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impeachment trial Feb. 16, 2021

Senate Republicans Split on Trump’s Culpability for Capitol RiotMitch McConnell wasn’t the only senator who combined a vote to acquit Trump with criticism of his conduct. But most won’t have trouble crawling back.

By Ed Kilgore
Dec. 28, 2017

Paul Ryan’s ‘Welfare Reform’ Plan Looks DoomedMany Senate Republicans do not want to take food and medical care away from the poor and elderly (in an election year, anyway).

By Eric Levitz
July 26, 2017

7 Senate Republicans Help Kill GOP’s Obamacare Repeal BillA second major GOP Obamacare repeal bill, the one Congress passed in 2015, was handily defeated by the Senate.

By Ed Kilgore
July 24, 2017

Six Questions About the Senate Health-Care Bill As the Endgame ApproachesThe GOP is still struggling for votes to bring up health-care legislation. If that succeeds, the deal-making and rules-breaking will get serious.

By Ed Kilgore
July 14, 2017

How Many Millions Losing Health Coverage Will GOP ‘Moderates’ Find Acceptable?Soon Republican centrists will have to decide if big insurance losses due to Medicaid cuts are okay after all.

By Ed Kilgore
July 13, 2017

McConnell’s Two-Faced Approach to Health-Care ReformBy giving conservatives long-term Medicaid cuts and then telling moderates they won’t be implemented, McConnell may be too clever for his own good.

By Ed Kilgore
June 28, 2017

McConnell Has $188 Billion Fund to Save Health-Care Bill. How Will He Spend It?Here’s how the enticements to wavering GOP senators might be doled out.

By Ed Kilgore
midterms 2014 Nov. 5, 2014

11 Big Firsts From the 2014 Midterm ElectionsMeet the first black Republican woman in Congress, and more.

By Katie Zavadski