Government

Senate Priority #1: Fix the Filibuster Senate Priority #1: Fix the Filibuster

At the start of the next session of Congress, Senate Democrats can check Republican obstructionism by reforming the filibuster.

Dec 15, 2010 / Ari Berman

Antonin Scalia, R-Supreme Court, Joins Michele Bachmann’s New Caucus Antonin Scalia, R-Supreme Court, Joins Michele Bachmann’s New Caucus

After meeting with the Tea Party's favorite congresswoman, the high court's most partisan justice announces he will deliver the inaugural address to Bachmann's House caucus.

Dec 15, 2010 / John Nichols

Howard Dean and Ari Berman Take Apart the Tax Deal Compromise Howard Dean and Ari Berman Take Apart the Tax Deal Compromise

Do Democrats compromise too much? Should they be more ideologically cohesive?

Dec 14, 2010 / NPR

Senator Bernie Sanders: Another 8 1/2 Hours Serving the People

Senator Bernie Sanders: Another 8 1/2 Hours Serving the People Senator Bernie Sanders: Another 8 1/2 Hours Serving the People

For the Senator from Vermont, his Friday speech against Obama's tax cut compromise was just another day on the job.

Dec 14, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Fox News Won’t Admit That Republicans Voted Against 9/11 Rescue Workers Fox News Won’t Admit That Republicans Voted Against 9/11 Rescue Workers

When they do something so vile that even Fox commentators can’t stomach it, Republicans become They-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

Dec 13, 2010 / Leslie Savan

Slacker Friday Slacker Friday

Readers respond to Obama's controversial tax cut compromise.

Dec 10, 2010 / Eric Alterman

Tax Cuts Forever?

Tax Cuts Forever? Tax Cuts Forever?

Republicans have spent their postelection victory lap fearmongering over the deficit. But now they've insisted all Bush tax cuts be extended, at great price to the national debt.

Dec 9, 2010 / Chris Hayes

GOP Monkey-Wrench Gang

GOP Monkey-Wrench Gang GOP Monkey-Wrench Gang

If Obama is looking for a reason to scale back his foreign policy ambitions, the GOP takeover of the House is the perfect excuse.

Dec 9, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss

Beyond the Fair Sentencing Act Beyond the Fair Sentencing Act

Congress's vote to scale back mandatory sentences for federal crack cocaine offenses was a watershed in the long campaign for better drug policy.

Dec 9, 2010 / Feature / Marc Mauer

Pelosi Has a Mandate to Demand ‘A Better Deal for the American People’ Pelosi Has a Mandate to Demand ‘A Better Deal for the American People’

The Democratic Caucus has rejected the agreement between White House and Republicans.

Dec 9, 2010 / John Nichols

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