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Mitch Mcconnell
debt default
Oct. 7, 2021
McConnell and Schumer Find a Temporary Solution to a Pretend Crisis The leaders have solved the debate over the looming debt default by kicking the issue a few months down the line.
By Ben Jacobs
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
debt ceiling
Oct. 5, 2021
Democrats Must Raise the Debt Limit to a Quadrillion Dollars Instead of trying to win a staring contest with Mitch McConnell, Democrats should use reconciliation to (effectively) abolish the debt ceiling.
By Eric Levitz
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
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
The Infrastructure Bill May Be Bipartisan, But Republicans Won’t Help Save It Since the value of this bill to centrist Democrats is strictly its bipartisanship, what does it say that Kevin McCarthy will happily watch it die?
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
Partisanship Put Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court. Now She’s Against It. The justice bemoaned perceptions of the Supreme Court following an introduction by Mitch McConnell, who made the confirmation process hyperpartisan.
By Ed Kilgore
Government Shutdown and Debt Default ‘Cliffs’ Loom Ahead There is an awful lot going on in Congress, but keeping the federal government going and paying its obligations have to come first.
By Ed Kilgore
Will Abortion Dominate the 2022 Midterms? It’s possible that, given the current and near-future actions of the U.S. Supreme Court, abortion could matter more than ever to pro-choice voters.
By Ed Kilgore
The Anti-Abortion Movement’s Investment in the Republican Party Is Paying Off Donald Trump was the first president to keep his promises to them, and now the big moment of rolling back abortion rights may be near.
By Ed Kilgore
The Midterms Could Give the Senate a MAGA Makeover Retirements and primary challenges could decimate the Senate’s Establishment Republicans.
By Ed Kilgore
u.s. supreme court
Aug. 27, 2021
Breyer’s Retirement Indecision Means Democrats Really Need to Hold the Senate Maybe Breyer will step down next year, but if he doesn’t and Republicans take back the Senate, Mitch McConnell may not let Biden name a successor.
By Ed Kilgore
conservatism
Aug. 20, 2021
Afghan Refugee Crisis Will Test the Strength of GOP Nativism While some Republicans slam Biden for betraying Afghans, Trumpists are already mulling anti-refugee primary campaigns in 2022.
By Eric Levitz
voting rights
Aug. 17, 2021
Democrats Update the John Lewis Voting Rights Act Drafted to anticipate and overcome recent Supreme Court decisions, the bill still faces a huge hurdle in passage.
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
Democrats Appear Ready to Play Game of Chicken on Debt Limit They’re gambling on forcing Republicans to cooperate, which is no sure thing.
By Ed Kilgore
Why Congress Is Fighting Over the Debt Ceiling Yet Again A brief guide to the perennial issue. Why Democrats will probably have to include an increase in their budget bill — and what happens if they don’t.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Aug. 5, 2021
By Jonathan Chait
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
bipartisan infrastructure deal
Aug. 2, 2021
Yes, Sick or Quarantined Senators Could Blow Up Infrastructure Vote The final version requires 60 yea votes, meaning Lindsey Graham’s 10-day quarantine could potentially jeopardize the bill, with August recess looming.
By Ed Kilgore
infrastructure week
July 30, 2021
5 Reasons Biden Got His Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Mitch McConnell is poised to hand the president a big win. Here’s why.
By Eric Levitz
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
Republicans Won’t Help Democrats Raise Debt Limit McConnell is again being a hypocrite by treating an essential debt-limit increase as a problem for Democrats. But it’s what he needs for his message.
By Ed Kilgore
supreme court
July 8, 2021
The Trouble the Supreme Court Is Making for Voters Voting-rights advocates are realizing that even if they prevail in Congress, the Court’s conservative majority is a major obstacle.
By Ed Kilgore
infrastructure
June 28, 2021
McConnell Threatens to Kill Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal If Republicans abandon the deal, Democrats can just add it to their own budget reconciliation bill and leave the GOP out of it altogether.
