Jonathan Chait: “We have the peculiar dynamic in which the leader of a major party is invoking his own agenda as something that cannot and should not happen.”
“Obviously, I don’t like the policies McConnell described. What I can’t understand is how McConnell is supposed to feel about them. If he truly thinks they’d ‘strengthen America,’ then shouldn’t he want to have the chance to enact them, and then have his party run on the results?


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Eight moments in political history. Put them on a timeline.
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Five senators. Three bills. Can you guess how they all voted?
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Nine Justices. One case. How did they rule?
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Do you have your finger on the pulse of America?
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Four questions a day.
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