Political Journalism
Fetterman isn’t alone: Members of Congress share their mental health struggles
Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman voluntarily checked himself into Walter Reed Medical Center for inpatient hospital care for clinical depression.
Three members of Congress shared their experiences with depression and anxiety with National Journal, as well as the generosity and grace people deserve when struggling with mental health.
Rep. Becca Balint of Vermont spoke of how the specter of anxiety and depression plagued her since she was an adolescent, only growing worse over time.
“By the time I was in high school, I had several really serious bouts with depression and didn't really have the language for it,” Balint said.
“It got really acute for me my senior year in high school, when I went from being a straight-A student, president of the drama club, president of student government, to barely being able to get myself to class every day.”
House Republicans attempt to avoid 2022 letdown with new tactic on abortion: ‘We’re both pro-choice’
Republicans in the nation’s toughest House districts are making a major pivot on abortion with a surprising result — they’re starting to sound like Democrats.
In this fall’s toss-up battle for the House, swing-seat Republicans are carefully rebranding themselves on abortion after largely failing to respond to relentless Democratic attacks that cost the GOP big last cycle. And they’re attempting to neutralize the Democrats’ most potent attack — all in an effort to turn voters’ attention to the US-Mexico border and other galvanizing issues.
House Democratic PAC plans to take lessons from special election win nationwide
The top super PAC that works to elect House Democrats plans to spread nationwide the tactics it used in the recent special election in New York as the party looks to recapture the chamber's majority in November.
This comes on the heels of Democrat Tom Suozzi's comfortable victory Tuesday night in the special election to succeed disgraced former GOP Rep. George Santos in New York's 3rd Congressional District.
Suozzi’s strategy in the special election revolved around tackling immigration head-on rather than avoiding the topic as a Democratic weakness.
House Majority PAC ran ads featuring positive messaging around Suozzi and his immigration record and used the failure of the bipartisan border deal to attack Republican nominee Mazi Pilip in the final days of the campaign.
“I can guarantee that this bill will be used in paid media in November, October … to hit Republicans on immigration…”