by Kevin Igoe As the former Deputy Chief of Staff of the Republican National Committee when Republicans gained 63 House seats to establish a governing majority, I […]
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House Republicans don’t actually want to fix the border
by Patricia Lopez House Republicans have a chance to prove they want to solve their declared border crisis, and not just as a means to inflame their […]
Can a divided Congress unite?
Fractured GOP the biggest obstacle Faced with looming deadlines to produce a federal budget, the top Republican in Congress, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and the top Democrat, […]
Will Freedom Caucus let Mike Johnson get away with his proposed budget?
by Jonah Goldberg The House Freedom Caucus is largely right about debt and deficits. Some members might be staggering hypocrites, given that they had little problem with […]
House Republicans should stop following Netanyahu’s chaotic example
by Jackie Calmes A grieving and besieged Israel offers a warning for Americans, if only we’d heed it. Sound the alarm: When politicians stoke domestic divisions for […]
GOP plans to choose new speaker with party-line vote. How’d that work out?
by Doyle McManus John A. Boehner lasted five years as House speaker before he ran out of patience with his party’s hardline Freedom Caucus. “Legislative terrorists,” the […]
Mooney chose politics over W.Va.
This past weekend, U.S. Representative Alex Mooney proudly voted to shut down the federal government — once on Friday and again on Saturday — which would have […]
Joke MCCARTHY Shutdown Act raises valid points
Why should Congress get paid for shutting down the government? Maybe Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig was trolling House Speaker Kevin McCarthy when she introduced the My Constituents […]
House GOP’s shutdown politics dumb
by Jackie Calmes For years, I stalked the Capitol halls amid Congress’ fiscal-year-end follies, waiting with other reporters for a breakthrough to end the latest faux crisis. […]
Kevin McCarthy puts on ‘impeachment theater’ while the government teeters
by Jackie Calmes The kudos for Kevin McCarthy were short-lived. Last spring, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy rightly got props from folks across the political spectrum for compromising […]