By Ed Kilgore
voting rights
June 23, 2021
Democrats’ Voting Rights Push Stalled. It Was Still Worth It. The effort to enact the For the People Act was a smart investment that will pay off richly for Democrats.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
June 23, 2021
By Jonathan Chait
supreme court
June 14, 2021
McConnell All But Admits He Would Never Confirm a Biden Supreme Court Pick With McConnell pledging obstruction, Democrats need to make the Supreme Court a major campaign issue for the midterms.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
May 28, 2021
By Jonathan Chait
january 6 commission
May 28, 2021
Murkowski Rebukes McConnell for Blocking January 6 Commission “Is that really what this is about, one election cycle after another?”
By Benjamin Hart
GOP Leaders Move to Blow Up Bipartisan January 6 Commission A statement purportedly issued by anonymous Capitol Police officers called Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell’s opposition “inconceivable.”
By Nia Prater
covid-19 vaccine
Apr. 23, 2021
Ron Johnson Makes Dangerously Ignorant Comments on Vaccines The Wisconsin senator’s yahooism now includes waving off the community benefits of COVID vaccination.
By Ed Kilgore
McConnell Howls About Court-packing Just As Pelosi Nixes It It’s a good example of how smears of the opposing party can run abruptly into countervailing reality.
By Ed Kilgore
election coup
Apr. 14, 2021
Will Republicans Try Another Election Coup in 2024? Jonathan Last argues that 2020 could have been a dress rehearsal, and that a 2022 purge by Trump could make it work next time.
By Ed Kilgore
Businesses Ignore Mitch McConnell’s Warning to ‘Stay Out of Politics’ Over 100 business leaders were reportedly on a conference call on Saturday discussing how to respond to new Republican-led voting restrictions.
By Matt Stieb
Trump Reprises Mythomania Grievance Routine for GOP Donors The Florida man called Mitch McConnell a “dumb son of a bitch” at an RNC event on Saturday, but otherwise had little to add but nauseam.
By Chas Danner
the national interest
Apr. 7, 2021
Mitch McConnell and the Agony of the Post-Trump Corporate Republican They expected to be off moral probation after Trump. Then came Georgia.
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Mar. 23, 2021
Here’s Why the Filibuster Is a Jim Crow Relic A peculiar Senate rule that has stayed around only because of racism.
By Jonathan Chait
Trump Flip-Flops on the Filibuster Trump often said the filibuster was killing the Republican Party. Now, he says keeping it is the key to the party’s survival.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Mar. 17, 2021
By Jonathan Chait
mitch mcconnell
Mar. 16, 2021
McConnell’s Warning of a ‘Scorched-Earth’ Senate Is an Empty Threat McConnell warns that Democrats will regret abolishing the filibuster, but the GOP leader may not actually have liberals’ best interests at heart.
By Eric Levitz
the national interest
Mar. 11, 2021
By Jonathan Chait
The 3 Dumbest Arguments Against Biden’s Stimulus Bill The ideas that Democrats are “ramming” a “liberal wish list” that the country cannot afford don’t bear much scrutiny.
By Ed Kilgore
Mitch McConnell Would ‘Absolutely’ Support Trump If He Were the 2024 Nominee Once again, he backs the man who has physically mocked him, called on the party to replace him, and arguably cost him his Senate majority.
By Matt Stieb
Republican Senators Haven’t Represented a Majority of Voters Since 1996 The anti-majoritarian nature of the Senate has helped Republicans block progress for many years.
By Ed Kilgore
bipartisanship
Feb. 22, 2021
By Ed Kilgore
donald trump
Feb. 16, 2021
Trump’s Popularity Among Republicans Is on the Rise Seven Senate Republicans voted to convict Trump, and others criticized him over the Capitol riot. But at the grass roots, it’s another story.
By Ed Kilgore
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