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Trump Legislative Agenda Now in Serious Doubt

President Trump and the Republican Congressional leadership have suffered a stunning defeat.

Filibusters Make for Strange Bedfellows

American humorist Will Rogers once quipped, “This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets...

Fond Farewell to the ‘Babies’ of Watergate

An era has ended. The last of the “Watergate Babies” has left the Congress. The nickname was applied to the class of House Democratic...

The Nuclear Option: Does Where You Stand Depend on Where You Sit?

Nearly a year ago, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pulled the trigger on a parliamentary maneuver many have labeled the “nuclear...