Maybe Susan Collins Isn’t The Best Judge Of Character

The Senator from Maine once against demonstrates that she shouldn’t be prognosticating about people’s future actions.

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Professional Politicians Poor Prognosticators

Mitch McConnell and other senior Republican Senators foolishly believed their colleagues would do the right thing.

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Will It Matter That Kevin McCarthy Was Caught Lying?

Anyone familiar with Betteridge’s law of headlines knows where this is going.

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Feinstein is Declining But What About Tuberville

A twist on an evergreen debate.

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Republican Congresspeople Can’t Define ‘Woman’ Either

Hoisted by their own petard.

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More Details On 7 Hours “Missing” From 1/6 White House Phone Logs

They’re not missing and that points to a systemic issue

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Marine Force Design Has Been Debated

The service is taking a big risk but not without much discussion.

Ginni Thomas the Insurrectionist

A Supreme Court Justice’s wife urged the White House and Congressional Republicans to steal the 2020 election.

Coronavirus Relief Funds Diverted to Pet Projects

Because of course it was.

The World’s Greatest Deliberative Body

A hundred Senators actually didn’t mean to change our clocks.

Permanent Daylight Saving Time?

We may be on the verge half a century after our last experiment.

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The Senate is Passing Legislation!

Do you believe in miracles?

Jan 6 Committee Alleges Trump Criminal Conspiracy

The former President should have known that his claims of election fraud were baseless.

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Why Would Anyone Want to be a Senator?

Two popular Republican governors have declined a chance to join the World’s Greatest Deliberative Body.

A Modest Step on Voting Integrity

It’s Manchin-approved.

SCOTUS Rejects House Republican Challenge to Proxy Voting

The court wisely deferred to Congress in setting its own rules.

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Pence Likens Election Reform to Capitol Riots

It doesn’t add up.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, addresses his remarks at a roundtable on donating plasma Thursday, July 30, 2020, at the American Red Cross-National Headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour) Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, addresses his remarks at a roundtable on donating plasma Thursday, July 30, 2020, at the American Red Cross-National Headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour)

Fauci Calls Senator a Moron

The octogenarian epidemiologist is tired of the foolishness.

Sean Hannity’s TXT Messages To Mark Meadows [Updated]

How the host’s off-camera views contradict what he was telling his audience

Harry Reid, 1939-2021

The longtime Senate leader is gone at 82.

Could Trump Face Criminal Charges for January 6 Actions?

The head of the House investigatory committee seems to think so.

House Democrats Retiring in Droves

Twenty-three and counting will not run in 2022.

Unilateral Disarmament on Gerrymandering

Democrats and Republicans are playing by different rules.

Military Justice Reform Watered Down

The Pentagon brass have defeated a supermajority coalition in Congress.

Bob Dole, 1923-2021

The longtime Senator and Vice Presidential and Presidential nominee is gone at 98.

Democrats Frustrated They Can’t Pass Biden’s Build Back Better Bill

They’re searching for good times. But just wait and see.

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Defense Bill Stalled Over Amendments

Every now and again, it’s not Mitch McConnell’s fault.

The House of “Representatives”

The erosion of representativeness continues.

Sexist to Focus on Sinema’s Style?

Why oh why won’t people stop commenting on the lady Senator’s outfits?

Goodbye to Swing Districts?

A largely mythical beast may become even more rare.

Max Cleland, 1942-2021

The Vietnam War hero and one-term Georgia Senator has died at 79.

Minority Power in the Senate

Senator Romney and the latest edition of the senatorial pro-filibuster op/ed.

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Infrastructure Bill Passes! Dems in Array?

Three days late, $1.2 billion long.

Kyrsten Sinema: Expert Troll

The enigmatic Senator is a world-class attention seeker.

Rolling Stone Implies Congressmen Abetted 6 January Violence

A vague but inflammatory report sheds little light on the situation.

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Congressional Insider Trading Still Widespread

At least 40 Members violated the law on reporting stock transactions.

President Joe Biden drives a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon during a clean cars event, Thursday, August 5, 2021, on the South Lawn Driveway of the White House. President Joe Biden drives a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon during a clean cars event, Thursday, August 5, 2021, on the South Lawn Driveway of the White House.

Biden Settling for Smaller Spending Package

The President seems to have persuaded the progressives in his party to settle for half a loaf.

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Irrelevant Republicans Being Ignored!

The liberal media is giving all their attention to the tax and spend Democrats!

The Power of Mythology

It does not create better deliberation.

Women Likely to be Included in Draft

A long-overdue change appears to be happening.

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Congress Seeks to Stop Congress From Shutting Down Government

A recurring farce that does real damage.

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Dems in Disarray, Deal Doubtful

The internecine fight over the budget is coming to a head.

Democrats to Swerve in Game of Debt Chicken

This is no way to run a railroad.

What’s Kyrsten Sinema’s Game?

The political calculus of Arizona’s senior Senator is unclear.

Manchin’s ‘Strategic Pause’

More machinations from the mischievous mining mouthpiece.

Republicans Playing Chicken with Debt Ceiling. Again.

They shall not submit to blackmail!

New York Plotting Aggressive Gerrymander

The Democratic legislature is likely to set aside the map proposed by the independent commission.

There is No ‘Manchin Dilemma’

He beats the alternative.

Moulton and Meijer Make Unauthorized Afghanistan Trip

Grandstanding in the midst of chaos is a bad look.