File under "I wouldn't get my hopes up"; ThinkProgress' Ian Millhiser reports that Senate majority leader Harry Reid is t...

It's ugly. It's dishonest. It's quintessentially Republican. So why do conservatives hate it? Because they're on the receivi...

Think of budget politics as a game of chicken. In chicken, the player most willing to accept the consequence of not veering off is the playe...

The headline at Gizmodo reads, " PIPA Support Collapses, and Here’s a Full List of the Senators Who Newly Oppose It ." It turns ou...

Seriously, what the hell is Sir John of Orange doing? Last night, Boehner finally had to abandon his attempt to get his debt limit bill pas...

Yesterday, the farthest-right congressional Republicans decided it was time to call in the troops. Facing criticism from all sides that they...