David Bateman, professor of government at Cornell University, says progressives are likely to sacrifice policies included in the original domestic big domestic spending proposal that may make the bill more palatable to Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema.

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David Bateman, professor of government, says while much of the critique of H.R. 51, a bill being voted on in the House to give DC full statehood, is political, the bill represents a decision about whether residents of DC merit equal rights of citizenship.

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David Bateman, professor of government at Cornell University, says the politics of Georgia and other southern states, along with tight margins of party control in Congress, will force leaders to consider new legislative strategies.

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Cornell experts are available to discuss issues surrounding Tuesday's election pitting President Donald Trump against former Vice President Joe Biden including misinformation, polling and public opinion.

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David Bateman, professor of government, says that it might just take a few Republican members shifting their positions for conviction to be possible in the Senate.

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David Bateman says that the conflict between California and the Trump administration over auto emissions will expose potentially counter-intuitive positions on states’ rights among political actors.

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The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on a formal condemnation of anti-Semitism this week that would also include language condemning anti-Muslim bias.

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David A. Bateman, an expert in American political development, political parties and ideology and assistant professor of government at Cornell University, says that President Trump has compounded problems for congressional Republicans by agreeing to a bipartisan deal on the debt ceiling with Democratic leaders.

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David Bateman, an expert on Congress and the legislative process and assistant professor of government at Cornell University, explains how the possibility of a Trump-era government shutdown harkens back to the days of Jimmy Carter’s presidency – the last time a significant funding gap appeared under one party’s control.

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