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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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December 19, 2021
Grace Segers
Does Joe Manchin Know That Build Back Better Would Extend Vital Aid to Sick Coal Miners?
The Black Lung Disability Trust Fund is in danger of insolvency, which could affect industry veterans stricken with the disease.
December 17, 2021
Grace Segers
Joe Manchin Has the Child Tax Credit in His Death Grip
The West Virginia senator has put one of the most effective policy proposals in the Build Back Better Act—and millions of kids—at risk.
December 15, 2021
Grace Segers
Senate Democrats Mull a Legislative Switcheroo and Plunge Capitol Hill Into Chaos
The party may put Biden’s spending bill on the back burner and yank voting rights to the front of the line.
December 15, 2021
Grace Segers
The Country Is Safe From Economic Catastrophe—for Now
Congress voted to raise the debt ceiling on Tuesday, but the dysfunction that drives this perennial crisis remains intact.
December 8, 2021
Grace Segers
Millions of Kids Could Sink Back Into Poverty if the Child Tax Credit Expires
The Build Back Better Act includes a one-year extension of the child tax credit, but the clock is ticking.
December 8, 2021
Grace Segers
The 2022 Midterms Are Shaping Up to Be a Blue Wave—of Retirements
With partisan redistricting favoring the GOP and an increasingly “toxic” environment on Capitol Hill, more and more Democrats are opting to leave the House.
December 3, 2021
Grace Segers
Republicans’ Anti-Vaccine Mandate Stunt Fails to Shut Down the Government
So that was dumb.
December 2, 2021
Grace Segers
Chuck Schumer’s Daunting Quest to “Restore the Senate”
The majority leader is spearheading an effort to somehow pass voting rights legislation without destroying the filibuster—and do it by year’s end.
December 2, 2021
Grace Segers
Peter Welch’s “All Hands on Deck” Moment
The question driving Vermont’s lone congressman to run for retiring Senator Patrick Leahy’s seat: “Are we going to defend democracy?”
November 30, 2021
Grace Segers
Guess What Everybody, It’s Debt Ceiling Drama Time Again
The perennial fight to raise the debt limit and avoid an economic calamity is once again on lawmakers’ docket, and this time things could get messy.
November 23, 2021
Grace Segers
Nonprofit Organizations Are About to Get Hit With a Big Bill to Help Pay for the Nation’s Infrastructure
Tucked away in the bipartisan law is a retroactive repeal of a vital tax credit that helped struggling employers retain their workforce during the pandemic.
November 19, 2021
Grace Segers
Biden’s Big Social Infrastructure Bill Finally Gets Passed by the House—Now Comes the Hard Part
The Build Back Better bill is on its way to the Senate, where Joe Manchin awaits.
November 16, 2021
Grace Segers
A Disappointing CBO Score Might Not Doom the Build Back Better Act
Democratic moderates are saying that discouraging news from Washington’s fiscal referees may not be a deal-breaker.
November 16, 2021
Grace Segers
No War, No Problem: Senate Prepares to Shovel Another Pile of Money at the Pentagon
With Build Back Better on ice, the upper body is moving forward with its regular round of defense spending.
November 9, 2021
Grace Segers
Chris Sununu Won’t Run for Senate After Realizing What a Terrible Job It Is
Republicans in Washington had hoped the popular New Hampshire governor could be convinced to leave his cool job and join them in the abject misery of their day-to-day existence.
November 6, 2021
Grace Segers
The Democrats Finally Get Their Act Together on Infrastructure
The House passed the bipartisan infrastructure bill late on Friday evening, but the Build Back Better Act is still in limbo. Here’s how the long day went down.
November 3, 2021
Grace Segers
Election Setbacks in Virginia and New Jersey Have Capitol Hill Democrats in Despair
Lawmakers are pressing forward with two massive bills that constitute Biden’s agenda, but Tuesday night’s results have laid the party’s midterm weaknesses bare.
November 2, 2021
Grace Segers
With Manchin Wavering, House Democrats Put Their Trust in Biden
The president has guaranteed the votes will be there for the Build Back Better Act. He’ll have to deliver.
October 28, 2021
Grace Segers
Biden and the Democrats Agree to Keep Trying to Agree
What deal did the president and his party’s leaders in Congress strike on Thursday?
October 26, 2021
Grace Segers
Paid Leave Would Help Millions of Americans—and Could Be Cut From the Democrats’ Big Bill
In what’s become a common refrain, one of the most transformative—and politically popular—parts of the Biden agenda is on the chopping block.

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