SWEPT AWAY
He lost 49 states in 1984 to Ronald Reagan, but in his quiet and modest way he left a legacy that endures beyond that electoral defeat.
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HONEST GRAFT?
In the tribal world of today’s congressional politics, earmarks may play a lesser role in securing votes but just about every member of Congress will want a piece of the action.
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‘OLD SHIBBOLETHS’
Joe Biden is trying to have his own “teaching moment” but Republicans are still lined up behind Grover Norquist’s anti-tax pledge.
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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
Fifty years ago today, the House voted to lower the voting age to 18. Nixon backed it. But eventually, the right learned that Republicans do better when fewer people vote.
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LONG TIME COMING
Joe Biden and Raphael Warnock tour Georgia Friday—and it’s a well-deserved victory lap for the new senator, who was key to passing debt relief for Black farmers.
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NEW STANDARD
Regina Rodriguez is qualified, she’s Latina, and she was already denied a seat by Mitch McConnell. So why are some progressive groups against her?
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VIRGINIA IS FOR (GOP) LOSERS
Like a lot of states, the Virginia Republican Party just keeps getting Trumpier. Unlike a lot of those states, Virginia is blue.
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TIMES HAVE CHANGED...
The 9/11 commission was subject to controversy, but its findings were broadly endorsed. We need a 1/6 commission badly. But will everyone accept it?
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SECTION 3
But that will only happen if lawmakers feel the heat from voters to do something to hold Trump accountable.
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ODD COUPLE?
If anyone can be the Turtle whisperer, it’d be Biden. But that doesn’t mean Mitch will care.
