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Chuck Schumer
early and often
Sept. 17, 2023
U.S. Senators Can Now Vote in Sweatpants Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is reportedly ridding the upper chamber of its dress code, but only for senators.
By Chas Danner
Chuck Schumer’s UFO Bill Is Not Messing Around About Aliens The Senate majority leader really wants the public to know what’s out there.
By Matt Stieb
Chuck Schumer Wants You to Know More About UFOs The senator has proposed a nine-person review board that would release scores of classified documents to the public.
By Matt Stieb
passion for fashion
Apr. 29, 2023
By Charu Sinha
East Palestine Deserves New Rail-Safety Reforms Now More stringent regulation is justified no matter what the investigation into the Norfolk Southern derailment finds.
By Eric Levitz
the city politic
Dec. 29, 2022
By Ross Barkan
getting around
Oct. 18, 2022
‘I Didn’t Pick This Height’ A review of the FAA’s extremely lively public-comment period on airplane-seat dimensions.
By Zach Schiffman
getting around
Oct. 7, 2022
How Delivery Workers Won Their First Charging Hub Data collected by the deliveristas pinpointed the first location, a newsstand by City Hall.
By Wilfred Chan
early and often
Sept. 8, 2022
Democrats Learn to Love the Culture War Wedge issues used to be the weapon solely of Republicans, but that’s changed with a push to force senators to vote to codify same-sex marriage.
By Ross Barkan
Everything’s Coming Up Schumer The Senate majority leader has a “different way of getting things done” that saved Biden’s agenda and maybe their party.
By Ben Jacobs
early and often
Aug. 8, 2022
The GOP Is the Party of Insulin-Gouging In their quest for zero-sum victories — and Democratic defeats — Republicans are incapable of tackling popular issues that would benefit them.
By Ross Barkan
early and often
July 27, 2022
Democrats Are Undermining Their January 6 Message by Boosting Fringe Republicans Voters may doubt the project is serious when they learn Democrats want election-denying Trumpists appearing on ballots in November.
By Ross Barkan
the national interest
June 8, 2022
Republicans Smearing Chuck Schumer With Kavanaugh Assassination Attempt The context of the Democrat’s “threatening” speech is clearly nonviolent.
By Jonathan Chait
early and often
May 11, 2022
What Does Chuck Schumer Think He’s Doing? There are some good reasons for Senate Democrats to dramatize doomed votes on abortion and other issues. Or maybe they’re just incompetent.
By Ed Kilgore
Samuel Alito’s Right to Privacy The justice’s wealthy neighborhood, now a site of protests, was built to keep people out.
By Alissa Walker
Democrats’ Control of Senate Iffy As Luján Recovers From Stroke Thankfully, the New Mexico senator is expected to recover fully. But during his absence, some big Democratic initiatives must be put on hold.
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
joe manchin
Dec. 21, 2021
What Do Progressives Hope to Gain From Bashing Manchin? The idea that Democrats can take Manchin to the woodshed back home in West Virginia betrays a very poor understanding of that state’s Trumpy politics.
By Ed Kilgore
Senate Democrats Give Up, Go Home for the Holidays Despite talk of passing Build Back Better and voting-rights legislation by the end of 2021, the session ends not with a bang but a whimper.
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
Schumer Needs to Stop Setting Up Democrats for Failure Dems have more work to do on Build Back Better and voting rights, and there’s no imminent due date. So why keep announcing and abandoning deadlines?
By Ed Kilgore
the democrats
Dec. 15, 2021
Blame the Democratic Leadership for Biden’s Stalled Agenda Why are Schumer and Pelosi ignoring Manchin’s most consistent (and substantively wise) demand?
By Eric Levitz
What Is Congress Even Doing Right Now? A Brief Guide. Congress is tangled in interlocking bills and delayed crises. Here’s the real status and deadline on reconciliation, the debt ceiling, and the rest.
By Ed Kilgore
McConnell Strikes Convoluted Deal to Let Democrats Avoid a Debt Default Leave it to Mitch to devise a phony mechanism to get Republican votes for a measure that will saddle Democrats wrongly with blame for debt increase.
By Ed Kilgore
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
Chuck Schumer Endorses India Walton for Buffalo Mayor A major Establishment boost for the socialist candidate.
By Matt Stieb
Republican Revolt Against McConnell Debt-Limit Deal Fizzles Just enough Republican Senate votes materialized to break the filibuster and punt the debate on the debt limit to December.
