If you capture the Senate, don’t get wobbly and nostalgic about some mythical pre-Mitch McConnell era when the filibuster was good. It’s always been a bad idea.
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How Mitch McConnell Is Making the Case For Ending the Filibuster
The majority leader has shown it as a tool to neuter Congress as a legislative body.
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Trump and the Republicans Are Risking an All-Out Depression
They are currently making the same failed choices that led to the last one.
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Everyone Hates the Senate Republicans’ Coronavirus Bill
The public doesn’t like the provisions, GOP lawmakers can’t stand the cost.
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What Will the GOP Look Like Without Trump?
Half of his supporters have little to no allegiance to the Republican Party.
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Will Trump’s Enablers Ever Stop the Monster They Created?
Otherwise, our national nightmare will only keep getting worse.
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Why GOP Senators Are Held Hostage to Mitch McConnell
It’s the pernicious effect of big money in politics.
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Are Kentuckians Watching McConnell’s Pathetic Pandemic Response?
He’s facing reelection, but shows no sense of urgency to help people suffering from the COVID-19 crisis.
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Republicans in Disarray
There is dissension brewing between GOP senators and their leaders.
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The GOP’s War Against Voting Rights
How Trump and Congressional Republicans are trying to make it harder to vote.
