US Senate

What Trump Calls "Great," All 50 State Directors of Medicaid Say Is Terrible

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and other Republican leaders

US Says No Money for Social Programs, But '$700 Billion to Kill People? That We Have'

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"We're constantly told the US 'can't afford' single-payer health care, while 89% of senators vote for $0.7 trillion for Pentagon warmongering."

Dems Not Backing Medicare for All Get Twice the Industry Cash as Co-Sponsors

Julia Conley, staff writer

A close look at the finances of 31 members of the Senate Democratic caucus who...

Endless War Continues as Senate Kills Effort to Repeal 2001 Authorization

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday killed an effort by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) to...

Now There Are 16 Democrats Receiving Thanks and Applause for Co-Sponsoring Medicare for All

Following Death of Trumpcare, 'Now It's Time for Medicare for All'

Sen. Warren: "'Skinny Bill' Is Here and It's Exactly as Wretched as We Thought'

ACLU Objects After Capitol Hill Police Tell Journalists to Delete Protest Photos

On Capitol Steps, Warren Rips GOP for Attack on 'Our Basic Humanity'

'Blow Up the Phones': Resistance Vows Fight as Senate Debates Trumpcare

'Kill the Bill, Don't Kill Us!': Protests Erupt as McConnell Begins Trumpcare Vote

'Hiding It Like Cowards': McCain Returns to Help GOP Pass Secret Trumpcare Bill

With Trumpcare Vote Looming, Medicare For All Supporters Set to March

Connecting McCain's Tragic Diagnosis to Trumpcare 'Is the Goddamn Point'

'Don't Let Up': Progressive Groups Warn Trumpcare Fight Still Far From Over

The I-Alone-Can-Fix-It President Vows to Make Trumpcare Better at 'Lunchtime'

Further

Ouch

Most cringeworthy moment of a too-often cringeworthy Congress, ever: The pallid churlish leaders of the House and Senate forced by circumstance - a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honoring Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King - to hold hands and join in an excruciating, swaying, bumbling rendition of "We Shall Overcome." Mitch McConnell wins the Deer In Headlights Award, by a graceless hair. Maybe one day we'll overcome these people. Here's Pete Seeger, doing it right.