Sarah Mimms
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McConnell Won't Risk Shutdown Over Planned Parenthood Funding
The Senate majority leader doesn't want to force the confrontation many conservatives are eager to have. → Read More
Congress Finally Leaves Town, but a Packed September Awaits
After Labor Day, the two chambers will have to tackle the Iran resolution and figure out how to keep the government open. → Read More
Bidenmentum Has Not Reached the Senate
The vice president's former colleagues still love him. That doesn't mean they want him to run for president. → Read More
Bidenmentum Has Not Reached the Senate
The vice president's former colleagues still love him. That doesn't mean they want him to run for president. → Read More
Amid Conservative Unrest, McConnell Tightens His Grip
Through "some especially difficult political terrain," the majority leader managed to get nearly everything he wanted in the last week. → Read More
Senate Democrats Get a 2016 Pitch From Bernie Sanders
Like Hillary Clinton last month, Sanders got the chance to speak about his candidacy during the party lunch. → Read More
Bernie Sanders Is a Loud, Stubborn Socialist. Republicans Like Him Anyway.
His achievements include the bipartisan VA reform bill: "Frankly, without him, I don't think we would have gotten it done." → Read More
Joe Biden's New Mission: Selling the Iran Deal
President Obama has dispatched his favorite Hill ambassador to persuade Democrats to back the nuclear agreement. → Read More
Foster Friess Doubles Down on Rick Santorum
The wealthy GOP donor and his wife who kept Santorum afloat in 2012, maxed out to the senator's second presidential effort. → Read More
Democrats Don't Trust Iran. Do They Trust Obama?
The president needs his own party to believe he got the best possible deal. → Read More
The GOP's Iran Deal Point Man Is Holding His Fire
As he plans a series of hearings and briefings, Bob Corker isn't opposing the nuclear agreement—yet. → Read More
For Iran Deal, Longer Review Means More Time for Political Attacks
Members on both sides of the debate can expect to hear about it during August recess. → Read More
Ex-Im Supporters' Only Option: Hitch a Ride on the Highway Bill
The bank's backers aren't thrilled with the idea of attaching their bill to the roads measure, but they don't have a better one. → Read More
What Rachel Dolezal Left Behind
Spokane already had a troubled racial history. Will this controversy hurt, or heal? → Read More
Must-Pass Highway Bill Dominates Jammed July
Congress has a packed three-week schedule before the next recess starts—and road funding expires. → Read More
Fast-Track Clears the Senate, Heads to Obama's Desk
Key White House priority nears the finish line as McConnell praises the president for "speaking truth to power to his base." → Read More
McConnell Vows a Senate Vote on 20-Week Abortion Ban
The Majority Leader told a conservative gathering that he would bring up the measure that has already passed the House. → Read More
McConnell Readies Next Piece of the Trade Puzzle
Now it's the Senate's turn to steer the fast-track bill on its complicated path to Obama's desk. → Read More
The Senator's Guide to Running for President
Do speak in short sentences and rail against the dreaded "Washington." Don't refer to specific bill numbers or overload your schedule. → Read More
Is Elizabeth Warren an Effective Senator?
She doesn't have her name on many laws, but she has been able to influence the debate and push her colleagues in other ways. → Read More