The ruling party was set to be slaughtered in the 2022 midterm elections—then the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and Senators Chuck Schumer and Joe Manchin struck a deal.

The Democrats finally have wind in their sails. The Arizona senator can halt the party’s progress with a statement.

Plenty has been out of his control. But the president has bungled a few things along the way.

Legislative battles are fronts in a larger—and winnable—ideological war.

The poorest Americans are feeling the biggest squeeze from rising prices. Alas, Congress allowed a program that might have helped them to expire last year.

What’s the point of a Democratic Party if it isn’t going to protect the interests of working people?

For months, the Arizona senator has stymied the Democrats’ agenda, dragged down her party’s reelection hopes, and earned the ire of her supporters. We still don’t know why.

The GOP can slow down the confirmation process for Stephen Breyer’s replacement, but the Democrats almost certainly have the votes to confirm her.

Centrists keep telling us that the party is too far left … in an attempt to move it to the right.

Experts and politicians agree: The measure is in desperate need of reform, in order to avoid a repeat of 2020 in 2024.

Biden is hoping that some sizable portion of his social spending bill might yet make it to his desk.

The party is left mulling the way forward, given the intransigence of Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema.

Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin reiterated their opposition to weakening the filibuster on Thursday.

The majority leader is spearheading an effort to somehow pass voting rights legislation without destroying the filibuster—and do it by year’s end.

The perennial fight to raise the debt limit and avoid an economic calamity is once again on lawmakers’ docket, and this time things could get messy.

If you think that Biden’s big social provision bill is dead, think again. And again, and again.

If Senator Kyrsten Sinema doesn’t know, please don’t tell her.

Dour Democrats are forgetting that Joe Biden ran as a moderate against Trump and hatred—not on massive policy plans.

If it seems the two wayward senators have little desire to be part of Team Biden, you’re not wrong.

What deal did the president and his party’s leaders in Congress strike on Thursday?