Are Progressives Finally Ready to Throw Their Weight Around?
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) speaks at a press conference about ending the Senate filibuster.Michael Brochstein/Sipa via AP Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The White House insists it’s not done trying to cut a deal with…
Democratic Senators Who Support the Filibuster Beg Republicans Not to Filibuster
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On Tuesday, the two most centrist members of the Senate Democratic caucus, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, issued a rare…
From Radical Activist to Senate Obstructionist: The Metamorphosis of Kyrsten Sinema
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Kyrsten Sinema wasn’t the only Democrat to vote against including a $15 federal minimum wage in the $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill in early March, but she was the only one…
Democrats’ Next Plan to Get Biden’s Agenda Over the Finish Line: Fire the Scorekeeper
CBO Director Phillip Swagel testifies before the House Budget Committee on January 29, 2020.Caroline Brehman Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.President Joe Biden unveiled a $2.25 trillion jobs and infrastructure plan last month and has promised to…
Lady Bird Johnson Was a Falcon of a First Lady
Mother Jones illustration; Penguin Random House Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Lady Bird Johnson always fit the mold of a certain old-fashioned, stereotypical presidential wife: self-effacing, devoted to her generally unfaithful and domineering husband, not particularly…
Schumer and Gillibrand Join Calls for Cuomo to Resign
Seth Wenig/Pool/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.New York’s two Democratic senators, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, released a statement Friday afternoon joining the chorus of voices in Congress calling for Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s…