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Displaying all articles tagged:
Kyrsten Sinema
on with kara swisher
Feb. 13, 2023
Ruben Gallego on What Democrats Can Learn From Arizona
Kara Swisher talks to the Senate candidate about Latino outreach, avoiding the “exploitation wedge,” and taking on Kyrsten Sinema and Kari Lake.
By
Intelligencer Staff
early and often
Feb. 4, 2023
The Democrat Who Could Take Down Kyrsten Sinema
Ruben Gallego will try to fulfill the left’s dreams by challenging Arizona’s newly independent U.S. senator.
By
Ben Jacobs
early and often
Jan. 20, 2023
Progressive Ruben Gallego Sets Sights on Taking Down Kyrsten Sinema
While the newly independent senator hung out with global elites in Davos, her Democratic challenger made plans to take her Senate seat.
By
Ed Kilgore
early and often
Jan. 4, 2023
No, Congress Doesn’t Need More ‘Independents’ Like Sinema
The senator’s superficial rebranding does not make Congress more representative of the country.
By
Eric Levitz
early and often
Dec. 22, 2022
Poll: Sinema Would Get Crushed As an Independent in 2024
Worse yet, she’s so weak that she might not even be able to execute a threat to throw her Arizona U.S. Senate seat to the Republicans.
By
Ed Kilgore
early and often
Dec. 19, 2022
Sinema Stands Apart From Most Recent Senate Party-Switchers
Kyrsten Sinema’s independence from her party isn’t unique. But she doesn’t share the ideological motives of most recent party-switchers.
By
Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Dec. 9, 2022
Kyrsten Sinema Is Playing Chicken
Declaring herself an independent is a way to force the Democratic Party into embracing her.
By
Jonathan Chait
early and often
Nov. 11, 2022
Mark Kelly’s (Likely) Win Is an Indictment of Sinema’s Politics
Turns out, you don’t need to sabotage your president’s agenda to win swing voters in close states.
By
Eric Levitz
early and often
Sept. 27, 2022
If You Really Love Democracy, You Can’t Love the U.S. Senate
Mitch McConnell and Kyrsten Sinema are big on respecting the Senate as an institution, but valuing democracy means working to minimize its impact.
By
Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Aug. 23, 2022
Kyrsten Sinema’s Problems Are Only Beginning
No Democrat has hurt themselves worse this term.
By
Jonathan Chait
inflation reduction act
Aug. 12, 2022
IRA Is Already Taken, Democrats
The party needs a name for its bill that doesn’t summon images of Joe Manchin in a balaclava.
By
Nate Jones
early and often
Aug. 8, 2022
Senate Democrats Finally Get Their Big Climate, Health Care, and Tax Bill Done
An overview of what’s in the Inflation Reduction Act and what last-minute changes were made.
By
Chas Danner
the national interest
Aug. 2, 2022
Will Kyrsten Sinema Kill Biden’s Climate and Health Agenda?
She really, really hates taxing the rich.
By
Jonathan Chait
the inside game
June 24, 2022
How 4 Senators Finally Got Bipartisan Gun Control Done
“I’m so sick of thoughts and prayers.”
By
Gabriel Debenedetti
politics
Mar. 2, 2022
Manchin Makes Biden a Good Offer. But Will Sinema Buy It?
The West Virginian is inclined to okay Biden tax proposals that the Arizonan has vetoed in the past. Something’s got to give for anything to get done.
By
Ed Kilgore
kyrsten sinema
Jan. 30, 2022
Kyrsten Sinema’s New Republican Friends Aren’t Going to Vote for Her
Her antics have cost her the support of Arizona Democrats, and she won’t be saved by the Republicans lionizing her for “saving the Senate.”
By
Ed Kilgore
politics
Jan. 27, 2022
Can Kamala Harris Break a Tie on a Supreme Court Confirmation?
In 2020, Laurence Tribe claimed the vice-president has no tiebreaking powers on judicial confirmations. Republicans are looking into the theory.
By
Ed Kilgore
politics
Jan. 27, 2022
Will Sinema and Manchin Screw This Up?
Nothing may unite Democrats better than putting the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.
By
Ben Jacobs
politics
Jan. 19, 2022
Kyrsten Sinema’s Moment of Infamy
The enigmatic Democrat votes for the filibuster and against her party.
By
Ben Jacobs
the national interest
Jan. 13, 2022
The Filibuster Won’t Stop an Authoritarian President
Sinema’s confused case for letting Republicans block voting rights.
By
Jonathan Chait
voting rights
Jan. 11, 2022
Biden Talks Loudly About Voting-Rights Bills, But Has No Big Stick to Enact Them
The president’s Tuesday commitment to filibuster reform is welcome, but it may not matter if he cannot do something to sway Manchin and Sinema.
By
Ed Kilgore
election law
Jan. 4, 2022
Democrats Must Seize Any Chance to Prevent an Election Coup
There are rumors that Senate Republicans might offer a deal to fix the law that enabled January 6. Squandering that opportunity would be very foolish.
By
Ed Kilgore
democrats
Jan. 3, 2022
Will a Doomed Voting-Rights Push Really Help Biden?
Democrats’ “supercharged” drive to pass voting-rights legislation, which will likely fail, could discourage base voters more than sober realism.
By
Ed Kilgore
voting rights
Dec. 16, 2021
Democrats Are Cruising for a Bruising on Voting Rights
If Biden and his party raise expectations on voting rights legislation that they cannot fulfill, the repercussions could be serious in 2022.
