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Cornyn now opposes scrapping filibuster
Charles Hilu writes for National Review Online about a significant development on Capitol Hill. Senator John Cornyn of Texas said Tuesday that he does not support doing away with the…
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Urging Trump not to block important legislation
Editors at National Review Online offer President Donald Trump unsolicited advice. As we have previously editorialized, we support the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA),…
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Fetterman could be moderating force, not a Republican
Charles Cooke of National Review Online responds to one misguided political narrative in Washington. There’s a lot of buzz today about John Fetterman becoming a Republican. It is not going…
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Nationalizing elections is still a bad idea
Yuval Levin explains why concentrating election administration in Washington, D.C., would be a bad idea. When Joe Biden entered office with Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress in 2021,…
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Assessing Sinema’s Senate Exit
Editors at National Review Online focus on Arizona’s departing senator. Senator Kyrsten Sinema on Tuesday acknowledged reality and dropped her independent bid in the crucial Arizona U.S. Senate race in…
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Republicans Holding No One ‘Hostage’ on Federal Debt Limit
Christopher Jacobs of the Federalist rebuts a left-of-center narrative about congressional Republicans’ approach to the federal debt limit. Conventional wisdom holds that last week’s vote by the Republican-controlled House of…
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Feinstein’s Decline Hurts Democrats’ Judicial Goals
David Dayen writes for the American Prospect about the scheme U.S. Senate Democrats are pursuing during California Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s extended absence. Democrats have a thin majority in the Senate,…
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Republicans Chip Away at Schumer’s Power
David Sivak writes for the Washington Examiner about Republican senators’ efforts to scale back the Democratic leader’s power. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has incredible power as the Senate’s majority leader. He…
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Democratic Control in Senate Won’t Help Biden Much
Naomi Lim of the Washington Examiner explains why this week’s Democratic win in a U.S. Senate runoff election won’t lead to major gains for Biden administration priorities. Democrats will now…
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Democrats Want to Save Democracy With One-Party Rule
David Harsanyi writes for the Federalist about Democrats’ unusual approach toward democracy. At this point, it would save everyone time if Democrats could simply point to a policy agenda item…
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Major Nurses Union Wants All Abortion Legalized
Robert Schmad reports for the Washington Free Beacon on one group’s questionable response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. National Nurses United, the largest nurses’ union in the United…
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Opposition to Supreme Court Packing Remains Solid
Paul Bedard of the Washington Examiner writes about the impact of a recent leaked Supreme Court draft opinion in a high-profile abortion case. Opposition to Supreme Court judge-packing remains solid…