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Kyrsten Sinema

  1. on with kara swisher
    Ruben Gallego on What Democrats Can Learn From ArizonaKara Swisher talks to the Senate candidate about Latino outreach, avoiding the “exploitation wedge,” and taking on Kyrsten Sinema and Kari Lake.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  2. early and often
    The Democrat Who Could Take Down Kyrsten SinemaRuben Gallego will try to fulfill the left’s dreams by challenging Arizona’s newly independent U.S. senator.
    By Ben Jacobs
  3. early and often
    Progressive Ruben Gallego Sets Sights on Taking Down Kyrsten SinemaWhile the newly independent senator hung out with global elites in Davos, her Democratic challenger made plans to take her Senate seat.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. early and often
    No, Congress Doesn’t Need More ‘Independents’ Like SinemaThe senator’s superficial rebranding does not make Congress more representative of the country.
    By Eric Levitz
  5. early and often
    Poll: Sinema Would Get Crushed As an Independent in 2024Worse 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
  6. early and often
    Sinema Stands Apart From Most Recent Senate Party-SwitchersKyrsten 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
  7. the national interest
    Kyrsten Sinema Is Playing ChickenDeclaring herself an independent is a way to force the Democratic Party into embracing her.
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. early and often
    Mark Kelly’s (Likely) Win Is an Indictment of Sinema’s PoliticsTurns out, you don’t need to sabotage your president’s agenda to win swing voters in close states.
    By Eric Levitz
  9. early and often
    If You Really Love Democracy, You Can’t Love the U.S. SenateMitch 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
  10. the national interest
    Kyrsten Sinema’s Problems Are Only BeginningNo Democrat has hurt themselves worse this term.
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. inflation reduction act
    IRA Is Already Taken, DemocratsThe party needs a name for its bill that doesn’t summon images of Joe Manchin in a balaclava.
    By Nate Jones
  12. early and often
    Senate Democrats Finally Get Their Big Climate, Health Care, and Tax Bill DoneAn overview of what’s in the Inflation Reduction Act and what last-minute changes were made.
    By Chas Danner
  13. the national interest
    Will Kyrsten Sinema Kill Biden’s Climate and Health Agenda?She really, really hates taxing the rich.
    By Jonathan Chait
  14. the inside game
    How 4 Senators Finally Got Bipartisan Gun Control Done“I’m so sick of thoughts and prayers.”
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  15. politics
    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
  16. kyrsten sinema
    Kyrsten Sinema’s New Republican Friends Aren’t Going to Vote for HerHer 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
  17. politics
    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
  18. politics
    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
  19. politics
    Kyrsten Sinema’s Moment of InfamyThe enigmatic Democrat votes for the filibuster and against her party.
    By Ben Jacobs
  20. the national interest
    The Filibuster Won’t Stop an Authoritarian PresidentSinema’s confused case for letting Republicans block voting rights.
    By Jonathan Chait
  21. voting rights
    Biden Talks Loudly About Voting-Rights Bills, But Has No Big Stick to Enact ThemThe 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
  22. election law
    Democrats Must Seize Any Chance to Prevent an Election CoupThere 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
  23. democrats
    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
  24. voting rights
    Democrats Are Cruising for a Bruising on Voting RightsIf Biden and his party raise expectations on voting rights legislation that they cannot fulfill, the repercussions could be serious in 2022.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. the national interest
    Sinema: We’re All Trying to Find the Guy Who Did This to Biden’s AgendaSenator concerned about promises that can’t be delivered (because of her).
    By Jonathan Chait
  26. politics
    Biden Signs Infrastructure Bill, Hoping to Build On His WinThe president and his party finally have some good news, and they want to make sure everyone hears it.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. the national interest
    Sinema: Households Earning $9 Million a Year Are Too Poor to Pay More TaxFinally, a senator who looks out for the high-seven-figure-income class.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. politics
    Enough With the Tired ’90s Takes on Today’s DemocratsMark 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
  29. politics
    Democrats Release Their Hostages and Give Biden a WinIt was ugly, but the House finally passed an infrastructure bill and advanced the president’s prized social-spending bonanza.
    By Ben Jacobs
  30. politics
    Biden’s SacrificeThe president finally advances his agenda in Congress, cut by cut.
    By Ben Jacobs
  31. build back better
    The Build Back Better Framework: The Good, the Bad, the UglyThe diet-version of Joe Biden’s signature legislation has some heartening strengths and dismaying weaknesses.
    By Eric Levitz
  32. politics
    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
  33. the national interest
    Biden Has Two Long-Shot Plans to Placate Kyrsten SinemaHail Mary time.
    By Jonathan Chait
  34. voting rights
    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
  35. the national interest
    Report: Sinema Bent to Destroy Biden Presidency to Keep Taxes on the Wealthy LowThis is extremely bad.
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. the national interest
    5 Theories on What Kyrsten Sinema WantsIs she just the Glenn Greenwald of senators?
    By Jonathan Chait
  37. politics
    Democrats Should Save Some Reconciliation Goodies for 2022The 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
  38. politics
    Democrats, Joe Manchin Is Absolutely Not Going to Reform the FilibusterIf 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
  39. kyrsten sinema
    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
  40. politics
    Kyrsten Sinema Followed Into Bathroom by ProtestersSinema was also confronted by progressive activists at Reagan National Airport and by a DACA recipient on her flight.
    By Matt Stieb
  41. politics
    The Ugly Truth About the Kyrsten Sinema Bathroom ProtestAggressive tactics like this one are a symptom of a democracy in decline.
    By Sarah Jones
  42. the national interest
    Centrist Democrats Need to Suck It Up and NegotiateDon’t get angry at liberals for stealing your signature move.
    By Jonathan Chait
  43. build back better
    Manchin Might Not Be Biden’s Biggest ProblemThe West Virginia senator’s demands are easier to satisfy than those of some other “moderate” holdouts.
    By Eric Levitz
  44. democrats
    Embattled Democrats Should Count Their BlessingsDemocrats 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
  45. congress
    All These Crises in Congress Are Self-ImposedThe 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
  46. politics
    This Is All So DepressingWouldn’t it be pleasant to have nice things?
    By Sarah Jones
  47. scoundrels
    The Bottomless Emptiness of ManchemaThe Sinema and Manchin school of politics rests on self-serving principles and nothing more.
    By Sarah Jones
  48. the national interest
    If You Think Progressives Won’t Compromise With Centrists, You Have It BackwardsTaking a “centrist” stance doesn’t always mean you’re reasonable.
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. moderate democrats
    $3.5 Trillion Is Not a Lot of MoneyJoe Biden’s spending bill isn’t extreme, no matter what moderate Democrats say.
    By Eric Levitz
  50. voting rights
    Surrendering to Republicans on Voting Rights Won’t Save DemocracyJoe 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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