Congress no longer seen as preeminent institution
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We seek to clarify and deepen our original discussion about polarization in this post.
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It is time to question the way in which we think about politics.
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Mitch McConnell is a tough guy to figure out
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“Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There’s no better rule.”
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Republican leaders try to fend off a rogue effort to force House action
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There is a lot more to the Senate’s dysfunction than Democratic intransigence alone
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Americans have good reason to believe that their government isn’t working
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Reviving earmarks will only make today’s dysfunction worse
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“All men dread the power of oppression out of their own hands, and almost all men wish it irresistible when it is there.”
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History is important. We ignore its lessons at our peril.
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Government shutdown boosted efforts to change Senate rules
Their target? The legislative filibuster.
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Senate has become a cliché
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Trump critics “play the tyrant”
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Republicans make it easier for Democrats to obstruct
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Only thing remarkable is how utterly unremarkable and familiar it has become
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Republicans are set to play a game of musical chairs on the Senate’s most important committees.
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Let us look to the new year confident in the knowledge that we are treading the well-worn path of those who came before us. And let us continue the work they began by conducting our politics in the institutions created by the Constitution. It may feel a bit unsettling. But welcoming conflict into our political lives will ensure that our future will continue to be brightened by a rising and not a setting sun.
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