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US President Donald Trump during a a press conference in the East Room to the White House in Washington, DC, on February 24, 2025. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

The "Big Beautiful Bill" is in trouble

Heather Digby Parton
U.S. Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD) (C) speaks alongside Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) (L) and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) (R) during a news conference following the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on December 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Senate parliamentarian could thwart MAGA

Russell Payne
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about combatting the coronavirus pandemic in the State Dining Room of the White House on September 9, 2021. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Dems' final shot at major climate policy

Zoya Teirstein - Grist
Bernie Sanders and Mitch McConnell (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Sanders won't back down in fight for $15

Jon Skolnik
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Kamala Harris and Joe Manchin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Omar: Parliamentarian should be fired

Jon Skolnik
Mike Pence (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

GOP's comeback is blocking COVID relief

Jon Skolnik
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) (AP)

GOP's ACA repeal shambles

Simon Maloy
Mike Lee (AP/Justin Hayworth)

Tea Party gets shut down

Jim Newell
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Obamacare's best ally

Simon Maloy
(AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

irreconcilable differences

Simon Maloy
(AP/LM Otero/Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Jim Cole/Photo montage by Salon)

Obamacare's next big challenge

Jim Newell
(AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Repealing Obamacare: not easy!

Jim Newell
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GOP's creeping ACA terror

Simon Maloy
Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kansas (AP/John Hanna)

Tea Party's Obamacare fantasy

Jim Newell
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