Senate Blog Posts
Impact of the Proposed Tax Bill
Story of the Week / November 30th, 2017 / by John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

The vote on the GOP's proposed tax bill could come as early as today. There is a whole lot of information out there about what the bill supposedly will and won't do for the American people. Take a loo...
See moreLast Chance for Repeal and Replace
Story of the Week / September 21st, 2017 / by John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

The Graham-Cassidy bill is seen as the last chance Republicans have of repealing and replacing Obamacare. After September ends, the Senate will need 60 votes to pass any healthcare legislation (curren...
See moreStill Too Few Votes to Repeal ACA
News / July 20th, 2017 / by John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Republicans in the Senate hoped to vote on the new healthcare bill or at least to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but the vote has again been pushed back by Senate Majority Leader McConnell. Revisions...
See moreSenate Healthcare Vote Delayed
Story of the Week / June 29th, 2017 / by John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

After releasing the Senate healthcare bill last week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delayed the vote until after summer recess. Several Republican Senators have decided against supporting the...
See moreSenate GOP Goes Nuclear
Story of the Week / April 6th, 2017 / by John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

After the filibuster from the Senate Democrats began to protest the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, Mitch McConnell invoked the "nuclear option". The nuclear option, which is simply a...
See moreCivility or Free Speech?
Story of the Week / February 9th, 2017 / by John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

At AllSides, we admittedly have a general bias in favor of free speech and civil discourse. So what should we think about Elizabeth Warren's words on the Senate floor and the action to silence her? Se...
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