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December 6, 2021
Patrick Caldwell
Republicans Will Never Help Democrats Avoid a Debt Ceiling Crisis
This is a lesson that Democratic lawmakers learned the hard way during the Obama era, only to forget it.
August 7, 2020
Charlie Hope-D’Anieri
Farms Can’t Save the Planet
U.S. senators, McDonald's, Microsoft, and the agribusiness lobby are pushing the dangerous myth that carbon storage in American farmland will stave off climate catastrophe.
August 13, 2015
Suzy Khimm
Planned Parenthood Is Just The Beginning
The fight over family planning will be at the heart of Congress's coming budget battle
October 7, 2014
Danny Vinik
Leon Panetta's Dumb Reasoning for Blaming Defense Cuts on Obama
December 12, 2013
Noam Scheiber
The Budget Deal Is a Win for Democrats
And the GOP doesn't know it yet
December 11, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
The Budget Deal Is a Decent One—Unless You're Unemployed
October 21, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Instead of a Grand Bargain, How About a Little Bargain?
October 18, 2013
David Dayen
You Thought the Government Shutdown Was Over. You Were Wrong.
October 16, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
The Republicans May Lose, But So Will You
October 13, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Senate Republicans Don't Get It: The Democrats Aren't Bluffing
October 10, 2013
Julia Fisher
This Is Why a Grand Bargain Is a Grand Pipe Dream
October 6, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Watch This for 22 Seconds and You'll See Why Obama Can't Give an Inch
September 20, 2013
David Dayen
The Big Budget Battle the GOP Has Already Won
September 16, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Countdown to Shutdown: "Nobody Knows How This Will End"
September 11, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
This Is How Those Crazy, Divided Republicans Get Their Way
August 19, 2013
Alec MacGillis
Maybe the Sequester Wasn't So Overstated After All
August 15, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
The Sequester Is Stifling Science
April 25, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Turbulence Ahead
Flight delays are forcing Republicans to face the facts on sequestration
April 5, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Obama's Shocking Budget Is Not Shocking at All
March 15, 2013
Lydia DePillis
Only Liberals Succeed in 'SimCity'
A sure way to lose this video game: Impose sequestration

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