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Five Senate Races to Watch in 2018
There's a real path to a blue chamber after the midterms.
Dreaming of a Green Shutdown, 42 Senate Democrats Vow to Filibuster Must-Pass Funding Bill
Senate Democrats are vowing to filibuster an impending must-pass funding bill.
Calamity Now: Senate to Pass Monstrous Tax Cut Bill
The deal has gone down.
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Dean Baker | The Tax Scam We Know and the Tax Scam We Don’t Know
Trump is appointing a crony tax avoider as temporary head of the Internal Revenue Service.
“Robin Hood in Reverse”: Sanders Blasts GOP Budget Ahead of Key Senate Vote
The Republican budget blueprint, writes the Vermont senator, is little more than a “gift to billionaires.”
Desperate GOP Resorts to “Blatant Bribery” in Bid to Save Floundering Trumpcare Bill
Senators Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy attempt to win over their skeptical colleagues.
Graham-Cassidy: A Moral Outrage That Could End Coverage for 32 Million
The Senate is moving quickly to pass the Graham-Cassidy bill.
Endless War Continues as Senate Kills Effort to Repeal 2001 Authorization
In essence, the chamber gave the OK to continuing endless war.
Lifting the Veil on Another Batch of Shadowy Trump Appointees
Trump has left hundreds of government jobs unfilled that require a vote by the Senate.
William Rivers Pitt | The GOP Wrecking Machine Takes Aim at the Debt Ceiling, Again
The song, as Led Zeppelin says, remains the same.