‘A Christmas Carol’ (The Unemployed Are Not Boehner’s Business Remix) ‘A Christmas Carol’ (The Unemployed Are Not Boehner’s Business Remix)
As they neglect the need to extend benefits for the long-term unemployed, the Speaker and his caucus run the risk of a visit from the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. ...
Dec 23, 2012 / John Nichols
Speaker Boehner Loses It Speaker Boehner Loses It
The Speaker's own House Repulicans abandoned him in the Plan B vote. But the American people already abandoned Boehner and the Republicans on November 6.
Dec 21, 2012 / John Nichols
Senate Hearing Recounts the Many Election Season Mishaps of 2012 Senate Hearing Recounts the Many Election Season Mishaps of 2012
Elections administrators gathered for a hearing before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary to unpack some of the shenanigans from last month.
Dec 20, 2012 / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch
Will Congress Rein In Illegal Spying? Will Congress Rein In Illegal Spying?
When The New York Times first revealed the NSA was wiretapping Americans without a warrant in 2005, it was a scandal. But the government continues to spy with impunity—and wh...
Dec 19, 2012 / Marcy Wheeler
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Focus the Secretary of State Debate on Policy, Not Politics Katrina vanden Heuvel: Focus the Secretary of State Debate on Policy, Not Politics
Partisan predictions for the presiden’s nominee have drowned out the real conversation on Obama’s foreign policy priorities.
Dec 18, 2012 / Press Room
Questions for John Kerry, President Obama’s New Pick for Secretary of State Questions for John Kerry, President Obama’s New Pick for Secretary of State
The nomination of a secretary of state gives the Senate the opportunity to probe the administration’s foreign policy priorities.
Dec 18, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Low-Income Americans Are Facing the Real Cliff Low-Income Americans Are Facing the Real Cliff
If Congress can't reach a deal by New Year's, 2.1 million people will be kicked off unemployment benefits.
Dec 11, 2012 / Melissa Harris-Perry
John Boehner Has No Mandate John Boehner Has No Mandate
Boehner acts as if he has a mandate equal to that Obama and Senate Democrats. But Americans gave Democrats a 1.1 million vote majority in the overall House vote.
Dec 10, 2012 / John Nichols
Katrina vanden Heuvel: On the Irrelevance of Jim DeMint and the Heritage Foundation Katrina vanden Heuvel: On the Irrelevance of Jim DeMint and the Heritage Foundation
Jim DeMint’s move to the Heritage Foundation represents the combination of two nationally descredited brands.
Dec 7, 2012 / Press Room
It’s Time to Fix the Filibuster! It’s Time to Fix the Filibuster!
Senate Dems should restore the practice to its proper function: as a tool for public dissent, rather than unchecked, covert obstruction.
Dec 5, 2012 / The Editors