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    The Hard Right Isn’t Mike Johnson’s Biggest Problem AnymoreRepublicans in swing districts may be the weakest link in an extremely fragile House GOP majority.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Mike Johnson’s Problems With the Right Have Been Deferred, Not SolvedTrump convinced hard-core Freedom Caucus members to back Johnson’s reelection as Speaker. But they’ve made it clear he remains on probation.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Motion to Vacate
    Under Threat From Marjorie Taylor Greene, GOP Speaker Faces Fateful ChoiceMike Johnson, still relatively new to the job, must pick between abondoning Ukraine or relying on Democrats to save his gavel.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Mike Johnson
    Johnson Gets One Last Chance to Avoid Government ShutdownThe House passed one more stopgap spending bill, but conservative rebels may still cause a shutdown if they don’t get their way on spending.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Congress Is Hurtling Toward a Government ShutdownIf conservatives can badger Mike Johnson into rejecting any bipartisan deals, they may secure across-the-board spending cuts after a shutdown.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Mike Johnson’s Spectacular Day of FailureThe Republican House Speaker managed to botch the Mayorkas impeachment and a measure to help Israel after killing a border-security deal.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Johnson Needs Trump’s Permission Not to Shut Down the GovernmentLike Kevin McCarthy before him, the house speaker wants Trump to protect his right flank.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    GOP Border Demands Drive New Government Shutdown ThreatConservative hardliners are trying to force Democrats to make concessions on border policy, and Speaker Mike Johnson can’t stop them.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Was MTG Kicked Out of the Freedom Caucus for Spilling Its Secrets?Members of the secretive group suspect that Greene tattled to McCarthy. Now House Freedom Caucus members won’t even say whether she’s in or out.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Freedom Caucus Mulls Ejecting MTG for Loyalty to McCarthyKeeping McCarthy in fear and doubt is essential to the turbulent conservatives, and MTG’s loyal friendship with him deeply annoys them.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    The Quirky Conservative Who Saved the Economy and McCarthyThomas Massie broke with fellow far-right Republicans, who are determined to make the House Speaker hurt.
    By Ben Jacobs
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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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    This Is Not What Democracy Looks LikeContrary to the claims of conservative pundits, the GOP’s mutiny against McCarthy is not a sign of the party’s democratic vitality.
    By Eric Levitz
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    Mark Meadows Wants to Take Your State Capitol HostageThe House Freedom Caucus wants to replicate itself and its notorious tactics.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Will Republicans Force a Government Shutdown to Fight Biden’s Vaccine Mandates?A small group of conservatives can gum up the works and force at least a brief shutdown. But with Omicron looming, the timing is strange.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Kevin McCarthy Determined Not to Go the Way of Cantor and BoehnerAfter witnessing the fate of former House GOP leaders, McCarthy is not about to annoy extremists in the House by bashing Paul Gosar.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Freedom Caucus Troublemakers Are Poised for a ComebackIf Republicans retake the House in 2022, the caucus could return to its insubordinate ways — fueled this time by loyalty to Trump, not conservatism.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Why Republicans Want to Keep Punishing Liz Cheney and Adam KinzingerThe pair are already pariahs, and ignoring Pelosi’s January 6 panel would be easier. But Republicans still want payback, and leverage over McCarthy.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Conservative George W. Bush Is Now Too Liberal for His PartyGeorge W. and Jeb Bush once defined not just Republicanism, but movement conservatism. Both have changed decisively after Trump.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. vision 2020
    McConnell Finally Acknowledges Biden As President-electIt’s taken a long time, but the dam has broken, with Republican senators undermining any last-minute rebellion against the results in January.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Congress and Trump Will Keep Bickering Through the HolidaysEndless wrangling over spending and stimulus and a likely Trump veto of a defense-policy bill are casting a pall over a holiday-decorated Capitol.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    House Overwhelmingly Passes Defense Bill Over Trump’s ObjectionsIt looks like Trump will end his relationship with Congress by vetoing a must-pass bill and then being rebuked by many in his own party.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Mark Meadows Has Been a Game Changer in Stimulus Talks, and Not in a Good WayAs Mnuchin’s “chaperone” and a world-class deal-breaker, the White House chief of staff may be the fly in the ointment.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Democrats Put Squeeze on White House As Unemployment Benefits ExpireRight now the White House looks more likely to cut a stimulus deal with Pelosi and Schumer than to herd fractious congressional Republicans.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    House Freedom Caucus Members Go After Liz Cheney for Defending FauciIt’s a sign of the times that hard-core conservative Cheney is under attack for insufficient loyalty to Trump.
