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Mitch McConnell’s No. 1 priority is Mitch McConnell

March 19, 2021 By Berry Craig

Gandhi put “politics without principles” on his list of “seven social sins.” McConnell has been guilty of it since he first ran for Senate in 1984.

Senate Democrats pull $15 wage from rescue package; progressives target filibuster

March 2, 2021 By PAI

Sanders pledges minimum wage vote anyway; Warren says filibuster must be abolished.

In plain sight, GOP senators show sabotage is their game

February 24, 2021 By John Wojcik

At one hearing, Republican perpetrators of Jan. 6 attack try to hide their responsibility for it, and at another GOP tries to sink the national rescue plan.

For the sake of democracy, kill off the Senate filibuster

February 17, 2021 By John Bachtell

The arcane Senate practice enforces a form of Jim Crow and discriminates against people in states with large working-class populations.

Senate splits 50-50 on hiking minimum wage

February 9, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

With Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie, the wage hike stays in the budget blueprint.