Quietly, Senate Republicans have already chosen Mitch McConnell as their next leader — because Congress just isn’t partisan enough.
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Sour Home Alabama: Jeff Sessions is Too Arrogant to Ever Resign
Sadly, it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter how how many times he failed to tell the whole truth during his Senate confirmation hearing. It doesn’t matter how many times he spoke to the Russians. It doesn’t matter how unqualified he is to be the chief law enforcement officer of the United States. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions […]
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Extreme Makeover: Senate Edition
Last week, I noted that the old-school GOP operatives urging the Republican Party to support a federal carbon tax as a “market-based” way to address climate change might be better off supporting state-level efforts to put a price on carbon. After all, despite some evidence of bipartisanship on climate on Capitol Hill, House Speaker Paul […]
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McConnell Says No to Infrastructure Spending as a Priority
It had the possibility to boost job growth.
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Will McConnell Abandon the Tool He Used So Successfully?
Obstructionism brought the Republicans to power, but will it be their downfall?
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In the Court of Public Opinion
Sometimes you can just tell when an effort is doomed. Such is the case with a peculiar proceeding in Oregon this past week, where an effort to get the federal courts to do with the Obama administration allegedly will not is guaranteed to down in flames–the height of irony, as the court case in question […]
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Why Republican Kneecapping of Trump Won’t Work
Vulnerable downballot Republicans can’t count on distancing themselves for survival.
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Why Mitch McConnell Should Know Better
Campaign finance reform’s No. 1 enemy need look no farther than his home state to see why money and politics don’t mix