    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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    Will Conservatives Support Trump’s New Budget Deal? Will Trump?The deal could go through quickly, but Trump, conservatives, and House progressives could all play a role in blowing it up.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    It’s Official: We’re in the Longest Government Shutdown EverThe only path to a reopened federal government right now seems to be a national emergency declaration loaded with legal and political pitfalls.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Kevin McCarthy Easily Wins Bid to Lead Diminished House RepublicansThe congressman from California finally won the job he nearly got in 2015 — though thanks to the midterms, it did not come with the Speaker’s gavel.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Will Losing the House Bring Down Kevin McCarthy’s Bid for Leadership?Ryan’s designated successor has no choice but to get out there on the campaign trail. But anything other than a GOP win could be dangerous for him.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. Why the GOP Might Face More Humiliation on ImmigrationRepublican attempts to pass a bill were huge failures. But there’s always room to fail again.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. For House GOP, One Doomed Immigration Bill Down, One to GoThe House rejected the hard-core Goodlatte bill, and will likely kill the “compromise” bill too, which is DOA in the Senate anyway.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. GOP Likely to Sneak Cuts to Food Stamps Through the House This WeekThere are still ongoing fights over SNAP work requirements and farm subsidy limits, but one obstacle to the farm bill has fallen.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. Freedom Caucus’s Cunning Plan Could Hand the House to DemocratsTo subdue rebellious moderates, just take campaign funds from some of the most vulnerable GOP members. What could go wrong?
    By Margaret Hartmann
  35. House GOP Factions Playing Chicken With Immigration, Farm BillPaul Ryan is caught in the middle as the House Freedom Caucus and key GOP moderates push conflicting paths on immigration bills.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. Farm Bill Defeated in House Over Food Stamp and Immigration IssuesHouse GOP lost Democratic Farm Bill votes by insisting on new SNAP work requirements. Then conservatives took it hostage over an immigration fight.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. No Immigration or Obamacare Deals As Huge Spending Bill Shambles Toward PassageMost of the controversial riders are out, but modest gun measures could yet be enacted.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. House GOP Floats Tax Credit for Armed Vigilantes Who Prowl SchoolyardsWho needs gun control, when you can use a targeted tax cut to bring random “good guys with guns” onto every campus in America?
    By Eric Levitz
  39. Paul Ryan’s Suicide MissionThe Speaker of the House has promised to stick with conservatives on immigration. Will he trade his gavel for a breakthrough deal?
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 5 Reasons an Immigration Deal Will Be Crazy Hard to AchieveWhat might be America’s thorniest domestic policy issue just keeps getting more complicated.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. House GOP Passes Spending Bill Aimed at Shifting Shutdown Blame to DemocratsSince real negotiations have failed, the government is probably shutting down on Friday — and now it’s all about the blame game.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. Ryan’s Strategy May Be Backfiring, Earning GOP Blame for a Government ShutdownIn trying to “jam” Senate Democrats with a GOP-only spending bill, Ryan may have given House conservatives the power to jam him.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. After Tax Cuts, Republicans Eye Civil WarHouse conservatives just fired the opening salvo in a looming intraparty fight over spending, immigration, and perhaps, the special counsel.
    By Eric Levitz
  47. Congress Will Face a Government Shutdown on December 22 — Merry Christmas!A scheme by Ryan and McConnell to buy more time while embarrassing Democrats blew up, as defense hawks said no.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. The GOP Is No Longer Trying to Hide Its Inhuman PrioritiesThe GOP just voted to add $1.5 trillion to the debt for corporate tax cuts, but won’t commit to more than $1 billion for the opioid “emergency.”
    By Eric Levitz
  49. House Narrowly Passes Budget, But Trouble’s Ahead on TaxesThe very close vote shows that the SALT deduction issue is a serious problem.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. GOP Deficit Hawkery Dies in the Dark of NightHouse GOP ends its tough talk about spending and deficits in a rush to cut taxes.
    By Ed Kilgore
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