Republicans’ plot to make Biden’s second year hell starts now, Manchin and Sinema help them

The House and Senate have returned from a week-long Martin Luther King Jr. Day recess, with the House scheduled to be in for the next two weeks and the Senate for three. On the to-do list for this …

Government shutdown averted through stupid Senate games, highlighting need for filibuster reform

The threat of having to spend a weekend together was enough to get the Senate to reach an agreement on on government funding, and it won’t be shutting down Friday at midnight. The Senate passed the …

Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, and ... Joe Manchin threaten government shutdown over vaccine mandates

House and Senate negotiators have moved closer to averting a government shutdown at midnight Friday—close enough that the House will vote Thursday on the continuing resolution. The agreement between …

It’s the most awful time of the year in the Senate, and McConnell and Manchin are making it worse

The Senate returned from the Thanksgiving break Monday afternoon to start work right away on the pile of things they’ve got to accomplish by the end of the year. Republicans started their week by …

Senate Republicans, who ballooned the national debt under Trump, block Democratic bill to pay for it

Last week, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell promised his caucus would engage in political terrorism on raising the debt ceiling, and on Monday Senate Republicans delivered. 

On a party-line …

Buckle up: Legislative schedule heats up as multiple deadlines loom

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is telling his caucus to prepare for a month of long nights and weekend work as Democrats juggle putting out fires and advancing President Joe Biden’s …