Does Barack Obama need Congress’ approval to bomb Syria?
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Will Congress Continue to Refuse Its War Powers Responsibilities?
An explainer on how Congress has slowly abdicated its war powers to the executive branch, and why this is a very bad thing
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Total Eclipse of the Fetal Heart
The Ohio state legislature is about to debate an extremely restrictive abortion bill. Again.
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Brian Sims Wants to Fix Pennsylvania
The state’s first openly gay state representative talks the Russian Olympics boycott, the war on women, and where progressives are about to make headway.
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All the Pretty Little Districts
Why you need to stop whining about gerrymandering
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Who Cares What the Framers Thought about the Filibuster?
Even if the founding fathers thought the filibuster was great, we have no reason to defer to their wisdom any more than we’re obligated to protect slavery or deny women the vote.
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The Road Forward on Immigration Reform
If Republicans offer citizenship to Dreamers but not their parents, should Democrats take the deal?
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House “Could Probably” Impeach Obama Tomorrow
Last Saturday evening, Representative Blake Farenthold, a Republican, told a small Luling, Texas, crowd that “if we were to impeach the president tomorrow, you could probably get the votes in the House of Representatives to do it.” Farenthold opposes impeachment; he says it would fail in the Senate.
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Mortgage Reform: Watch Your Fannie
A bipartisan Senate bill could stop the nation’s two largest housing lenders from guaranteeing home loans.Â
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Majority Power Play
What took Senate Democrats so long to make progress on confirming executive-branch nominees?
