Democracy Wire

Scott Pruitt's sweet - and slightly shady - deal; a special favor for Gov. Scott; VA chief sacked after friendly call from the president.

Washington always has an ample supply of hypocrisy but the seams are bursting with it this morning amid reports that the House Republican leadership plans to schedule a vote next week on a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.

Add Maryland (probably) to the list of states that are taking an important step to strengthen democracy by adopting automatic voter registration.

Benisek v. Lamone, being argued this morning in the Supreme Court, raises what is arguably the most important question before the justices in their current term and could permanently transform American politics – for the better.

A pair of mid-Atlantic states are adding to the national momentum for new laws that remove needless barriers to voting and break big money’s hold on our elections.

Plans to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 Census will skew the count in favor of Republicans and leave millions of people unrepresented in Congress,.statehouses, and city and county councils.