Senate

As conservative right-wing politicians continue to bring down our economy by refusing to raise the debt-ceiling limit, maybe the answer is simply to call their bluff.

Michael Hudson continues his analysis of America's economic collapse and the myth of the fiscal cliff.

Debt is America's illness, and worse than the disease, is our leader's refusal to even admit that we are suffering.

Help join the Fix the Senate and Fix the Filibuster movements and demand justice in the Senate today!

A final deal has been reached between Senate and President Obama in regards to the fiscal cliff, and while it is victory in some ways, it is failure …

Despite an urgent warning from the Treasury Department, the Senate returns today with no clear path toward's our nation's fiscal future.

Gov. Neil Abercrombie has appointed Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz to replace Daniel K. Inouye in the U.S. Senate, opting against Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, whom the late senator had wanted …

Senate Democrats didnu2019t take on the filibuster head-on, so now obstruction is the expected norm.

As the so-called fiscal cliff nears, Republicans will likely hold things like extended unemployment benefits hostage.

A new report shows empirical evidence of how rampant filibuster abuse continues to cause an unprecedented lack of legislative productivity.