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Tom Williams / Getty Dianne Feinstein Reminded Us That the Senate Doesn’t Have a Plan
The government still doesn’t know what to do when members of Congress cannot serve.
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The Atlantic How Far Would a Republican Majority Go?
Not just democracy is at stake this fall.
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Getty; The Atlantic Locking People Up Is No Way to Treat Mental Illness
If we stopped using prisons to warehouse psychiatric patients, we could heal people and save tax dollars.
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Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post / Getty A Hinge Point for Voting Rights
If passed, the Freedom to Vote Act will advance election-safety provisions in five major ways.
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Harris & Ewing / Library of Congress; Bettmann … The Smart Way to Fix the Filibuster
Rather than completely eliminate the procedure, Democrats should reform it so that it continues to exist for truly extraordinary circumstances.
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Getty / The Atlantic I’ve Witnessed the Decline of the Republican Party
Over five decades, the GOP has transformed into something I no longer recognize.
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Juj Winn / Getty / The Atlantic The November Election Is Going to Be a Mess
Disaster is avoidable—if lawmakers act now.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic The Coming Mental-Health Crisis
Congress must rethink the American approach to mental-health care during the pandemic.
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Drew Angerer / Getty Congress Desperately Needs a Contingency Plan
What will happen if lawmakers can no longer meet because of the coronavirus?
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Win McNamee / Getty The Democratic Debates Are a Fantasy World
Presidents can’t wave a magic wand and make single-payer insurance happen. Voters deserve to know how the 2020 candidates would really govern.
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Erin Scott / Reuters The Squad and the Speaker
This year’s fight between freshman members of Congress and the House leadership is the latest in a long series of such battles—but it also differs in important ways.
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Jim Bourg / Reuters What Happens If the 2020 Election Is a Tie?
The House of Representatives resolves inconclusive presidential elections—and while Democrats may hold most of the seats, Republicans control more state delegations.
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Alexander Drago / Reuters Impeachment Is Not the Answer. At Least Not Yet.
In the wake of the Mueller report, Democrats should probe—not launch a formal inquiry.
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Rebecca Cook / Reuters John Dingell Was a Gift to America
This country is a better, more just, and cleaner place than it would have been without his service in Congress.
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Chris Wattie / Reuters The Senate Shreds Its Norms
Congress and the president are prepared to do whatever it takes to shape the judiciary for decades to come.
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Evan Vucci / AP The Real Cause of the Last Government Shutdown—and the Next One
Republican leaders have proven unable to enact any spending bills, despite controlling both houses of Congress.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters American Kakistocracy
There’s a case to be made that the United States is governed by the least scrupulous of its citizens.
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AP The Republican Attack on Feeding the Hungry
GOP budget proposals take aim at one of America’s most significant bipartisan achievements.
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Brennan Linsley / AP How the GOP Prompted the Decay of Political Norms
The Republican Party laid the groundwork for dysfunction long before Donald Trump was elected president.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Other Devil's Bargain
The Republican majorities in Congress gambled they could ignore Trump's misdeeds, and still get him to sign their bills—but it’s not working out as they expected.
