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Abby Vesoulis
Abby Vesoulis is a political reporter in TIME's Washington bureau.
Recent Articles
How Inflation Could Affect Democrats in 2022 Midterms
Rep. Cindy Axne’s position on inflation has taken a sharp turn since ice cream season.Over the summer, when a constituent asked the Iowa District 3 Congresswoman if she was “concerned about the rising gas prices...
By Abby Vesoulis
February 28, 2022
Biden Nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to SCOTUS. What Happens Next?
In 1967, Thurgood Marshall became the first Black Supreme Court Justice. In 1981, Sandra Day O’Connor became the first woman Supreme Court Justice. Now, Ketanji Brown Jackson is poised to become the first Black woman...
By Madeleine Carlisle and Abby Vesoulis
February 25, 2022
Meat Prices Are Going Up. Congress Is Trying to Do Something About It
Nobody was physically injured when an August 2019 fire broke out at a Tyson Foods’-owned beef packing plant in Holcomb, Kansas, but plenty of wallets were.The resulting four-month shutdown of the country’s second-largest beef packing...
By Abby Vesoulis
February 23, 2022
Hospitals: Nursing Agencies Are 'Exploiting'
In the 40 years that Jennie Kahn has worked as a registered nurse, the last two have been by far the most grueling.A lot of that is due to COVID-19, which transformed health care facilities,...
By Abby Vesoulis and Abigail Abrams
February 23, 2022
The NFL Fumbles and Congress Keeps Punting
Fans of the National Football League (NFL) have long complained about the organization’s history of fumbling its public relations.In 2009, the organization allowed an Atlanta Falcons player, who had pleaded guilty to participating in an...
By Abby Vesoulis
February 8, 2022
Marcia Fudge Is Trying to Decide Which Fire to Put Out First
If you could levitate, dronelike, above the dilapidated, 1940s-era public-housing projects in California’s Sunnydale neighborhood, you would be able to make out San Francisco’s gleaming silver skyline, just seven miles away. Here, iron-barred windows are...
By Abby Vesoulis / San Francisco
February 2, 2022
Congress Shifts Focus to Electoral Count Act Reform
Late Wednesday night, Democratic Senators suffered a stinging defeat when their months-long effort to pass sweeping voting-rights reform was torpedoed by the entire Republican caucus—with help from two of their own: Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin...
By Abby Vesoulis and Nik Popli
January 21, 2022
Democrats' Odds of Passing Voting Rights Reform Looked Bad Before Biden Went to the Hill—And Worse After He Left
Joe Biden spent more than three decades in the Senate. He understands its arcane rules. He once showed a prowess for shepherding complex legislation past obstinate Senators from both parties. But as he closes out...
By Abby Vesoulis and Brian Bennett
January 13, 2022
Most Restaurants Fail. COVID-19 Made the Odds Worse
It’s easy to poke fun at terrible restaurants, like the one on Gordon Ramsay’s show Kitchen Nightmares that served a mayonnaise-and-cheese sushi pizza, or the Washington D.C. Popeyes that went viral after a video revealed...
By Abby Vesoulis
December 28, 2021
Democrats Can't Win In Debate Over SALT Cap
In its edible form, salt is used to dry out meat; in its mineral form, it’s used to dry out snowy highways; and in its tax form, SALT—the acronym for state and local tax deductions...
By Abby Vesoulis
December 16, 2021
Happy Holidays, Parents. The Senate's Gift to You Might Be a Missing $250 Check in January
This time of year is expensive, and especially for parents of young children. A quarter of parents withdraw from retirement accounts, dip into emergency funds, or take a payday loan to cover holiday spending, according...
By Abby Vesoulis
December 9, 2021
Why the Defense Bill's Military Justice Provision Is at Risk
The plan would mark a major shift in how the investigations are handled that advocates argue will better serve victims
By Abby Vesoulis
December 3, 2021
6 Innovative Paths to Homeownership
A dozen Grade-A eggs will run you about $0.40 more than they did a year ago, and you’ll have to fork over $0.66 more for a pound of ground beef. At the gas pump, a...
By Abby Vesoulis
November 22, 2021
What Will the Senate Do with the Build Back Better Bill?
The House passed the Build Back Better bill, but it will likely be changed more during upcoming negotiations in the Senate
By Abby Vesoulis
November 19, 2021
What’s in the Build Back Better Bill
Here’s what’s included in the Build Back Better spending bill the House of Representatives just passed.
By Nik Popli and Abby Vesoulis
November 19, 2021
How Biden’s Poor Polling Threatens His Major Social Spending Bill
Joe Biden stood in front of an aging bridge in Woodstock, New Hampshire on Tuesday as some of the first winter snowflakes began to fall, and touted the $550 billion in new infrastructure spending he...
By Brian Bennett and Abby Vesoulis
November 16, 2021
General Electric's Overseas Growth Boosted by Public Funds
When Sam Bansfield first started working as a material handler at General Electric’s Lynn, Massachusetts plant in 2012, she remembers the noise—the loud clanking of her coworkers in the piece-making wing of the jet engine...
By Abby Vesoulis
November 9, 2021
Paid Family Leave Cut From Democrats' Bill
While 73% of Americans support government-mandated paid leave, the policy was competing with too many other priorities.
By Abby Vesoulis
October 27, 2021
How Unions Are Struggling to Catch Up to Worker Anger
James Geiger, a 53-year-old John Deere machinist in Waterloo, Iowa, is fed up with two things.The first is how newer workers are treated by the agricultural machinery manufacturer compared to older ones. After 19 years...
By Abby Vesoulis and Julia Zorthian
October 25, 2021
What the Labor Movement Needs to Keep 'Striketober' Going, According to New AFL-CIO Leader Liz Shuler
(To receive weekly emails of conversations with the world’s top CEOs and business decisionmakers, click here.)As a burgeoning labor shortage precipitated 10 million job openings and millions of Americans voluntarily leaving their jobs in August,...
By Abby Vesoulis
October 24, 2021
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