Democrats scaled back their ambitions to create a measure that Republicans might support. If it fails, they’ll either have to break the filibuster—or give up.

All it took was some Excel spreadsheets.

The phenomenally effective and wildly popular program could be the centerpiece of the party’s midterm argument—if only it could agree to keep it.

They’re going to be smeared as socialists no matter what size the reconciliation bill is. The only option here is to pass the bill and play offense.

Spending money is easy. Raising it is what’s hard. Can the Democrats pass something that will break from 40 years of tax-cut orthodoxy?

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House would vote on a bill codifying the right to an abortion, but it will likely stall in the Senate.

A House subcommittee held a virtual hearing on the John Lewis Voting Rights Act on Monday, despite the looming prospect of death-by-filibuster.

The infrastructure bill prevailed. So will the filibuster.

Those nostalgic for the Obama years may soon get to relive the toxic brinkmanship that periodically threatened the global economy during that era.

The Equality Act is languishing in Congress. It’s a familiar story.

The party has sold itself as the only thing standing in the way of the existential death of democracy. But it’s not governing as if it believes its own warnings.

The Arizona senator has offered the most illegible defense of the filibuster yet.

It starts with “F” and ends with “ilibuster.”

A novel idea for House Democrats to thwart Joe Manchin: Sue the Senate all the way to the Supreme Court.

Joe Biden is making some necessary defenses of democracy abroad. I can’t help wishing he’d make them more forcefully here at home.

Why is the Democratic senator from West Virginia echoing Republican talking points about American elections?

The upper body of Congress has become a colossal wreck where democracy goes to die.

Jennifer Granholm, John Kerry, and the rest of the Biden climate team consistently downplay how much we need to do.

The White House’s quiet campaign to tweak the D.C. Admission Act also provides the first hint that the president is open to reforming the Electoral College.

The key vote of the Senate might have a way to preserve voting rights from the GOP’s assaults and John Roberts’ legal opinions.