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Harris Needs To Warm Up Her Act Jun. 16, 2021
WASHINGTON — She hasn't had a good moment yet. Brittle is the word, without a bit of President... Read More
Will Biden Nullify This Founding Principle? Jun. 14, 2021
Two Senate committees released a bipartisan joint report Tuesday that purports to look at the multip... Read More
Senate Report on Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection is Appalling in its Omissions Jun. 12, 2021
Two Senate committees released a bipartisan joint report Tuesday that purports to look at the multip... Read More
Joe Manchin: Racist or Profile in Courage Jun. 11, 2021
In 1859, Abraham Lincoln related the tale of an Eastern monarch who charged his wise men with discov... Read More
The Democrats' Filibuster Con Jun. 11, 2021
When West Virginia's Joe Manchin closed the door on eliminating the legislative filibuster this week... Read More
Manchin, Byrd and the Arc of Justice Jun. 09, 2021
WASHINGTON — Much depends upon Sen. Joe Manchin III, the man stuck in the middle of a deeply d... Read More
We Must Never Forget Joe Biden's Past Jun. 08, 2021
President Joe Biden wants Americans to remember their country's racist legacy. We should take this a... Read More
A Love Lost: The Senate and Me Jun. 02, 2021
WASHINGTON — I loved the Senate once — I thought for good — until midnight Friday.... Read More
The Filibuster Fuels McConnell's Partisan Nihilism. It Should Go. May. 31, 2021
And so history repeats itself. During Barack Obama's first term as president, Mitch McConnell said b... Read More
His Own Man: Angus King Refuses to Give Up on Bipartisanship Apr. 27, 2021
Angus King doesn't only have an independent streak. The United States senator from Maine has been an... Read More
Democrats' Quest for Complete Control Apr. 15, 2021
One of the most disconcerting things to observe in present-day politics is Democrats' glee at the co... Read More
Joe Manchin: Washington's Most Wanted Man Apr. 14, 2021
WASHINGTON — Everybody wants to know where Sen. Joe Manchin's hideaway is in the Capitol. The ... Read More
Bring Back the Talking Filibuster Mar. 20, 2021
President Joe Biden wants to make the filibuster great again. Facing the prospect of legislative lo... Read More
Democrats Would Be Shortsighted To Nuke the Senate Filibuster Mar. 19, 2021
"You'll regret this, and you may regret this a lot sooner than you think," then-Senate Minority Lead... Read More
The Hypocrisy of the Filibuster Busters Mar. 19, 2021
The effort to undo the Senate's legislative filibuster is an un-American, Constitution-eroding, radi... Read More
It's Time To Talk About Eliminating the Senate Filibuster Entirely Mar. 08, 2021
America is witnessing, yet again, the funhouse-mirror effects that the filibuster exerts over the U.... Read More
Rumpled Giant of the Senate: Carl Levin's Life and Times Mar. 02, 2021
Whether or not you enjoyed watching Carl Levin question witnesses during U.S. Senate hearings depend... Read More
The Impeachment Process Didn't Bring Justice to Trump. The Court System Could. Feb. 23, 2021
Among Donald Trump's most corrosive actions in office was his repeated call for the imprisonment of ... Read More
The GOP Has Made Pariahs of 17 Who Confronted Trump. They Are Heroes. Feb. 17, 2021
In what has become a national trend, state-level Republican Party leaders in North Carolina and Loui... Read More
Senator, Impeach Thyself Feb. 14, 2021
WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told Republican senators that their vote o... Read More
