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Andrew Biggs
January 5, 2023
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No Speaker, No Rules, No End in Sight: Inside the House’s Descent Into Purgatory
The uncertainty over Kevin McCarthy’s political future mirrors the existential limbo of the lower chamber.
January 3, 2023
The Soapbox
Kevin McCarthy Has Lost Control of the House GOP
The new GOP House majority predictably got bogged down in infighting over who will hold the speaker’s gavel. How many days of disarray are yet to come?
December 27, 2022
Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Facing Her First Big Purity Test
The belle of the fringe-right ball is increasingly facing friendly fire since throwing in her lot with House Speaker–wannabe Kevin McCarthy.
November 21, 2022
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Want to Know Donald Trump’s Standing in the GOP? Watch Kevin McCarthy.
The House GOP leader is a human weather vane.
July 29, 2021
The Soapbox
Masks Are Mandatory Again on Capitol Hill. It’s Not Going Well.
The reimplementation of Covid restrictions in the House chamber has outraged many Republicans—and they’re not shy about letting you know.
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Conservative Honesty On Social Security
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