With a third of the fiscal year gone and a Feb. 18 deadline, Republicans make offer on spending bill

It’s 15 days until funding for government—still operating at the levels from the former guy’s last year—expires. The government has been operating on the Republican budget levels passed in 2020, with …

Dozens of employees from one fossil fuel company recently donated more than $50,000 to Sinema

Everyone loves a good pizza party, which is what I’m imagining the energy giant NextEra held in offices across the country as the company compelled employees to donate to Kyrsten Sinema last year. A …

Progressives fight to keep Biden’s vision alive, Manchin gets big corporate reward for tanking it

The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) made what, in retrospect, was a strategic error last Nov. 5. Their leader, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, in negotiations with Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair …

No Labels tried to slur Ruben Gallego and kiss Kyrsten Sinema's ass. It did not go well

No Labels, a billionaire-funded dark money consortium that has spent more than a decade trying to hector Democrats into cowering before corporate America, has sunk to a new low. In a tweet with a link …

News Roundup: Sinema, a politician only Mitch McConnell could love; Joe Manchin remains bleh

Hello, Friday folks! This week has been sad-face, angry-face, consternation emoji! The Democratic Party—with no help from the Republican Party, of course—is unable to protect the voting rights of …

Rep. Ruben Gallego says some of Kyrsten Sinema's Senate colleagues have encouraged him to run

Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego says he will decide next year whether to primary Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who this week joined West Virginia’s Maserati-driving Joe Manchin and 50 Senate Republicans in …

Progressive groups ditch Sinema, leaving her political future in tatters

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona tried her damndest to sell the idea that a random Senate rule was far more important than the fundamental right to vote, but Democratic voters and groups don’t seem to …

Build Back Better needs to get back on track

Riding high after his work helping Republicans dismantle democracy, Sen. Joe Manchin has imperiously declared that President Joe Biden is just going to have to start over in getting his support on the …

Sinema's polling among Arizona Democrats were in single digits even before she tanked voting rights

Here’s where the polling of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona stood, according to Civiqs’ tracking, as of Jan. 14—before she helped tank Democrats’ chances of passing critical voting rights legislation. …

‘Democracy’s foes have not had the last word.’ The fight to save democracy won’t stop

What comes next? Republicans teamed up with two faithless Democrats, Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, to deliver a body blow to President Joe Biden, democracy, and their own institution Wednesday. …

McConnell admits he doesn't think Black people are American as voting rights dies in the Senate

Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema made it official Wednesday night: Whatever they say, the reality is that they oppose voting rights. Democracy itself is something to which Manchin and Sinema give …

It's official: Manchin and Sinema are the lone holdouts among Democrats, refusing to save democracy

At 6:30 PM ET Wednesday, the Senate Democrats will try to break the filibuster on voting rights and election reform. There will be 48 Democrats united behind doing this, according to Fix the Senate, …

Democrats stymied as Manchin holds the key to doing anything to help them get reelected

Frustrated front-line House Democrats desperately need to pass some part of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better (BBB) plan to have something to run on in 2022. They’re pushing for BBB to be split …

Schumer postpones filibuster, voting rights fight to next week

It was the perfect storm for the Senate on Thursday, resulting in disaster for Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s plan to have a showdown over the filibuster and voting rights and elections reforms by …

Manchin, Sinema just made it that much easier for Trump to seize control

During recent weeks, while President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer have been building the case for the Freedom to Vote and the John Lewis Voting Rights bills, there’s also been …

Sinema surrenders to McConnell, betraying President Biden, Democrats, democracy

Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema gave a floor speech in the Senate Thursday that has been unequaled in cringeworthiness since Sen. Susan Collins stood there and told the nation that she was …

Biden will support filibuster 'carve-out' to get voting rights bills passed

President Joe Biden will endorse clearing the filibuster out of the way of voting rights in a Georgia speech Tuesday, a senior administration official told reporters. While Biden—a lifelong Senate …

Will the anniversary of the insurrection be enough to spur Manchin and Sinema to save democracy?

This week in Congress, which as always is really about this week in the Senate, is getting off to a delayed start because of the winter storm bearing down on the region. Before they left last month, …

Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema have to decide soon if they’ll help in saving democracy

When the Senate returns to work next week, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has promised quick action on voting rights and tackling, one way or another, the filibuster. When he brings up the voting …

Hope for voting rights? Manchin reportedly 'engaged' in filibuster reform discussions

The last several days have seen several moderate Senate Democrats newly announce their support for filibuster reform in order to pass critical voting rights legislation.

“The Senate has shown it …