By Ed Kilgore
No, Mitch McConnell Didn’t ‘Cave’ on the Debt Ceiling Talk of McConnell folding misses what he got out of the debt-limit deal: a vote he can use against Democrats in 2022 and more chaos down the road.
By Ed Kilgore
A Manufactured Debt Limit Crisis Is a Bad Gamble for Democrats Could be a “Heads I win, tails you lose” situation for McConnell and Republicans, since Democrats will be blamed for any economic fallout.
By Ed Kilgore
Raising the Debt Ceiling Is Now a Slightly Less Nightmarish Task The parliamentarian says Democrats can lift the debt limit without derailing Biden’s agenda, no GOP votes required. But it’s still a tricky maneuver.
By Ed Kilgore
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
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
paid leave
Sept. 24, 2021
This Is the Year We Pass Paid Leave It’s a policy whose time has finally come.
By Bryce Covert
What Joe Biden Needs to Tell Warring Democrats It’s time for Democrats in Congress stop posturing, drop their demands, and heed Biden’s call for party unity – or they’ll face a grim future.
By Ed Kilgore
Mitch McConnell Prefers Calamitous Debt Default to Helping Democrats Democrats helped McConnell raise the debt limit during the last administration, but he insists Republicans aren’t going to return the favor.
By Ed Kilgore
2022 midterms
Aug. 20, 2021
Democrats Should (Privately) Write Off 2022 and Just Govern When the deal goes down on Biden’s agenda in Congress, vulnerable Democrats should not be given bragging rights for thwarting their own party.
By Ed Kilgore
Democrats in Congress Need to Cut to the Chase With a Deal on Everything It’s time for Democrats to stop threatening each other over infrastructure and reconciliation and pass Biden’s agenda, before it’s too late.
By Ed Kilgore
Manchin and Sinema Prepare Their New Demands for Fellow Democrats While the Democratic centrists voted for the budget blueprint, they want potentially conflicting concessions for their votes on the final product.
By Ed Kilgore
Senate Passes Infrastructure Bill, Moves On to Budget All Democrats and 19 Republicans voted “aye.” Now the GOP can point to this show of bipartisanship as they block various budget votes ahead.
By Ed Kilgore
Silly Season Arrives in Senate As Major Legislation Advances Get ready for “messaging amendments” and “vote-a-ramas” as pointless debate precedes passage of the infrastructure bill and the budget resolution.
By Ed Kilgore
kamala harris
Aug. 3, 2021
Is Kamala Harris’s Popularity Level a Problem for Democrats? Much of the claim that Harris is deeply and increasingly unpopular doesn’t bear scrutiny, particularly coming from fans of less popular Republicans.
By Ed Kilgore
A Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Moves Forward in the Senate There may trouble down the road with centrist Dems complaining about the bill’s size, but a motion to advance it to a final debate passed 67 to 32.
By Ed Kilgore
A Brief Guide to Congress’s Packed Summer Schedule With conflicting reports on late-night talks and meaningless failed votes, it’s hard to track what Congress is doing. Here’s their pre-recess plan.
By Ed Kilgore
Senate Dems Start Loading a $3.5 Trillion Bazooka to Pass Biden’s Agenda A new agreement would dodge a Republican filibuster to expand the welfare state, but many issues are yet to be resolved.
By Ed Kilgore
Chuck Schumer Is a Weed Warrior Now The Senate majority leader is embarking on a noble but quixotic effort at federal legalization.
By Benjamin Hart
House Democrats Can Blow Up Biden’s Agenda, Too Joe Manchin and other Senate centrists get all the flak, but it would only take five rebel Democrats to derail key House votes.
By Ed Kilgore
the inside game
June 17, 2021
Biden’s Stealth Strategy for Getting Big Things Done — Even With a Split Senate He’s talked about his FDR-level ambitions. He tries to avoid talking about what he sees as the best way to get there.
By Gabriel Debenedetti
Democrats Move Ahead With Plan to Pass Rest of Biden Agenda Whether or not an infrastructure deal is cut with Republicans.
By Ed Kilgore
Senate Democrats Pass $250 Billion Bipartisan Bill With One Simple Trick Schumer and company passed a massive bill investing in scientific research at home by invoking the threat of Chinese technological advancement.
By Matt Stieb
When Will Congress Move on Biden’s Agenda? Democrats’ timetable has slowed, as they are pursuing bipartisan deals and haven’t settled on a legislative strategy. But it will be a busy summer.
By Ed Kilgore
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