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Filibustering healthcare reform? This is not what democracy looks like.

The filibuster has become a cancer growing inside the world's greatest deliberative body.

It's time to abolish this undemocratic holdover from the days of slavery and segregation.

Nation contributing writer Bob Moser discusses the new 60-vote Democratic majority featuring Minnesota's finally seated Al Franken.

It's time for the GOP to end this charade.

With the stimulus battle out of the way, The Nation's Chris Hayes argues Democrats now need to focus on seating Al Franken as the fifty-ninth vote in the Senate.

There is no one Republicans are more determined to keep out of the Senate than Al Franken. And John Cornyn is poised to use the power of the filibuster to thwart him--and the Democratic agenda.

For decades, the world's largest banks have been helping wealthy Americans steal billions in unpaid taxes. What are we going to do about it?

Minnesota Senate candidate Al Franken has won wide support among voters--and conservatives are getting scared.

When Max Baucus, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, is every lobbyist's best friend, is economic reform possible?