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The Senate-Hearing Circus Is in Session

Republican senators asked all the wrong questions, and the defense secretary nominee evaded all the right answers.

The Arizona senator’s contempt for Chuck Hagel in yesterday’s confirmation hearing is all about the guy who nominated him.

The D.C. Court of Appeals decision knocking out recess appointments leaves Democrats with one option: End the filibuster.

by Paul Starr January 31, 2013

The 2012 election awarded us a peculiar form of coalition government. Will it hinder Dems as they pursue their ambitious agenda?

The Texas Tea Partier accuses the two veterans of being anti-military.

We’ve seen many Hillarys come and go over the years, but the one who faced down the Tea Party was the one she always wanted to be.

Senators have a disincentive for getting rid of the anti-majoritarian rule: It gives them more power.

Turns out televised buffoonery isn’t the slam dunk they thought it would be.

The more serious deficits are in jobs, wages, and infrastructure, and we might just be ready to focus on them instead.

What we’re doing with immigration isn’t working. That means we need to reform the system—not pile on more of the same ineffective policies.