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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, May 2018.
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Don’t expect the Senate’s inaction to change anytime soon

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Democrats face tricky vote on SALT cap. The U.S. Capitol Building as night falls in Washington.
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Sorry Trump, earmarks will only make budgeting harder for Congress

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says he and other Republicans in Congress are concerned that President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports might metastasize into a larger trade war and injure "an economy that appears to be taking off," during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 6, 2018.
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Mitch McConnell promised to fix the broken Senate. Instead, it’s only gotten worse.

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined from left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, meets with reporters following a closed-door Republican strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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Republicans are making it harder to confirm Trump’s nominees

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By trying to delegitimize those with whom they disagree, commentators like Eliot Cohen shrink the political sphere to deny their opponents the right to participate in the first place. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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When hatred of Trump leads to disdain for debate

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Republicans can get the Senate working again simply by changing their own behavior. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Can the filibuster long survive?

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Congress may avoid a disruptive shutdown if members of the House of Representatives and the Senate produce a last-minute agreement by week's end. But the process by which Congress funds the government should be more open. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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In the midst of a shutdown battle, Republicans should embrace conflict

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Sen. Orrin Hatch's decision caps a seven-term career in the Senate and upends the power structure among Republicans heading into 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Orrin Hatch’s retirement may set off musical chairs in GOP Senate committee leadership

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Rank-and-file Republicans should instruct the chairman of the Policy Committee, Sen. John Barrasso (pictured second to the left), to adopt a service-oriented approach focused on their needs, not those of the leaders. A good start would be for Barrasso to decentralize policy development by sharing information on problems and potential legislative solutions with all members before the leader has decided on his preferred approach. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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A long-overlooked Senate committee could save the Republican agenda

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On paper, the reconciliation process makes it possible for a majority to overcome minority obstruction. In reality, it also makes the Republicans' task that much harder. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Age-old Senate rules might kill tax reform

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