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April 25, 2013 12:00 PM Members of Congress Still Don't Understand How Obamacare Works

There was an awesome article in Politico yesterday on how certain members of Congress are trying to come up with a plan to exempt themselves and their aides from Obamacare. Specifically, they appear to be panicking about a provision that...

By Aaron Carroll

April 15, 2013 10:00 AM The End of Washington Gridlock?

That sound you’re hearing may be the cracking of gridlock in Washington. Bipartisan bills on three of the big issues of 2013 -- the budget, immigration and guns -- could pass Congress this spring. If the B.I.G. agenda goes through,...

By Jonathan Alter

April 10, 2013 8:16 AM The Filibuster Can't Defeat Gun Control

Everyone's beating up on Harry Reid. Dan Savage: Republicans regard first and second graders as expendable. Wish Dems felt the same about the filibuster. And, sure, might as well quote Wil Wheaton: @fakedansavage I wonder if people sending thousands of...

By Jonathan Bernstein

April 05, 2013 12:51 PM The Do-little House of Representatives: Why so Little Legislating?

I noticed the other day that House lawmakers have cast relatively few recorded roll calls this year—voting just 89 times before leaving town for spring break.  To put those roll calls into perspective, I gathered two decades or so of ...

By Sarah Binder

March 20, 2013 11:41 AM What Do Members of Congress Tweet About?

As it turns out, it’s not always about hitting a deer with your car.  Here is a guest post from political scientist Heather Evans.*****Many members of Congress are on Twitter, and we can track, via a site like Tweet Congress,...

By John Sides