Many have warned that allowing D.C. to remain a disenfranchised colony would lead to disaster. They were right.
Kyrsten Sinema
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Sinema and Manchin Burnish Their Legacy
Today on TAP: Yesterday, S&M voted to hand the NLRB over to union-busting Republicans.
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What Senate Democrats Can Still Do to Promote the General Welfare
Today on TAP: Until December 31st, they can still confirm some Biden nominees to crucial regulatory and judicial posts.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Investment Industry Donors Bankroll Sinema in Q2
Donors at Blackstone, the Carlyle Group, and other investment firms have given hundreds of thousands of dollars to Sinema’s leadership PAC, which has been spending on upscale events and private flights.
Posted inPodcasts
Digging Into the Inflation Reduction Act
Prospect executive editor David Dayen discusses the biggest climate bill in American history.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Winners and Losers on Tax Policy
The big winner in the eleventh-hour concessions to Kyrsten Sinema was the private equity industry.
Posted inPolitics
Democrats Discover Winning Feels Good
Accomplishment is better than endless dithering—who knew?
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Senate Moves Forward on Exceedingly Modest Drug Price Reform
The details on the latest in the endless negotiations on the Biden agenda
Posted inPolitics
The Senate Has Forfeited Its Right to Exist
Not even 19 butchered children can break through its idiotic traditions.