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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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November 16, 2022
Grace Segers
187 Years Later, Congress Thinks About Seating a Cherokee Delegate
Nearly two centuries after a treaty was approved, the Cherokee Nation wants the U.S. government to abide by its commitments.
November 15, 2022
Grace Segers
The Upcoming Lame-Duck Congress Is Going to Be Epic
Congress has an overwhelming to-do list in the final months of the year, including the not-so-small matter of funding the government.
November 11, 2022
Grace Segers
Voters in Arizona and Nevada Could Decide Who Wins Georgia’s Senate Seat
If control of the upper chamber is determined before the Peach State’s upcoming runoff election, it could complicate Herschel Walker’s path to victory.
November 9, 2022
Grace Segers
TNR Hits the Polls as Georgians Turn Out to Vote
Here's what it looked like in a key state this election.
November 8, 2022
Daniel Strauss, Grace Segers
Democrats Will Hope That Their Suddenly Animated Base Will Be Enough to Stave Off a Midterm Bloodbath
Ahead of a challenging election, a spike in voter enthusiasm has given Democrats a small reason to hope that they might stem the expected red tide.
November 8, 2022
Grace Segers
Democrats Prepare for First Test Against Georgia’s New Voter Restrictions
After the Peach State went blue in 2020, the GOP-controlled state legislature went to great lengths to make sure it didn’t happen again.
November 7, 2022
Grace Segers
2022 Could Have Been the Climate Change Election—Except Democrats Don’t Want to Talk About It
Economic issues have dominated this year’s campaigns. But talking candidly about climate change could hold the key to a majority in Congress.
November 7, 2022
Grace Segers
Raphael Warnock Offers a Sunday Prayer for Tuesday Voters
In his final worship service before Election Day, the reverend and Georgia senator struck an optimistic tone.
October 31, 2022
Grace Segers
The Critically Important Alaska Election That You Haven’t Heard About
Voters in the Great North will choose whether to hold a constitutional convention, which opponents say could open the door to restricting abortion rights.
October 28, 2022
Grace Segers
The Power of the Native Vote Is Reshaping Alaska Politics
After decades of being shut out at the ballot box, the state’s tribal populations now wield significant influence as a voting bloc.
October 26, 2022
Grace Segers
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
Grace Segers
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
Grace Segers
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
Grace Segers
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
MagazineGrace Segers
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
Grace Segers
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
Grace Segers
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
Grace Segers
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
Grace Segers
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
Grace Segers
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.

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