It’s been almost imperceptible, but the Department of Homeland Security hasn’t been funded since February. Avenues to resolve the standoff keep getting cut off.
Congress
Posted inPolitics
Senate Democrats Should Kill the Filibuster
Republicans are trying to ram through Trump’s latest attack on voting rights. If they have to abolish the filibuster to do it, fine.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
How to Save Americans $70 Billion
With five minor tweaks to existing utility law—and a whole lot of elbow grease—policymakers could save American households $500 per year on electricity.
Posted inPolitics
Special-Interest Super PACs Underperform in Illinois
Only two of four AIPAC-backed Democratic House candidates won, despite tens of millions in spending.
Posted inPolitics
Illinois Senate Primary Features Millions in Outside Spending, Too
While the Democratic House primaries have gotten more attention, overlapping situational expenditures have boosted all three main contenders.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Democratic Presidential Contenders Have a New Idea: Tax Cuts
Chris Van Hollen and Cory Booker argue that middle-class households are paying too much in federal income taxes.
Posted inPolitics
Brian Schatz’s Signals of Comfort With Big Money
The Hawaii senator and heir apparent to Chuck Schumer attacked a bipartisan housing bill without trying to fix it, merely to show support for private equity.
Posted inTAP
Elizabeth Warren’s Amazingly Progressive Housing Bill
How the Massachusetts senator enlisted most Senate Republicans to support sweeping legislation.
Posted inPolitics
Two Progressives Fight AIPAC (and Each Other) in IL-09
It’s a two-way race between Daniel Biss and Kat Abughazaleh, but neither is counting out AIPAC-backed Laura Fine.
Posted inTAP
Democrats Get Serious About Taxing the Rich
Having finally realized that the rich are orders of magnitude richer than they used to be.
