Progressives angry that Manchin wants to ‘reward the insurrectionists’, stifle For the People Act
By Jessica Corbett Sen. Joe Manchin won praise from the Daily Caller and Fox News contributors while infuriating voting rights advocates on Tuesday with his…
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Despite GOP opposition, D.C. statehood bill advances to full vote
The House Oversight Committee has advanced a bill that would make Washington, D.C., the 51st state. The Washington, D.C. Admission…
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‘This bill marks a new era’: Democrats seek to add four seats to the Supreme Court
By Jake Johnson Democrats in the House and Senate on Thursday are planning to introduce legislation to expand the number of seats…
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House passes bills giving 2.5 million Dreamers a pathway to citizenship
The House of Representatives passed two immigration bills that would establish a pathway to citizenship or legal residency for undocumented…
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If the filibuster can’t be abolished, it can at least be ‘more painful’ for senators who want to derail a bill
By Caroline Fredrickson Our democracy is in serious need of reform. So perhaps it’s not surprising that a landmark bill…
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Sanders new bill includes higher taxes on companies with huge CEO-worker pay gaps
By Jake Johnson Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont on Wednesday unveiled legislation that would hike taxes on large corporations that…
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House passes For the People Act, but it still has to make it through ‘McConnell’s filibuster brick wall’
By Jake Johnson After applauding House Democrats for passing—yet again—a sweeping plan to expand voting rights, rein in dark money,…
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‘The most significant action Biden took on day one’: This Exec Order is an under-reported game-changer
What was President Biden’s most important act on day one in the White House? Was it ending the Muslim travel…
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Biden’s day one moves to ‘reverse Trump’s damage’ include putting the U.S. back in the Paris agreement
Hours after being sworn in as the 46th president of the United States yesterday, President Biden put America back in…
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The Trump legacy? All the dishwater you want.
It is difficult to know what history will define as the Trump legacy, but one possibility is Americans’ unfettered access…
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