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Kenny Holston / The New York Times / … The Senate’s Deep and Dirty Secret
The Senate “hold” procedure is making the institution’s basic work impossible, and every member seems fine with that.
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Tom Williams / Getty Dianne Feinstein Reminded Us That the Senate Doesn’t Have a Plan
The government still doesn’t know what to do when members of Congress cannot serve.
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The Atlantic How Far Would a Republican Majority Go?
Not just democracy is at stake this fall.
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Getty; The Atlantic Locking People Up Is No Way to Treat Mental Illness
If we stopped using prisons to warehouse psychiatric patients, we could heal people and save tax dollars.
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Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post / Getty A Hinge Point for Voting Rights
If passed, the Freedom to Vote Act will advance election-safety provisions in five major ways.
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Harris & Ewing / Library of Congress; Bettmann … The Smart Way to Fix the Filibuster
Rather than completely eliminate the procedure, Democrats should reform it so that it continues to exist for truly extraordinary circumstances.
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Getty / The Atlantic I’ve Witnessed the Decline of the Republican Party
Over five decades, the GOP has transformed into something I no longer recognize.
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Juj Winn / Getty / The Atlantic The November Election Is Going to Be a Mess
Disaster is avoidable—if lawmakers act now.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic The Coming Mental-Health Crisis
Congress must rethink the American approach to mental-health care during the pandemic.
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Drew Angerer / Getty Congress Desperately Needs a Contingency Plan
What will happen if lawmakers can no longer meet because of the coronavirus?
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Win McNamee / Getty The Democratic Debates Are a Fantasy World
Presidents can’t wave a magic wand and make single-payer insurance happen. Voters deserve to know how the 2020 candidates would really govern.
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Erin Scott / Reuters The Squad and the Speaker
This year’s fight between freshman members of Congress and the House leadership is the latest in a long series of such battles—but it also differs in important ways.
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Jim Bourg / Reuters What Happens If the 2020 Election Is a Tie?
The House of Representatives resolves inconclusive presidential elections—and while Democrats may hold most of the seats, Republicans control more state delegations.
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Alexander Drago / Reuters Impeachment Is Not the Answer. At Least Not Yet.
In the wake of the Mueller report, Democrats should probe—not launch a formal inquiry.
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Rebecca Cook / Reuters John Dingell Was a Gift to America
This country is a better, more just, and cleaner place than it would have been without his service in Congress.
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Chris Wattie / Reuters The Senate Shreds Its Norms
Congress and the president are prepared to do whatever it takes to shape the judiciary for decades to come.
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Evan Vucci / AP The Real Cause of the Last Government Shutdown—and the Next One
Republican leaders have proven unable to enact any spending bills, despite controlling both houses of Congress.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters American Kakistocracy
There’s a case to be made that the United States is governed by the least scrupulous of its citizens.
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AP The Republican Attack on Feeding the Hungry
GOP budget proposals take aim at one of America’s most significant bipartisan achievements.
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Brennan Linsley / AP How the GOP Prompted the Decay of Political Norms
The Republican Party laid the groundwork for dysfunction long before Donald Trump was elected president.
