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  1. early and often
    Mike Johnson’s Speakership Has Crashed and BurnedHe may hang on to his gavel for a bit as Republicans look for an alternative, but the stopgap spending fiasco and Trump’s new demands could doom him.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Trump’s Shutdown Threat Is a Loyalty Test for GOP LawmakersAfter blowing up a stopgap spending bill, Trump is now demanding that his supporters back a new spending bill and debt-limit increase they will hate.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Kevin McCarthy Is a Survivor, Not a Strategic GeniusOnce Biden blinked on taxes, the Speaker was playing with house money.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    House Members’ Griping on Debt-Limit Deal Shows Bipartisanship LivesAs soon as leaders reach a deal, congressional Democrats and Republicans alike will line up to beg for permission to vote against it.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Kevin McCarthy May Have Already Won the Debt-Limit FightNo matter how the debt-limit negotiations turn out, the Speaker has clearly placated his right-wing critics by forcing Biden to the table.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Democrats Should Make People Panic About the Debt LimitThere’s not much pressure on House Republicans to stop playing games with the economy and allow a debt-limit increase. More public worry might help.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Trump Call for Debt Default Echoed by House ExtremistsMost congressional Republicans are ignoring or shrugging off Trump’s inflammatory advice, but it won’t take many arsonists to start a conflagration.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Trump Green-Lights a Debt DefaultIn his CNN town hall, Trump instructed congressional Republicans to go up to and beyond the brink in debt-limit talks, risking an economic calamity.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    What If Republicans Actually Want a Debt Disaster?Wall Street must make it clear to GOP lawmakers that an economic meltdown is unacceptable even if it improves their odds of beating Biden in 2024.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Manchin and Sinema Have Every Reason to Sabotage Dems on the Debt CeilingThe two centrist troublemakers are in desperate straits back home and will use all the leverage they can muster to exploit the debt-limit crisis.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Republicans Aren’t the Only Ones to Blame for the Debt-Ceiling CrisisNeither party really has the power to govern and activists on both sides have demanded endless combat.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Rebel Democrats Risk Empowering GOP Extremists on Debt LimitCalling for Biden to negotiate with House Republicans demanding surrender has nothing to do with genuine bipartisanship.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Kevin McCarthy’s Hollow Debt-Ceiling VictoryHis Speakership survived another day. Now he gets to play chicken with Democrats, risking a financial crisis.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Kevin McCarthy Offers Tough Talk in Lieu of Actual Debt-Limit PlanWith entitlement “reforms” off the table and Republicans divided on defense spending, the Speaker has little to propose and no way to enact it.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. politics
    Could Trump Really Depose Mitch McConnell?It’s hard to imagine Republicans denying Donald Trump anything he demanded, but ousting Mitch McConnell as GOP leader won’t be easy.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    A Preview of GOP Tactics If They Win the House in 2022If Republicans take at least one chamber, the hostage-taking tactics deployed against Obama are coming back, with additional encouragement from Trump.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. explainer
    What Is Congress Even Doing Right Now? A Brief Guide.Congress is tangled in interlocking bills and delayed crises. Here’s the real status and deadline on reconciliation, the debt ceiling, and the rest.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    McConnell Strikes Convoluted Deal to Let Democrats Avoid a Debt DefaultLeave it to Mitch to devise a phony mechanism to get Republican votes for a measure that will saddle Democrats wrongly with blame for debt increase.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Republican Revolt Against McConnell Debt-Limit Deal FizzlesJust enough Republican Senate votes materialized to break the filibuster and punt the debate on the debt limit to December.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    No, Mitch McConnell Didn’t ‘Cave’ on the Debt CeilingTalk of McConnell folding misses what he got out of the debt-limit deal: a vote he can use against Democrats in 2022 and more chaos down the road.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Democrats, Joe Manchin Is Absolutely Not Going to Reform the FilibusterIf a potential debt default followed by an economic collapse isn’t reason enough to limit the power of the filibuster, nothing else is either.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. politics