By
Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Nov. 17, 2021
Sinema: We’re All Trying to Find the Guy Who Did This to Biden’s Agenda
Senator concerned about promises that can’t be delivered (because of her).
By
Jonathan Chait
politics
Nov. 15, 2021
Biden Signs Infrastructure Bill, Hoping to Build On His Win
The president and his party finally have some good news, and they want to make sure everyone hears it.
By
Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Nov. 11, 2021
Sinema: Households Earning $9 Million a Year Are Too Poor to Pay More Tax
Finally, a senator who looks out for the high-seven-figure-income class.
By
Jonathan Chait
politics
Nov. 8, 2021
Enough With the Tired ’90s Takes on Today’s Democrats
Mark Penn and Andrew Stein are advising Biden to turn his back on decades of change within his party and his country. It won’t, and shouldn’t, work.
By
Ed Kilgore
politics
Nov. 6, 2021
Democrats Release Their Hostages and Give Biden a Win
It was ugly, but the House finally passed an infrastructure bill and advanced the president’s prized social-spending bonanza.
By
Ben Jacobs
politics
Oct. 29, 2021
Biden’s Sacrifice
The president finally advances his agenda in Congress, cut by cut.
By
Ben Jacobs
build back better
Oct. 28, 2021
The Build Back Better Framework: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
The diet-version of Joe Biden’s signature legislation has some heartening strengths and dismaying weaknesses.
By
Eric Levitz
politics
Oct. 25, 2021
Can Democrats Gut the Filibuster After Reconciliation Is Done?
The idea that Manchin and Sinema can be moved to support a filibuster carve-out for voting rights is both dubious and dangerous.
By
Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Oct. 21, 2021
Biden Has Two Long-Shot Plans to Placate Kyrsten Sinema
Hail Mary time.
By
Jonathan Chait
voting rights
Oct. 20, 2021
Are Failed Voting-Rights Pushes Backfiring for Democrats?
The party keeps trying to dramatize Republican obstruction of voting-rights legislation. But it is also drawing attention to its futility.
By
Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Oct. 20, 2021
Report: Sinema Bent to Destroy Biden Presidency to Keep Taxes on the Wealthy Low
This is extremely bad.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Oct. 15, 2021
5 Theories on What Kyrsten Sinema Wants
Is she just the Glenn Greenwald of senators?
By
Jonathan Chait
politics
Oct. 12, 2021
Democrats Should Save Some Reconciliation Goodies for 2022
The best way to reduce the Build Back Better price tag without sacrificing initiatives is to delay the most popular ideas, like Medicare expansion.
By
Ed Kilgore
politics
Oct. 6, 2021
Democrats, Joe Manchin Is Absolutely Not Going to Reform the Filibuster
If a potential debt default followed by an economic collapse isn’t reason enough to limit the power of the filibuster, nothing else is either.
By
Ed Kilgore
kyrsten sinema
Oct. 5, 2021
Why Aren’t Democratic Senators More Vulnerable Than Sinema Playing Her Game?
Somehow or other, Democratic senators in tough 2022 reelection races aren’t posturing and holding the Biden agenda hostage to show their independence.
By
Ed Kilgore
politics
Oct. 4, 2021
Kyrsten Sinema Followed Into Bathroom by Protesters
Sinema was also confronted by progressive activists at Reagan National Airport and by a DACA recipient on her flight.
By
Matt Stieb
politics
Oct. 4, 2021
The Ugly Truth About the Kyrsten Sinema Bathroom Protest
Aggressive tactics like this one are a symptom of a democracy in decline.
By
Sarah Jones
the national interest
Oct. 4, 2021
Centrist Democrats Need to Suck It Up and Negotiate
Don’t get angry at liberals for stealing your signature move.
By
Jonathan Chait
build back better
Oct. 1, 2021
Manchin Might Not Be Biden’s Biggest Problem
The West Virginia senator’s demands are easier to satisfy than those of some other “moderate” holdouts.
By
Eric Levitz
democrats
Oct. 1, 2021
Embattled Democrats Should Count Their Blessings
Democrats may not leave the legacy their trifecta led them to expect. But it could have been far worse if 2020 election results had shifted slightly.
By
Ed Kilgore
congress
Sept. 30, 2021
All These Crises in Congress Are Self-Imposed
The dysfunction in D.C. is largely the product of Congress’s own laws and procedures. And lawmakers have the power to fix it.
By
Ed Kilgore
politics
Sept. 30, 2021
This Is All So Depressing
Wouldn’t it be pleasant to have nice things?
By
Sarah Jones
scoundrels
Sept. 29, 2021
The Bottomless Emptiness of Manchema
The Sinema and Manchin school of politics rests on self-serving principles and nothing more.
By
Sarah Jones
the national interest
Sept. 29, 2021
If You Think Progressives Won’t Compromise With Centrists, You Have It Backwards
Taking a “centrist” stance doesn’t always mean you’re reasonable.
By
Jonathan Chait
moderate democrats
Sept. 22, 2021
$3.5 Trillion Is Not a Lot of Money
Joe Biden’s spending bill isn’t extreme, no matter what moderate Democrats say.
By
Eric Levitz
voting rights
Sept. 15, 2021
Surrendering to Republicans on Voting Rights Won’t Save Democracy
Joe Manchin seems to think voting-rights reforms have to be bipartisan to work. But letting Republicans run wild won’t encourage them to compromise.
By
Ed Kilgore
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