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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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September 21, 2022
Grace Segers
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
Grace Segers
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
Grace Segers
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
Grace Segers
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
Grace Segers
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
Grace Segers, Katie Herchenroeder
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
Grace Segers
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
MagazineGrace Segers, Daniel Strauss
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
Grace Segers
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
Grace Segers
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?
August 4, 2022
Grace Segers
Congress May Actually Step Up to Block the Next Coup Attempt
Could the Senate—gasp!—actually pass legislation to reform the obscure law that nearly enabled Trump's plot to overturn the 2020 election?
August 2, 2022
Grace Segers
The Inflation Reduction Act Will Reduce Emissions Too
While the bill will fall short of the Biden administration’s ambitious climate goals, the fact that it will include climate provisions of any kind is an unexpected surprise.
July 28, 2022
Grace Segers
Manchin and Schumer Surprised Everyone With the Inflation Reduction Act—Even Democrats Themselves
“It’s not ideal, but it’s how the sausage gets made, right? I try not to go to the sausage factory.”
July 27, 2022
Grace Segers
The Democrats Tried—and Failed—to Quickly Pass Police Funding Before Summer Vacation
The bills would have increased police funding, but progressive Democrats wanted more language about police accountability.
July 27, 2022
Grace Segers
Kansas Will Be the First State to Vote on Abortion Since the Fall of Roe
Anti-abortion activists are betting on low voter turnout and the amendment’s confusing wording to secure a future ban on abortion.
July 21, 2022
Grace Segers
Joe Manchin Killed the Expanded Child Tax Credit. Democrats Have a New Plan to Revive It.
The West Virginia senator shut down talk of extending the expanded credit in the reconciliation bill, but some in Congress see hope in future negotiations over a tax package.
June 28, 2022
Grace Segers
Abortion Bans Could Have a Dire Impact on All Reproductive Health Treatments
The restrictions that will follow in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe will have ripple effects on miscarriage management and medical emergencies.
June 23, 2022
Grace Segers
Democrats Should Have Seen the End of Roe Coming
An imminent Supreme Court decision that’s likely to upend reproductive rights in America is the culmination of decades of investment by the anti-abortion movement.
June 22, 2022
Daniel Strauss, Grace Segers
“We Should Be Graphic”: New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on How Democrats Should Respond to the End of Roe
“I don’t think we should be coy. I don’t think we should be abstract,” said the vice chair of the Democratic Governors Association.
June 16, 2022
Grace Segers
Patty Murray Is Not Giving Up on Childcare Relief
The senator from Washington state hopes to address the urgent needs of working families—and shift perceptions of a Democratic Party that’s struggled to fulfill its promises.

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