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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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October 4, 2023
Grace Segers
Senate Republicans Are Exasperated With House Republicans
The chaos of Kevin McCarthy’s ouster has breached the upper chamber, where GOP members are worried about another deadline to avoid a government shutdown.
October 3, 2023
Grace Segers
Hakeem Jeffries Is the Big Winner in the McCarthy Trials
In the Republican speaker’s darkest hour, it’s the young Democratic leader who has flexed his political muscles by unifying his famously fractious party.
September 29, 2023
Grace Segers
Poor Women and Kids Could Bear the Brunt of a Government Shutdown
Far-right conservatives dismiss the Biden administration’s warning that nearly seven million women and children could lose nutrition benefits.
September 26, 2023
Grace Segers
Why Is Chuck Schumer Still Silent on Bob Menendez?
Eyes turn to the Senate majority leader as more than a dozen Democrats call for the embattled New Jersey senator’s ouster.
September 25, 2023
Grace Segers
The Language of Abortion Is Going Through a Seismic Overhaul
Advocates and politicians have recently turned away from the “pro-choice” and “pro-life” labels.
September 20, 2023
Grace Segers
Republicans Start to Devour Their Own Over Looming Shutdown
Disagreements between mainstream members of the GOP caucus and their far-right colleagues are getting personal.
September 20, 2023
Grace Segers
The Shadow Race to Succeed Mitch McConnell
Senate Republicans aren’t quite ready to think about life after McConnell, but his three potential successors have made their interest known.
September 13, 2023
Grace Segers
The Child Poverty Crisis Spurs Another Push for the Child Tax Credit
Census data showed a dramatic increase in child poverty from 2021 to 2022, due in part to the expiration of the expanded credit.
September 13, 2023
Grace Segers
Senate Republicans Haven’t Caught Impeachment Mania—Yet
Conservatives in the upper chamber aren’t quite as rabid about ousting the president as their counterparts in the House, but it could become their problem soon enough.
September 8, 2023
Grace Segers
Congress Is on the Verge of Plunging Millions Into Food Insecurity
The WIC program, which provides vital resources to the neediest families, usually gets the funding it needs without a struggle. Not this time.
September 6, 2023
Grace Segers
The Senate Is Conspicuously Silent About Mitch McConnell
As the minority leader’s health concerns spill out in public view, his Senate colleagues have retreated behind closed doors and gerontocratic traditions.
August 30, 2023
Grace Segers
Will Legal Pot and Abortion Rights Be a Potent Combination for Ohio Voters?
All eyes are on the Buckeye State to see if a pair of ballot initiatives might juice turnout in an otherwise sleepy election year.
August 25, 2023
Grace Segers
This Year’s Most Bruising Political Battle Will Be in Virginia
The commonwealth’s off-year contest could have lasting repercussions for abortion rights—as well as Glenn Youngkin’s national ambitions.
August 23, 2023
Grace Segers
The GOP War on Wokeness Could Shut Down the Government
Partisan procedural brinkmanship is back, thanks to the House Freedom Caucus’s crusade against military policy.
August 14, 2023
Grace Segers
Afghans Greet Anniversary of U.S. Withdrawal With a Mix of Sadness and Hope
Two years after the chaotic fall of Kabul, stateside evacuees want lawmakers to step up to help allies who’ve made a new home here as well as those left behind.
August 11, 2023
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Will Hurd Is the Never Trump Movement’s Last, Best Hope
The former congressman is on a quixotic mission to save the Republican Party from itself.
August 7, 2023
Grace Segers
Hunger Programs Are on the Line as Congress Negotiates With Itself
The upcoming deliberations over the farm bill will consume a considerable amount of lawmakers’—and lobbyists’—time.
July 31, 2023
Grace Segers
Trump Is Crushing DeSantis (and Every Other GOP Candidate)
A new poll shows the former president dominating the field of Republican presidential contenders.
July 31, 2023
Grace Segers
The Democrats’ Battle Plan for Three Red-State Upsets
A new memo from the Democratic Attorneys General Association argues the party can flip seats in Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
July 27, 2023
Grace Segers
Time Is Running Out for Congress to Help Our Afghan Allies
A bipartisan group of senators are pushing to include the Afghan Adjustment Act in the annual defense authorization bill—but some formidable political obstacles remain.

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