But because it increases pressure on the administration to solve the problems sooner, Republican grandstanding isn’t such a bad thing.
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Continuing the Republican Civil War with Immigration Reform
Whatever its chances of passage, it’s another opportunity for Obama to encourage division in the GOP.
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Four Reasons We Don’t Need to Count Down to a January Shutdown
Ted Cruz is threatening to court government meltdown when we hit the next budget deadline next year. Here’s why it’s unlikely to happen.
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Beware a Grand Bargain
President Obama and the House and Senate Democrats won the first round of the budget battle over the shutdown. But what happens when we do this again next year?
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A Spine Is a Useful Thing to Have
Nice to see you fighting back, President Obama!Â
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How Conservatives Reacted to the Shutdown/Default Deal
Some were mad, some were resigned, and some seemed weirdly pleased.
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How Liberals Should Feel about the Shutdown/Default Agreement
We break it down for you, with an easy-to-digest set of opinions you can adopt as your own.
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Take the Fourteenth!
Remember the proposals that were current back in 2011 to have President Obama invoke his authority under the 14th Amendment to keep funding America’s public debt, even without approval from Congress? Well, that proposal has suddenly become highly relevant again, even urgent. Prior to 1917, Congress did not even require periodic legislation to increase the […]
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Eight Things about the Shutdown/Default Crisis that Are Still True
Forget about the hour-by-hour machinations. Here’s what we need to understand.
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Old Conservatives Can’t Learn New Tricks
The GOPÂ can’t learn from its mistakes if it doesn’t understand them.Â
