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Lisa Murkowski
March 7, 2022
Grace Segers
Congress Weighs the Consequences of Banning Russian Oil
Bipartisan momentum is growing to hit Putin where it hurts. But American taxpayers—and the planet—are going to have to take one for the team as well.
January 12, 2022
Grace Segers
Did Biden Wait Too Long to Push the Senate on Voting Rights?
Long after it was an obvious need, the president is asking Democrats in the upper house of Congress to change their rules.
September 3, 2021
Grace Segers
The Filibuster Is Blocking
Roe v. Wade
From Becoming the Law of the Land
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.
August 2, 2021
Michael Tomasky
“Dear Sarah, This Is God. Please Just Stay Home.”
Just when you thought the United States Senate couldn’t get any worse....
March 24, 2021
Nick Martin
The Biden Administration Needs Lisa Murkowski
The Republican senator, in turn, needs Alaska Natives. All new drilling policy needs to thread this needle.
January 11, 2021
Nick Martin
Trump’s Four-Year Drilling Binge Has Done Irreparable Damage
Although the recent auction of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge drilling rights flopped, Biden’s team will have a tough time rolling back a strategy designed to survive a Democratic White House.
July 28, 2020
Kevin Mahnken
It’s Shaping Up to Be a Horrific Election Season for Republican Women
Trump’s reelection is coinciding with trends that might leave the GOP with its least gender-balanced legislature in years.
June 8, 2020
Walter Shapiro
The Revolt of the Center-Right
Prominent Republicans are balking at voting for Trump. Could it cost him the election?
February 5, 2020
Matt Ford
The Senate Has Convicted Itself
The justifications offered by Republicans who acquitted Trump will have lasting ramifications for the republic.
January 31, 2020
Matt Ford
The U.S. Senate Embraces Trumpian Nihilism
Republican lawmakers, blanching at the prospect of removing the president from power, remove themselves instead.
October 5, 2018
Jeet Heer
Kavanaugh narrowly wins procedural vote but his final fate is uncertain.
October 4, 2018
Matt Ford
This Is Not the Last Kavanaugh Report
The Republicans didn't pursue the truth about the allegations against the nominee. The Democrats will.
September 28, 2018
Jeet Heer
What the hell just happened on Capitol Hill?
September 28, 2018
Jeet Heer
Senate Republicans, pumped up by Kavanaugh’s testimony, hurry to vote.
September 25, 2018
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump and Lisa Murkowski disagree on how to handle Brett Kavanaugh’s accusers.
June 28, 2018
Emma Scornavacchi
Will Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski save
Roe v. Wade
? Don’t count on it.
July 28, 2017
Sarah Jones
The moderate Republicans who saved Obamacare aren’t heroes.
July 28, 2017
Clio Chang
John McCain saving Obamacare is proof that the system is broken.
July 28, 2017
Alex Shephard
How John McCain—John McCain!—became Obamacare’s savior.
July 27, 2017
Jeet Heer
This Republican senator is teaching the White House she can play hardball, too.
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