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legislation

A Serious Senate Debate About an Unserious Bill

Russell Berman and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez

March 20, 2026

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Pour One Out for Weed Seltzer

Nicholas Florko

November 21, 2025

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Can a Person Decide to Die?

December 2025 Issue

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How Trump Wants to Help Democrats

November 5, 2025

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Medicaid Cuts Will Be a Disaster for ERs

Sophia Spadafore

July 22, 2025

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A Big, Bad, Very Ugly Bill

July 1, 2025

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The Largest Upward Transfer of Wealth in American History

May 22, 2025

House Speaker Mike Johnson

A Retiring Congressman’s Advice to New Members of the House

Conor Friedersdorf

January 2, 2025

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What Trump Can (And Probably Can’t) Do With His Trifecta

November 13, 2024

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I’m the Longest-Serving Republican in the Iowa Legislature, and I’m Switching Parties

May 12, 2019

Andy McKean, right, the longest-serving Republican in the Iowa legislature, announced that he's becoming a Democrat during a news conference on April 23, 2019.

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