidden words, said Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich.Party differences, then and nowPitched battles are now habitual over bills financing federal agencies and extending the government's borrowing authority." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "He's the fourth of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump last year to say they won't seek reelection." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Richard Durbin, D-Ill., said some Republicans went overboard, as far as I'm concerned, to the extreme, reflecting the reality of politics on Capitol Hill." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "McCoell cited the presidential election nearly nine months away, infuriating Democrats." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., suggested she might have defended Nazis at the Nuremburg trials after World War II, before she was born." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Upton attributed his departure to ruing in a new district, but that didn't stop Trump from proclaiming: UPTON QUITS!" | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Upton attributed his departure to ruing in a new district, but that didn't stop Trump from proclaiming: UPTON QUITS!" | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Murkowski said her support for Jackson was partly rejection of the corrosive politicization of how both parties consider Supreme Court nominations, which is growing worse and more detached from reality by the year." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Playing defense, Schumer postponed debate on the COVID-19 bill." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Republicans wanted to add an extension of an expiring crackdown on migrants crossing the Mexican border that Trump imposed in 2020, citing the pandemic's public health threat." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "The House impeached Trump over his incitement of supporters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but the GOP-run Senate acquitted him." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "Hours later, bargainers led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, seemed blindsided when their compromise was derailed." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "Hours later, bargainers led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, seemed blindsided when their compromise was derailed." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., misleadingly accused her of being unusually lenient on child pornography offenders." | Negative | -68% Liberal |
| "Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., misleadingly accused her of being unusually lenient on child pornography offenders." | Negative | -68% Liberal |
| "McCoell, then majority leader, blocked the Senate from even considering President Barack Obama's pick of Merrick Garland to replace the deceased Scalia." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "McCoell, then majority leader, blocked the Senate from even considering President Barack Obama's pick of Merrick Garland to replace the deceased Scalia." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
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43% : But their demand for an immigration amendment transformed a fight over how much more to spend on a disease that's killed 980,000 people in the U.S. into a battle over border security, tailor-made for GOP political campaigns ahead.*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.