Opinion | The Rise of Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris is a sitting U.S. senator who was vetted during the primaries, the daughter of immigrants and the first
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Opinion | Obama’s Filibuster Swipe
Anticipating a November romp, prominent Democrats have been dropping hints that they’d scrap the filibuster for legislation if they win
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Opinion | The GOP’s ‘D’oh!’ Moment
Senate Republicans experienced their “D’oh!” moment this week, and better late than never. If even Homer Simpson can experience moments
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Opinion | Pandemic Education Scholarships
Most of the GOP Senate’s $1 trillion pandemic spending proposal unveiled Monday isn’t money well spent. But it does have
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Opinion | The Mnuchin Follies
The concerted Republican effort to fritter away both policy and principle in these pandemic times continued apace this week—indeed, it
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Opinion | Judy Shelton Steps Closer to the Fed
After the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday advanced Judy Shelton’s nomination to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the news
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Opinion | The Raid on Remdesivir
As coronavirus cases have spread through the South and West, the good news is the lower death toll than in
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Opinion | Joe Goes With the Filibuster Flow
Joe Biden spent 36 years as a Senator from Delaware and was a staunch supporter of Senate traditions, including the
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Opinion | Shelton Gets a Vote
The Washington establishment is hopping mad that its monthslong effort to prevent a formidable independent thinker from joining the board
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Opinion | RFK vs. D.C. Statehood
Voting along party lines except for one Democratic dissent, the House last week approved a bill to grant statehood to
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