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The Senate Immigration Plan Isn't Terrible—It's Just Unworkable

The Gang of Eight proposal puts legalization into the hands of GOP officials who don't want it to happen.

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| Mon Jan. 28, 2013 6:41 AM PST

Immigration Reform is Finally on the Agenda

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| Sun Jan. 27, 2013 11:02 PM PST
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What the Senate Filibuster Deal Does—and Doesn't Do

Harry Reid might have pushed for meaningful reform. He didn't.

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| Fri Jan. 25, 2013 1:35 PM PST

Is Obama's Wall Street Cop Pick as Tough as She Seems?

The president's nominee to head the SEC might be a good sign or a bad sign for financial reform.

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| Fri Jan. 25, 2013 9:29 AM PST

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Americans Like Obama's Gun-Control Ideas—Unless You Tell Them They're Obama's

When the president's name is not associated with background checks and ammo controls, support is far higher.

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| Fri Jan. 25, 2013 8:15 AM PST
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Dianne Feinstein Tries to Unsuck the Assault Weapons Ban

The California Senator's new bill would make an assault-rifle ban permanent—and close loopholes that marred the '90s law.

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| Thu Jan. 24, 2013 9:27 AM PST
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Real Filibuster Reform Appears to Be Dead in the Senate

The "talking filibuster" is dead. Liberals ain't happy.

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| Thu Jan. 24, 2013 10:24 AM PST
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Can Two Dedicated Congressmen Make Their Colleagues Care About Climate?

Rep. Waxman and Sen. Whitehouse launch a bicameral climate change task force.

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| Thu Jan. 24, 2013 9:37 AM PST

When John Kerry Was a Lone Hero in Congress

As a junior senator who fiercely investigated foreign-policy wrongdoing in the 1980s and 1990s, the soon-to-be secretary of state showed lots of guts.

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| Thu Jan. 24, 2013 9:20 AM PST

It's Not Illegal To Buy a Gun for a Criminal

Sen. Patrick Leahy has introduced a new bill that could help fix that.

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| Thu Jan. 24, 2013 7:44 AM PST
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Conservatives Insist Obamacare Is on Its Death Bed

But it's really their desperate last-ditch plans to undermine the health care law that are doomed.

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| Thu Jan. 24, 2013 4:00 AM PST
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GOP Rep. Paul Broun Says Obama Upholds the Soviet Constitution, Doesn't Specify Which One

There were new ones introduced in 1924, 1936, and 1977.

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| Wed Jan. 23, 2013 10:44 AM PST
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Does Obama Mean It This Time on Climate?

Top environmental leaders are still pondering the meaning of the president's inaugural address.

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| Wed Jan. 23, 2013 4:00 AM PST
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Steve Stockman Is the Nuttiest Freshman in Congress—Again

The Texas Republican who wants to impeach President Obama is picking up where he left off—16 years ago.

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| Wed Jan. 23, 2013 4:00 AM PST
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Paul Ryan Changes His Story on "Makers and Takers"

On the Laura Ingraham show, the former GOP vice presidential candidate said people on Social Security and Medicare aren't "takers." That doesn't mesh with his past statements.

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| Tue Jan. 22, 2013 1:55 PM PST
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Harry Reid Might Change the Rules of the Senate. Here's What You Need to Know.

The two most complete filibuster-reform proposals—and what a compromise might look like—explained.

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| Tue Jan. 22, 2013 10:00 AM PST

MAP: Which GOPers Voted to Help Victims of Katrina, but Not Sandy?

Fifty-eight Republicans in the House supported aid for just one storm.

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| Tue Jan. 22, 2013 4:00 AM PST

Will Conservative Media Give the GOP Cover to Make A Deal on Immigration?

Judging from the right's reaction to Sen. Marco Rubio's immigration reform proposal, progress might actually be possible.

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| Fri Jan. 18, 2013 10:00 AM PST
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Post-Election, The Obama Machine Goes to the Dark (Money) Side

Organizing for Action, a new pro-Obama group, won't have to disclose its donors.

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| Fri Jan. 18, 2013 9:36 AM PST
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The Way Green Groups Are Swooning, You'd Think Ed Markey Is Justin Bieber

Environmental advocates are über-enthusiastic about Rep. Ed Markey's bid for John Kerry's Senate seat in Massachusetts.

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| Fri Jan. 18, 2013 4:00 AM PST