Gregory Koger
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The FBI investigation into the NRA suggest Russian efforts to influence the 2016 election likely extended to other elements of the Republican coalition.
Want a better Congress? Look to the future, not the past.
A rule change to confirm Neil Gorsuch led many to predict the end of the filibuster. Not so fast.
Rankin is remembered for two big things: being the first female member of Congress, and her votes against both World War I and World War II.
Five things to look for while watching the vote on the American Health Care Act.
Filibusters help members of the majority party when they are pressured to support proposals that they privately believe are bad policy or risky politics.
Congress could amend its electoral vote-counting process so that if a state does not allocate its electoral votes proportionally, its electoral votes are subject to a challenge that requires a two-thirds supermajority to overcome.
The “right” to filibuster is fragile: It has never been affirmed in the rules of the Senate, it has always been subject to limitation by precedent, and the 2013 precedent highlighted how easy it is to restrict or eliminate the right.
In the alt-right media cycle, an anecdote becomes a scheme, a scheme a conspiracy, and through unchallenged repetition, the conspiracy becomes a coup. Open debate and a roll call putting Republicans on the record would be far better.