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Why Republicans Are So Mad About Obama’s Immigration Order
It isn’t about the substance, and it’s only partly about presidential power.
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How Republicans Are Learning to Love the Shutdown
Watch for a shift in their perspective, which is already underway.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Whither Wheeler? FCC Mulls the Fate of Net Neutrality
Whatever choice the FCC chairman makes will need the support of the other two Democrats on the commission to make it stick. Most believe he’ll have that backing.
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With Border Patrol Already Out of Control, GOP Demands Won’t Fix Immigration Woes
The ties that bind us to the countries to our south are deep and enduring. Building a wall, or a host of new field offices, or a miniature army won’t do anything to change that.
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How Badly Do Republicans Want Tax Reform? (Maybe Not That Badly)
They’re already saying it might be impossible if Barack Obama hurts their feelings.Â
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The Keystone XL Issue May Be Resolved With—Shocker—Democratic Capitulation
There are hints of a presidential veto. Is Obama trying to get something in return, which Senate Democrats didn’t bother to ask for?
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Chart of the Day: What Republicans Really Want
Guess what Republican voters are expecting from the people they just elected?
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Election 2014: Surge or Theft?
How dark money and voter disenfranchisement combined in a toxic brew that resulted in the lowest voter turnout in more than 70 years, hampering whatever chance Democrats had to win.
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Can Democrats Get to a True Blue Majority?
The Southern Democratic senator is all but extinct.
