The president’s foreign policy is being openly rebuked by his allies in the Senate.
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The Guy Who Could Beat Mitch McConnell in 2020
Kentucky’s most famous sports radio host might run against the majority leader.
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There is No Grand Shutdown Strategy
Trump’s shutdown is an unwelcome imposition for congressional Republicans.
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The Republican Negotiating Strategy: I Really Don’t Care. Do You?
They are willing to inflict damage and assume that the opposition will cave to stop them.
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Mitch McConnell Is Waiting for Trump to Face Reality
Pressuring the Senate majority leader to end the shutdown is unlikely to work.
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Both Sides Are Not to Blame For the Shutdown
This is all on Trump and the GOP.
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Mitch McConnell Demonstrates His Contempt for Democracy
Reforms to campaign finance, ethics and voting rights threaten his hold on power.
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This Is Mitch McConnell’s Shutdown
By framing the government shutdown as a duel between Trump and Pelosi, news organizations are ignoring one of the biggest agents of the impasse.
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The Republicans Have Broken the Senate
The Senate was created to prevent poorly designed and populist legislation but it’s acting like the more populist of the two congressional bodies.
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Mitch McConnell Begins to Contemplate His Legacy
He says his biggest failure was not to address the ‘entitlement issue’ and the growing deficit when he had the chance.