    A Manufactured Debt Limit Crisis Is a Bad Gamble for DemocratsCould be a “Heads I win, tails you lose” situation for McConnell and Republicans, since Democrats will be blamed for any economic fallout.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Raising the Debt Ceiling Is Now a Slightly Less Nightmarish TaskThe parliamentarian says Democrats can lift the debt limit without derailing Biden’s agenda, no GOP votes required. But it’s still a tricky maneuver.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    What Joe Biden Needs to Tell Warring DemocratsIt’s time for Democrats in Congress stop posturing, drop their demands, and heed Biden’s call for party unity – or they’ll face a grim future.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Mitch McConnell Prefers Calamitous Debt Default to Helping DemocratsDemocrats helped McConnell raise the debt limit during the last administration, but he insists Republicans aren’t going to return the favor.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Government Shutdown and Debt Default ‘Cliffs’ Loom AheadThere is an awful lot going on in Congress, but keeping the federal government going and paying its obligations have to come first.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Manchin and Sinema Prepare Their New Demands for Fellow DemocratsWhile the Democratic centrists voted for the budget blueprint, they want potentially conflicting concessions for their votes on the final product.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Senate Passes Infrastructure Bill, Moves On to BudgetAll Democrats and 19 Republicans voted “aye.” Now the GOP can point to this show of bipartisanship as they block various budget votes ahead.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Democrats Appear Ready to Play Game of Chicken on Debt LimitThey’re gambling on forcing Republicans to cooperate, which is no sure thing.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Why Congress Is Fighting Over the Debt Ceiling Yet AgainA brief guide to the perennial issue. Why Democrats will probably have to include an increase in their budget bill — and what happens if they don’t.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    A Brief Guide to Congress’s Packed Summer ScheduleWith conflicting reports on late-night talks and meaningless failed votes, it’s hard to track what Congress is doing. Here’s their pre-recess plan.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Republicans Won’t Help Democrats Raise Debt LimitMcConnell is again being a hypocrite by treating an essential debt-limit increase as a problem for Democrats. But it’s what he needs for his message.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. politics
    House Democrats Can Blow Up Biden’s Agenda, TooJoe Manchin and other Senate centrists get all the flak, but it would only take five rebel Democrats to derail key House votes.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Senate Sends Budget Deal to TrumpSome conservatives whined ritualistically, but in the end Republicans joined Democrats in pushing big fiscal fights past the next elections.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    House Democrats Push Through Trump-Endorsed Budget DealEven two members of “the Squad” supported the deal, but Trump’s conservative buddies took a powder.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Trump, Pelosi Reach Budget/Debt Limit DealYes, the deal is a hamburger job that doesn’t satisfy anyone’s appetites, but that’s the price you pay for divided government.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. In Defense of the ‘Dumbest Shutdown’The spending deal that Rand Paul held up for a few hours was pretty dumb, too.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. What Needs to Happen in Congress Today to Avoid Another Government ShutdownThere will be loud dissents today, especially from House conservatives and Democrats — but it looks like the spending deal may get ratified.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. Surprise! Congress May Sneak Debt-Limit Increase Into Its Stopgap Spending BillIt could take care of a big legislative headache — or blow up the delicate negotiations.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. Congress Is Sleepwalking Toward Its Next CrisisMaybe one more stopgap spending bill can be enacted, but then that’s it.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. Uh-oh: Here Comes the Debt Limit AgainIt’s now likely debt-limit negotiations will get tangled up in the spending talks that have dragged on for months, making a debt default possible.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. December Disaster Looms As Spending, Debt, and Tax Controversies Pile UpThe legislative train wreck temporarily avoided when Donald Trump cut a deal with Democrats in September is back for real.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. Right-to-Lifers Look for a New Hostage for Their DemandsThe anti-abortion lobby is rejecting suggestions to wait until next year to defund Planned Parenthood. They want to put it in the tax bill right now.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. McConnell Says Next Debt Limit Vote Won’t Happen Until Next YearMcConnell was blindsided by Trump’s fiscal deal with Democrats. But now it seems a debt limit increase can be delayed, reducing Democratic leverage.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. Disaster-Funding Package Could Make Debt Default Fears Go Away for a Long TimeThe popular idea of packaging must-pass fiscal legislation with disaster relief has a new wrinkle: increasing the debt limit until after the midterms.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. If Trump Keeps Threatening Government Shutdown, Democrats Will Have Some OptionsNow that the president has put a government shutdown squarely on the table, Democrats must decide if they want a deal, or just a Trump defeat.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. The Trump-McConnell Feud Becoming a ‘Cold War’At the worst possible time, relations between the president and the leader of his party in the Senate have become frosty, distant, and even combative.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. McConnell: There’s ‘Zero Chance’ That Congress Fails to Raise Debt LimitStill, House conservatives are threatening to let America default on its debt, unless Democrats agree to massive spending cuts.
    By Eric Levitz
  49. Can Paul Ryan Raise the Debt Limit Without Losing His Job?House conservatives are (essentially) asking Paul Ryan to either drive America into default, or surrender his Speaker’s gavel.
    By Eric Levitz
  50. Why Nuking the Filibuster Could Be Part of a Debt-Limit DealWith conservatives now threatening to take must-pass legislation hostage, they could get together with Trump and permanently end Democratic leverage.
    By Ed Kilgore
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