Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) on Monday threatened to scrap the upper chamber’s filibuster to pass Democrats’ controversial election reform bill. Schumer said the Senate will “debate and…
Official Washington’s conventional wisdom about the Senate filibuster is a fairy tale. It is utterly unmoored from the choices being made by individual senators, party caucuses, and the body as…
A liberal president enters the White House in a time of national crisis. He campaigned as a moderate but soon reveals his intent to govern from the left of the…
Congressional Democrats are pitching their H.R. 1 “For the People Act” as a necessary salve for a broken electoral system. If enacted, they claim, the bill’s provisions will fix a…
By David Harsanyi • The Federalist It looks like Senate Democrats have the 41 votes they need to block the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. This means…
By Peter Roff • USNews It’s not clear when the Senate started playing politics with Supreme Court nominations. Some say it’s been that way all along, going back at least…
By Evan Harris • ABC News President Obama’s expressed hope today in his weekly address “that we can avoid the political posturing and ideological brinksmanship that…
by Chris Stirewalt It would seem to be a rather unfortunate time for Democrats in Washington to make a naked power grab. Americans already don’t trust them with the powers…