Democrats should want to get caught trying to expand wages.
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Posted inCivil Rights in America
Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. Shake Hands
An iconic photograph captured the Washington meeting of these two titans as the Senate debated the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Posted inPolitics
Kyrsten Sinema Pressure Campaign Goes Up in Arizona
New ad campaign hits the senior senator on her resistance to ending the filibuster.
Posted inPolitics
Joe Manchin Backed Filibuster Reform a Decade Ago. What Changed?
Now a self-proclaimed fan of the filibuster, the conservative Democrat voted in January 2011 in favor of several Senate rules changes designed to reduce its power.
Posted inFirst 100
First 100: The Senate Filibuster Is Actively Harming COVID Relief Policy
Democrats are still on course to pass it anyway.
Posted inFirst 100
Senate Leaders Negotiate the Biden Presidency
Plus, the inauguration that could be held, I don’t know, with two people in a room.
Posted inTAP
The Filibuster Question: States’ Rights or Human Rights?
Today on TAP: Creating a more democratic Senate
