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Topic: cromnibus

Mitch McConnell (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

"Make Mitch McConnell famous"

Elias Isquith
Marsha Blackburn, Ted Cruz (AP/Chris Usher/Reuters/Lucas Jackson)

Another punishing fight in '15

Simon Maloy
John Boehner, Mitch McConnell (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

2015: Biggest days in politics

David Dayen
(Reuters/Joshua Roberts)

Warren's quiet (but huge) win

Jim Newell
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Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)

Sarah Gray
Elizabeth Warren, Jamie Dimon, Harry Reid (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst/Keith Bedford/Joshua Roberts/Photo montage by Salon)

Inside Wall Street's new heist

David Dayen
Pat Robertson

Robertson on Cruz: "Nonsense"

Luke Brinker
Dick Cheney, Barack Obama (AP/J. Scott Applewhite/Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Photo montage by Salon)

America's rough week

Simon Maloy
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Paul Krugman (Reuters/Brendan Mcdermid)

"Utterly indefensible"

Luke Brinker
(AP/J. Scott Applewhite/Reuters/Kevin Lamarque/photo montage by Salon)

Congress's cromnibus spectacle

Jim Newell
Barack Obama, Elizabeth Warren (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Jacquelyn Martin/Photo montage by Salon)

A new day for liberals

Joan Walsh
(AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Government by Wall Street

Luke Brinker
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Cher unloads on cromnibus

Luke Brinker
Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (AP/Alex Brandon)

Dems' campaign finance secret

Jim Newell
Andy Harris (AP/Cliff Owen/<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-156268p1.html'>aastock</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Photo collage by Salon)

Congress hates the reefer

Jim Newell
(AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

In defense of Nancy Pelosi

Jim Newell
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(Jeffrey Malet, maletphoto/Reuters/Jason Reed)

"Speaker Ted Cruz" is back

Jim Newell
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