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Archives for September 2020


The Senate just passed a bill to fund the government through mid-December.


“The takeaway is that this is an illegitimate process.”


The contest to shift the balance of power in the US Senate is fierce. Here’s what you need to know about the most important races.


Their actions are deeply hypocritical — but unsurprising.


Hickenlooper wants to work with Republicans, but he won’t rule out filibuster reform. “If push comes to shove, I have to look at everything. There’s no question.”

Sen. Cory Gardner wanted to be “a new kind of Republican” in a state turning blue. Along came Trump.

What Senate Democrats are learning from Mitch McConnell.

The same voters who helped Kyrsten Sinema win could boost Mark Kelly, too.


Sen. Mitt Romney signaled Tuesday that he’d take a vote on President Trump’s pick.


Gideon could oust the Senate’s last moderate Republican from New England.

Collins’s uncomfortable relationship with a Trump-led GOP, explained.


Our various undemocratic institutions are reenforcing each other in a deadly spiral.

Democrats are starting to take Texas seriously as a battleground state.

Doug Jones wants Democrats to rethink their approach to campaigning in the South.


The Senate majority leader didn’t specify the timing of the vote — but confirmed that he supports it.