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August 9, 2022
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Matt Ford
Don’t Be Fooled by the Inflation Reduction Act’s Big Win, the Senate Still Sucks
The biggest takeaway from a long weekend of legislative action is that this is no way to run a country.
August 7, 2022
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Grace Segers
The Inflation Reduction Act Passes After a Long and Exhausting Weekend in the U.S. Senate
The upper chamber's “vote-a-rama” may sound like a real fun way to spend a Saturday night, but guess what?
June 3, 2021
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Alex Thomas
Elizabeth MacDonough Is the Most Quietly Consequential Person in Washington
The Senate parliamentarian normally flies under the radar, but she now holds the Democrats’ ambitious plans in her hands.
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