Sanders and Warren Plot Their End Run Around the Senate
Their radically different approaches to the filibuster prove that the two candidates are different sorts of radicals.
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The Grassroots Battle to Save Democracy
As Democrats ponder a number of necessary governmental reforms, an army of progressive organizations is building support among the electorate.
Give War a Chance
In search of the Democratic Party's fighting spirit
Conservatives’ Disingenuous Attacks on Democratic Reforms
What are they afraid of? A truly representative democracy.
Republicans Won’t Play Fair Unless Democrats Make Them
The GOP's inconsistency on disaster relief is just the latest evidence of the party's procedural hypocrisy.
The Supreme Court Will Never Be the Same
Neil Gorsuch has been confirmed by the Senate. The filibuster is dead. And no one knows what happens next.
Mitch McConnell Abolished the Filibuster. Good!
There can be no more fitting capstone to the Senate majority leader's legacy of norm-breaking. And it will level the playing field once again.
Republicans Think Capitol Hill’s Rules Are for Suckers
They broke norms to stymie Democrats. Now they're doing it to help Trump.
The GOP’s Dysfunction Is Our Dysfunction Now
The fight to fill the vacancy in the Supreme Court is at the center of a new, broken era of American politics.
Will Democrats Nuke the Filibuster?
If Democrats win the Senate and the White House, the Republicans' favorite obstructionist tool could be wiped out.
Democrats Need to Get Ready to Run Washington
An unanticipated wave election could hand them the White House and both chambers of Congress. Are they prepared to govern?
McConnell Didn't Win Everything
The GOP political victory came with a steep price
