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September 4, 2013
John B. Judis
Obama's True Intentions in Syria Become Clear
August 30, 2013
David Catanese
James Clyburn to Democrats: Forget About Holding the Senate!
Focusing on the House is a better strategy. Here's why
August 14, 2013
Nate Cohn
This State Is Democrats' Best Chance to Pick Up a Senate Seat
August 14, 2013
Noam Scheiber
Cory Booker Is Even Worse Than His Critics Say
August 6, 2013
Noam Scheiber
Harry Reid Should Kill the Filibuster, for Real This Time
Democrats have all the leverage. Why won't they use it?
August 6, 2013
Alec MacGillis
Mitch McConnell Has A Fight (Or Two) On His Hands
August 2, 2013
Nate Cohn
Ignore the Polls: McConnell Is Still the Favorite in Kentucky
July 17, 2013
Nate Cohn
Wyoming Doesn't Deserve Two Senators
July 16, 2013
Alec MacGillis
The Real Reason Why Republicans Folded on the Filibuster
July 16, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Bring on the Nuclear Option!
July 12, 2013
Molly Redden
Why a Filibuster Rule Change Won't Turn the Senate Into the House
July 11, 2013
David Dayen
A Liberal Lion With No Roar
How the Senate has frustrated Jeff Merkley
July 9, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
There's No Cure for Marco Rubio's Abortion Anxiety
June 7, 2013
John B. Judis
The Unmagnificent Seven
Raúl Labrador has quit the House Gang of Eight. That doesn't bode well for immigration reform.
May 15, 2013
Isaac Chotiner
How Mitch McConnell Enabled Barack Obama
He's won numerous tactical victories. His legacy will be strategic defeat
April 23, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
The Nicest Thing You Can Say About Max Baucus
The Montana senator is everything wrong with politics—but he made ObamaCare possible
April 19, 2013
Noam Scheiber
Gun Control Failed, Not Liberalism
The real lesson Obama should learn from this week's setback
April 18, 2013
Alec MacGillis
Fatal Fatalism
Stop making excuses for senators. Start blaming them.
April 18, 2013
Jeff Connaughton
Regulatory Rockstar
Elizabeth Warren is using her Senate seat to grill those who let the big banks off the hook
April 17, 2013
Jonathan Cohn, Eric Kingsbury
The Angriest Obama We've Ever Seen
After the Senate failed to expand gun background checks, the president flashes anger

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