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Will House Dysfunction Save Immigration Reform?

At TheWeek.com today, I lay out "Boehner's Dilemma" on immigration. If House Speaker John Boehner lets the Senate immigration bill pass the House with mostly Democratic votes, he risks a Tea Party uprising that could spark primary challenges against several Republican...

10 Years Later: The Howard Dean Legacy

I've commemorated the 10-year anniversary of the formal beginning of the Howard Dean presidential campaign with an article at The Week, "4 ways Howard Dean changed American politics." Dean helped make liberalism respectable again, strip the bark off the Republican...

Fact: Obama Will Cap Carbon

Before the end of the Barack Obama presidency, the EPA will place a cap on carbon pollution from all power plants. This is no longer a mystery. This is happening. And there's nothing Republicans in Congress can do about it. Though if you've been paying close...

Boehner's New Debt Limit Ransom: Cuts On Top Of Sequester

With the House Republican caucus still squabbling over what ransom they should demand for an increase in the debt limit, Speaker John Boehner issued his own threat yesterday. According to Roll Call, Boehner wants "another round of spending cuts beyond the sequester."...

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