Omar Chatriwala / Getty ImagesPremium Answering Reader Questions: Can the Filibuster Sabotage Trump's Agenda? What Size Should the Gov't Be? This week we answer your questions about how Democrats might weaponize the filibuster, and how big the federal government should be. By Pedro Israel Orta and C. Douglas Golden April 13, 2025
Mat Hayward - The Recording Academy / Getty ImagesCommentary Dem Lawmaker Says the Quiet Part Out Loud as She Suddenly Changes Her Tune on the Senate Filibuster By embracing the filibuster now that it serves Democrats' purposes, Jayapal demonstrated the hypocrisy of disguising interests as principles. By Michael Schwarz November 12, 2024
Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images ; Andrew Harnik / Getty ImagesCommentary 'Shame on Her' - Longtime Senator Refuses to Back Kamala, Slams Her Over Radical Plan to Pass Abortion Rights "I think that basically can destroy our country, and my country is more important to me than any one person or any one person’s ideology." By C. Douglas Golden September 25, 2024
@therecount / X screen shotCommentary Live on CNN: John Fetterman Takes Vulgar Shot at Rand Paul, Throws Tantrum for Him Holding Up Ukraine Aid Fetterman's unfiltered irritation over Paul's filibuster helped prove yet again that Americans live not in a democracy but in an oligarchy. By Michael Schwarz February 13, 2024
Samuel Corum / Getty Images Breaking: Senate Republicans Will Block Border Bill from Proceeding - Report Senate Republicans will vote against the proposed border bill that includes funding for Ukraine and Israel proceeding to a floor vote. By Randy DeSoto February 6, 2024
Wade Vandervort - AFP / Getty Images; Ian Forsyth / Getty ImagesCommentary AOC Makes Huge Mistake Challenging Ted Cruz - He Gives Her an Unforgettable History Lesson The Democrats are still the party of Jim Crow - and Sen. Ted Cruz managed to school AOC when she tried to claim they weren’t. By C. Douglas Golden May 25, 2023
ALEX KENT - AFP / Getty Images Steve Bannon Predicts Long-Time Dem May Switch Parties in 2024 to Stay in Majority Steve Bannon shares his view of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's reasons for embracing bipartisanship and her political future. By Jack Davis September 30, 2022
Andy Yang / EyeEm / Getty Images These 2 Republicans Voted for Radical 'Assault Weapons' Ban House Speaker Nancy Pelosi celebrated the passage of the Democratic-backed bill. These are the two Republicans who helped her pass it. By Richard Moorhead July 31, 2022
Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images Democratic Congresswoman and 180 Other Pro-Abortion Agitators Arrested by Capitol Police A Democratic congresswoman and almost 200 pro-abortion protesters were detained for blocking traffic in a key Washington, D.C., intersection. By David Zimmermann July 1, 2022
Denis Doyle / Getty ImagesCommentary Biden Jumps Gun Again: Manchin and Sinema Will Not End Filibuster to Pass Abortion Legislation Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona quickly shot down the president's plan to codify Roe v. Wade. By Randy DeSoto June 30, 2022