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Kurt Schrader
May 27, 2022
Faiz Shakir
How the Democrats Can Become the Party of the People Again
Elections in red states may be hard, but they serve as potential laboratories for Democrats to retool their struggles with working-class appeals.
May 21, 2022
Jason Linkins
There Are No Super PAC Cops
Let’s stop pretending that rules forbidding coordination between campaigns and dark money groups exist.
May 18, 2022
Grace Segers
Kurt Schrader Could Be the Next Establishment Democrat Toppled by a Progressive Challenger
The Big Pharma–friendly congressman from Oregon’s 5th district is lagging Jamie McLeod-Skinner in Tuesday’s primary results. How big a bellwether is it for the left?
May 11, 2022
Daniel Strauss
Big Pharma’s Favorite Democrat Has a Tough Race in Oregon
Kurt Schrader helped bury prescription drug reform. And now he seems to have a tough primary next Tuesday.
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.
October 19, 2021
Daniel Strauss
Democrat Kurt Schrader Keeps Raking in Pharma Bucks
The congressman leading the fight to kill his party’s prescription drug proposal has been taking checks from pharmaceutical interests this whole time.
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