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McConnell Must Hold Ground on Court Nomination Feb. 17, 2016
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is doing the nation a service by announcing he will work to b... Read More
Obama and Senate GOP's Supreme Courtship Feb. 17, 2016
Even before Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell released his before-the-corpse-is-cold statement ... Read More
GOP Falls Into Purity Trap Jan. 10, 2016
Republicans fulfilled a popular campaign pledge Wednesday when, by a 240-181 vote, the House passed ... Read More
All Roads Lead to Washington as Congress Resurrects Ex-Im Bank Dec. 10, 2015
After allowing the Export-Import Bank of the United States' charter to lapse June 30, Congress voted... Read More
GOP's Government Shutdown Fantasy Sep. 24, 2015
"I dare Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama to watch these tapes. Watch a fully formed fetus on the table,... Read More
Dear GOP Leaders, Stop Being Cowards on the Abortion Fight Sep. 11, 2015
It's probably true that Republicans won't be able to force Planned Parenthood to shut down its human... Read More
Will GOP Congress Fund Group That Killed 327,653 Babies in 1 Year? Sep. 09, 2015
Go online and pull up Planned Parenthood's latest annual report and you will see that the group plai... Read More
Phony GOP Conservatism Has Worn Out Its Welcome Jul. 28, 2015
The long-simmering disconnect between the Republican Party's conservative base and its leaders in go... Read More
NSA Debate Weighs Privacy vs. Security Jun. 02, 2015
Do I trust the federal government? Hell no. President Barack Obama's Department of Justice is happy ... Read More
Not Smart to Make the NSA Go Dark May. 19, 2015
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., isn't worried that, absent a Senate vote, key provisions of the Patriot Act a... Read More
Congress Is Not a Drive-Thru Window Dec. 02, 2014
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell won't become majority leader until next month, and already he... Read More
U-turn at America's Ballot Boxes Nov. 06, 2014
Tuesday was a beauteous night. Republicans won the Senate handily, picked up 14 House seats and won ... Read More
Harry Reid and Ted Cruz -- What's Not to Like in Congress Oct. 09, 2014
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid doesn't look very good in Washingtonian's Best and Worst of Congre... Read More
Campaign Finance Curbs and Bipartisan Censorship Aug. 10, 2014
Congressional Democrats are lining up behind a constitutional amendment to allow restrictions on cam... Read More
What Successful Political Leaders Have in Common May. 24, 2014
A long time ago, I learned from Bill Schneider, a very wise man, that in order to understand America... Read More
Wimping Out on Repeal Apr. 30, 2014
Top Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, is walking back comments attributed to her... Read More
If Hypocrisy Were a Felony Apr. 12, 2014
To be fair, most Republicans have never hidden their distaste for campaign-finance laws that place l... Read More
All Sheldon Adelson Wants Apr. 03, 2014
There is something truly spectacular about Sheldon Adelson. Witness the parade of Republican supplic... Read More
The GOP Establishment's War on the Tea Party Apr. 02, 2014
The gloves are off. No more fooling around. No more games. No more nuance. No more straddling the fe... Read More
Facts and Factions Mar. 18, 2014
At a time when polls show public opinion turning against the Democrats, some Republicans seem to be ... Read More
