Congress
![Veto, Interrupted.](http://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/President-Obama-and-Saudi-King-Salman-640x408-2-e1476915926560.jpg)
Veto, Interrupted.
For the first time in the Obama presidency, Congress overrode a presidential veto, passing the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, which will allow the families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia.
![Congress vs Zika](http://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/mitch-e1468409869387.jpg)
Congress vs Zika
An enormous public health risk caused by blood-sucking pests that has no known solution tries to pass funding for Zika.
![Down-Ballot, the Revolution Never Started](http://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Unknown-14-e1463369575302.jpeg)
Down-Ballot, the Revolution Never Started
Why has the revolutionary spirit of the Sanders campaign not trickled down to other elections?
![Better Have My Money: Spotify and the New Streaming Economy](http://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Screen-Shot-2016-01-19-at-9.22.39-PM1-e1453257880145.png)
Better Have My Money: Spotify and the New Streaming Economy
The creative community agrees that when a songwriter produces a work that goes platinum nine times and cannot live off this work alone, something must change.
![State of the Union: Good Times Are Here, and Ahead](http://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sotu-e1421890033245.jpg)
State of the Union: Good Times Are Here, and Ahead
The occasion presented the public with a rare opportunity to step back from the trees and view the forest. And the forest, we saw, is greener than ever.
![A Hundred-Year Majority?](http://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/100Year-chart.png)
A Hundred-Year Majority?
Are this year’s Republican congressional gains all that historic? The answer may surprise you.
Reports of The Six-Year Itch have been greatly exaggerated
You’ll hear a lot about the “six-year itch” between now and Election Day. Don’t believe any of it.
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