Lobbyists Snag Top Staff Positions on Capitol Hill Lobbyists Snag Top Staff Positions on Capitol Hill
Lobbyists are winning top jobs in Congress and are poised to provide big legislative favors to their former employers.
May 9, 2013 / Lee Fang
GOP Immigration Amendments Boost Drones, Incarceration and Criminalization GOP Immigration Amendments Boost Drones, Incarceration and Criminalization
Meanwhile, Republicans oppose green cards for same-sex couples.
May 8, 2013 / Lee Fang
Senate to Investigate Texas Plant Explosion Senate to Investigate Texas Plant Explosion
Why won't the EPA regulate ammonium nitrate? Barbara Boxer wants to know.
Apr 30, 2013 / George Zornick
Well, La-Tee-Da: Congress Fixes Furloughs in Time to Fly Home for Weekend, Lets Everyone Else’s Pain from the Sequester Fester Well, La-Tee-Da: Congress Fixes Furloughs in Time to Fly Home for Weekend, Lets Everyone Else’s Pain from the Sequester Fester
Air traffic controllers are back on the job, but a host of other issues haven't been solved.
Apr 26, 2013 / Leslie Savan
Exit of Wall Street–Friendly Max Baucus is No Loss for Democrats Exit of Wall Street–Friendly Max Baucus is No Loss for Democrats
The Senate Finance Committee chair who often clashed with party progressives and populists is quitting. A very different Democrat might replace him.
Apr 23, 2013 / John Nichols
This Week in Nation History: The NRA and the Politics of Fear This Week in Nation History: The NRA and the Politics of Fear
The defeat of President Obama’s gun-control package indicates that lessons from history have been insufficiently learned.
Apr 20, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
John Nichols: Democrats Will Break With Obama on Social Security Cuts John Nichols: Democrats Will Break With Obama on Social Security Cuts
As Obama unveils his budget proposal, many members of his own party are already opposing the chained-CPI adjustment.
Apr 10, 2013 / Press Room
What if Sherrod Brown, Battler Against ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’ Banks, Gets Banking Committee Chair? What if Sherrod Brown, Battler Against ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’ Banks, Gets Banking Committee Chair?
The progressive populist senator from Ohio would hold big banks to account -- a new concept for Washington.
Mar 29, 2013 / John Nichols
This Week: A Tale of Two Budgets This Week: A Tale of Two Budgets
The Ryan budget proposal’s devastating implications and the clear, humane alternative proposed by the CPC.
Mar 16, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week: A Tale of Two Budgets This Week: A Tale of Two Budgets
At look at the Ryan budget proposal's devastating implications and the clear, humane alternative proposed by the CPC.
Mar 16, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel