Today on TAP: The House bans it in all instances, along party lines, but it will go nowhere in the Senate.
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The Republicans’ Death Panel Finally Emerges!
Today on TAP: The Supreme Court’s Republican Six rule that the government lacks the power to fight a pandemic.
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Democratic Inaction Will Lead Us Back to Austerity
Fiscal policy has reverted negative right when omicron is surging, and the Democrats are uncertain about where to turn for political success.
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Spinning Their Wheels in the U.S. Senate
A debate on voting rights seems destined to irrelevance, as the Biden agenda remains stalled out.
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A Grand Bargain on Infrastructure and Saving Democracy?
Today on TAP: Chuck Schumer is bargaining with Joe Manchin on two vital fronts
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The Vanishing Case for Liberal Inaction
Democrats who believe we should keep the filibuster because they fear a Republican majority are just worried about the world as it exists today.
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In the Budget Scramble, Don’t Forget Worker Rights
Today on TAP: They’re as important in a democracy as voting rights
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The Senate’s Quiet Opposers
Progressive Democrats view Joe Manchin as the chief blocker of progress, for thwarting the voting rights bill and refusing to break the filibuster. But he’s not alone.
