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January 25, 2019
Emily Atkin
This Is Chander Kanta. The Government Shutdown Has Left Her All Alone.
She's among hundreds of senior citizens who depend on an EPA employment program not only financially, but socially.
June 16, 2014
Rebecca Leber
House Republicans Are So Mad at the EPA that They Might Force Another Shutdown
October 23, 2013
Alec MacGillis
The Tea Party and Wall Street Are Even Closer Than We Thought
October 18, 2013
Alec MacGillis
Stop Letting John Boehner and His House Allies Off the Hook
October 17, 2013
Alec MacGillis
The Myths the Media Spins About Mitch McConnell's Political Motives
October 16, 2013
Alec MacGillis
Obama Beat the Hostage-Takers. Now He Has to Fight the Fiscal Scolds.
The fecklessness of Washington's professional budget alarmists
October 15, 2013
Alec MacGillis
Republicans Have Officially Reached the Nadir of Their Shutdown Debacle
October 15, 2013
Kevin Mahnken
Take the World War II Memorial—Please!
When the government reopens, shut this stuff down
October 15, 2013
Alec MacGillis
The Delusions of Leon Panetta, High-Flying Veteran of This Town
October 14, 2013
Linda Kinstler, Kevin Mahnken
Why Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s New Miniseries About Civil Rights Matters More Than Ever
October 14, 2013
Noam Scheiber
The Inevitable Republican Collapse That Will End the Shutdown
The grim, angry, loopy, and predetermined conclusion to Washington's crisis
October 10, 2013
Nate Cohn
The GOP Can Rebound From Record Low Favorability Ratings
October 8, 2013
Noam Scheiber
Thank God Joe Biden Has Been Marginalized in the Shutdown Standoff
Here's What He Did Last Time
October 8, 2013
Nate Cohn
2013's Shutdown Backlash Against the GOP Is Actually Weaker Than 1996's
October 7, 2013
Julia Fisher
If There Are Enough Votes to End the Shutdown, Why Don't They Just Vote?
October 7, 2013
Eric A. Posner
Three Ways Obama Could Raise the Debt Ceiling On His Own
The controversial, risky options if Congress doesn't act
October 1, 2013
The New Republic Staff
From the Stacks: A Mash Note to John Boehner
October 1, 2013
Nate Cohn
The Failed Republican Moderate Revolt is Good News
September 30, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
Tomorrow the Most Important Word on Capitol Hill Will Be "Essential"
September 30, 2013
Alec MacGillis
Meet the House Republican Who Compared Himself to the Flight 93 Heroes

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