How to make the Senate functional without forcing Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin to go back on their word

Nobody does more to dismember the hollow mythology of the “world’s greatest deliberative body” than that body’s members.

The Senate Minority Leader’s too-clever-by-half demands may push Democrats to throw over the Jim Crow–era relic once and for all.

Why Joe Biden’s position on the issue doesn’t really matter

It’s the only way to banish Trumpism and fix American democracy in earnest.

A small universe of activists have no intention of letting Biden’s affection for Senate norms capsize his agenda.

The veteran politician weighs how best to launch a presidency amid unprecedented crises.

During his eulogy for John Lewis, Barack Obama seemed keen to bury the Senate's procedural relic once and for all.

If he leads a Democratic wave in 2020, he’ll have to choose: Give representation to 700,000 people or preserve the filibuster.

It’s useless to convince him to adopt progressive policies if he won’t agree to structural reforms.

Their radically different approaches to the filibuster prove that the two candidates are different sorts of radicals.

As Democrats ponder a number of necessary governmental reforms, an army of progressive organizations is building support among the electorate.

In search of the Democratic Party's fighting spirit

What are they afraid of? A truly representative democracy.

The GOP's inconsistency on disaster relief is just the latest evidence of the party's procedural hypocrisy.

Neil Gorsuch has been confirmed by the Senate. The filibuster is dead. And no one knows what happens next.

There can be no more fitting capstone to the Senate majority leader's legacy of norm-breaking. And it will level the playing field once again.