Outside the Beltway

J.D. Vance’s cynical suggestion.

It turns out a 51-50 Senate majority isn’t enough.

Are Sinema and Machin going to jump ship?

It’s no better than Joe Manchin’s.

Discussing the filibuster.

The country is in peril.

The flagship of the centrist Navy is both a throwback and a sign of what’s wrong with the Senate.

It doesn’t work like the movies, Senator.

While progressives in the party are often frustrated with the West Virginia Senator, he is demonstrating yet again that he’s no Republican.

Appoint more Asian American and Pacific Islanders. Or else!

Deal-making in Washington is next to impossible.

Yet another reminder about pathologies of US democracy.