An incoming lawmaker is accused of crimes that sent another Missouri attorney general to the big house in the 1990s.
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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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Beto O’Rourke Has More Money Than God, But Is That Enough?
The Texas Senate hopeful raised $38 million in the third quarter.
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Trump Just Realized He’s Not Getting His Wall
Trump doesn’t pay any attention to his actual job, so everything comes as a surprise, like the fact that Congress isn’t funding his wall.
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Is Ted Cruz in Real Peril or Not?
In the Cruz/O’Rourke matchup, the polls are mixed and the Texas GOP won a big upset victory on Tuesday in a special election, but the mood seems decisively anti-incumbent.
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The Democrats Really Could Win the Senate
According to FiveThirtyEight’s current projections, the party would win a 51-49 majority if the Senate elections were held today.
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Susan Collins is a Lamb of the Senate
Sen. Susan Collins bemoans the loss of the lions of the Senate, but she’s been there long enough to have real influence, and she doesn’t have much influence at all.
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Congressional Republicans Will Stick With Trump Until They Won’t
There is a breaking point beyond which the president cannot rely on the Senate to protect him.
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Examining Charlie Cook’s Prognostications
Cook is a knowledgable pundit, but some of his predictions don’t make sense.
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The Senate Feels Need to Oppose Turning Over Our Ambassadors to Foreign Adversaries
It’s bad when the Senate feels the need to oppose turning over our ambassadors to foreign adversaries
