Some members of Congress have been there for decades, but seats typically change hands more frequently
When Congress convened in 2021, 72% of House members and 65% of senators were new since the start of the 111th Congress in 2009.
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When Congress convened in 2021, 72% of House members and 65% of senators were new since the start of the 111th Congress in 2009.
In the event that a Senate seat becomes vacant, governors in 46 states have the power to appoint a temporary replacement.
College graduates generally out-earn those who have not attended college, yet many say they can’t afford to get a four-year degree – or that they just don’t want to.
More than 3.7 million Ukrainians have fled to neighboring countries – the sixth-largest refugee outflow over the past 60-plus years.
On average, Democrats and Republicans are farther apart ideologically today than at any time in the past 50 years.
It’s worth remembering that vacancies on the Supreme Court didn’t always devolve into partisan slugfests.
The CPI-U is the most widely cited inflation metric, so it’s worth popping the hood and looking inside to see how it works.
Americans are acutely sensitive to gasoline prices, especially when they’re on the rise. But looking just at the recent rise can be misleading.
Third-quarter 2021 inflation was higher in nearly all (39) of the 46 nations analyzed than in the pre-pandemic third quarter of 2019.
Republican- and Democratic-led states alike already require hundreds of thousands of citizens to be vaccinated against various diseases.
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