Every Senate Republican just rejected a bill to protect voting rights
The Freedom to Vote Act would block a number of voter suppression laws — but Senate Republicans just killed it.
By Emily Singer - October 20, 2021The Freedom to Vote Act would block a number of voter suppression laws — but Senate Republicans just killed it.
By Emily Singer - October 20, 2021The party that would have allowed a debt default thinks Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer shouldn’t have been so ‘partisan’ about it.
By Josh Israel - October 08, 2021Senate Republicans are stonewalling Democrats’ efforts to stave off economic calamity.
By Emily Singer - September 28, 2021‘I look forward to being with people whose perspectives are very different from mine,’ said Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum.
By Casey Quinlan - August 10, 2021Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-AZ) worries that academic research into cannabis will lead to university classes in marijuana smoking.
By Josh Israel - July 28, 2021The Senate Majority Leader’s sweeping marijuana legalization package includes provisions to benefit communities impacted by the War on Drugs, but its chances of becoming law are slim.
By Jacob Gardenswartz - July 14, 2021Advocates of filibuster reforms are counting on Democrats to stay united as they gear up for a summer showdown.
By Associated Press - June 26, 2021Democratic leaders expected Tuesday’s vote, and their efforts to pass the bill will continue.
By Associated Press - June 23, 2021Democrats in Congress are reportedly willing to agree to a smaller version of Biden’s American Jobs Plan now if they can pass their other spending priorities through reconciliation soon after.
By Josh Israel - June 14, 2021Former White House counsel Don McGahn is the latest person to find out the Trump administration subpoenaed his communications record in a politically motivated leak probe.
By Emily Singer - June 14, 2021Democrats are eager to turn the page on the Trump administration, especially when it comes to judges.
By Associated Press - June 07, 2021The Senate parliamentarian reportedly just changed her mind about the need for supermajority to pass bills.
By Josh Israel - June 03, 2021Senate Republicans are coming up with nonsensical excuses for why they oppose the bipartisan commission.
By Emily Singer - May 21, 2021Democrats have a potential path forward to pass legislation despite GOP stonewalling.
By Josh Israel - April 06, 2021In the wake of two mass shootings, the vice president is calling on Congress to act on gun control.
By Emily Singer - March 24, 2021The American Rescue Plan authorizes the treasury secretary to enforce the law’s restrictions.
By Josh Israel - March 12, 2021Republicans are comparing H.R. 1 to ‘the devil himself’ as their effort to vilify voting rights legislation intensifies.
By Emily Singer - March 11, 2021Ron Johnson’s effort to drag out passage of the popular bill failed, as senators now have less time to debate it.
By Emily Singer - March 05, 2021Progressive groups note that the existing system lets the Senate minority ‘nullify the results of the election and block progress on popular legislation.’
By Josh Israel - February 09, 2021Democrats are pressing the issue as a matter of racial justice and as COVID-19 relief.
By Associated Press - February 06, 2021Republicans say Biden’s coronavirus relief proposal will lead to disunity. Polls say their argument wrong.
By Emily Singer - February 02, 2021Senate Republicans cry partisanship at the idea that Democrats will use the same parliamentary procedures they did.
By Josh Israel - February 02, 2021GOP senators introduce a bill cutting the amount of proposed COVID relief to $618 billion.
By Donna Provencher - February 01, 2021McConnell previously praised himself for killing hundreds of Democratic bills, calling himself the ‘Grim Reaper.’
By Oliver Willis - January 26, 2021Rubio is one of a number of Senate Republicans saying Trump is the real victim of the violence at the Capitol.
By Emily Singer - January 26, 2021McConnell refused to allow the transfer of power over a demand that Democrats let him block every bill.
By Emily Singer - January 26, 2021In response to reports that National Guard troops had been ejected from the Capitol, Democratic lawmakers worked to fix things.
By Donna Provencher - January 22, 2021Two days after Democrats won control of the Senate, McConnell is blocking the transfer of power.
By Emily Singer - January 22, 2021After blocking hundreds of pieces of legislation, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is demanding Democrats let him continue his ‘Grim Reaper’ act.
By Josh Israel - January 21, 2021‘Taxpayers shouldn’t be on the hook for NY’s failure,’ tweeted Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL).
By Donna Provencher - January 18, 2021