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Progressives Ask Why Deal to Pass Debt Ceiling Can’t Be Used for Voting Rights
The deal would allow a workaround of the filibuster, enabling Senate Democrats to increase the limit with just 51 votes.
Republicans Are So Determined to Obstruct Debt Limit, They’re Bucking McConnell
Republicans are rejecting a plan favored by Sen. Mitch McConnell in order to threaten economic disaster.
With Omicron in US, GOP Hard-Liners Are Still Trying to Thwart Vaccine Mandates
A government shutdown over COVID protections looms -- even as a concerning new variant spreads.
As Build Back Better Is Gutted, Defense Act Is Deemed a “Must-Pass” Bill
Packed with $740 billion worth of militarism, the NDAA reads like a Christmas list from the most terrifying child ever.
“We’re Going to Win”: Charles Booker Officially Files Campaign to Oust Rand Paul
Booker will run on a progressive platform, supporting Medicare for All and the Green New Deal.
Is Donald Trump Trying to Destroy the Republican Party?
Trump, with a single statement, has dumped a beach worth of sand into the gears of GOP election hopes.
McConnell Knows Debt Ceiling Must Rise, But He Wants Democrats to Pay for It
The minority leader is using the Democrats’ majority to render them ever-more vulnerable in the coming elections.
To Understand the Debt Ceiling Crisis, Observe the Far Right Clown Show in Idaho
An executive branch scrum in Idaho explains many things about the state of the GOP.
McConnell Says He’ll Allow Vote on Raising Debt Ceiling Through December
The United States government was set to default on its debts — something it has never done before — later this month.
Republicans Lie That It’s Democrats’ — Not Trump’s — Debts That Need to Be Paid
The current debt ceiling raise would cover debts incurred by Trump, though Republicans aren’t admitting it.