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November 15, 2025
Jason Linkins
There Are Two U.S. Senates—and Only One Knows How to Get What It Wants
While Republicans in the upper house advance agendas and build their base, their Democratic counterparts are mostly bystanders to their own demise.
November 10, 2025
Michael Tomasky
Once Again, Senate Democrats Show They Don’t Get Who They Represent
The party was riding high on election wins, a fractured GOP, and a flailing Trump. And then the Senate Surrender Caucus handed Republicans a win.
October 25, 2025
Jason Linkins
Senate Democrats: Get Your Stories Straight!
The senators are sending mixed messages on Trump’s threats to democracy. Time to get it together.
March 14, 2025
Marin Scotten
Nancy Pelosi Sets Her Sights on Chuck Schumer After Shutdown Surrender
The former House speaker is attacking Senate Democrats thinking about voting for the government funding bill.
February 6, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
“Disgusted” Democratic Voters Are Blowing Up Congress’s Phones
Democrats in Congress are getting flooded with angry pleas to fight Trump’s lawless moves.
January 21, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
The 12 Democrats Who Voted to Give Trump a Huge Win on Immigration
Here’s a list of every Senate Democrat who caved to Republicans and voted for the Laken Riley Act.
July 11, 2024
Pablo Manríquez
Is Biden’s Fitness a Beltway “Bubble” Priority?
Some Democratic senators’ constituents have other priorities.
May 13, 2021
Osita Nwanevu
The Democrats’ Majority Is Hanging By a Thread. They Don’t Seem to Care.
With its razor-thin margins in Congress and an aging caucus, why isn’t the party acting with more urgency to protect voting rights from Republican assault?
February 15, 2021
Osita Nwanevu
The Predictable Politics Behind Trump’s Second Impeachment Acquittal
It was a foregone conclusion that the former president wouldn’t be convicted—and the mainstream press is finally reaching a consensus about why.
February 14, 2021
Walter Shapiro
The Botched Democratic Effort to Convict Donald Trump
Had Senate Democrats called witnesses during the impeachment trial, they could have won over some independent voters. Instead, they rushed to go on recess.
October 17, 2017
Sarah Jones
California Democrats are getting behind Dianne Feinstein’s re-election campaign.
May 13, 2015
Danny Vinik
Obama's Trade Deal Is Still Alive, But House Democrats Are Itching to Kill It
September 18, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Boehner: Surrender on Obamacare, Or It's Shutdown City
September 11, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
This Is How Those Crazy, Divided Republicans Get Their Way
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