Democratic states racing to meet health care deadline

  Salon.com's Irin Carmon, Buzzfeed's McKay Coppins and The National Review's Katrina Trinko talk about the Obama health care plan and the Defense of Marriage Act.

Bipartisan win of the week: Victory for VAWA

  The House voted to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act and expand it to protect the LGBT community, undocumented, immigrant women, and Native American women. Salon.com's Irin Carmon explains exactly what the new law will look like and what it will do.

Another day of talk, but no action on the sequester

  Salon.com’s Blake Zeff and The Chicago Sun-Times’ Lynn Sweet talk about President Barack Obama’s latest warnings on the sequester.