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April 22, 2016
David Dayen
Paul Ryan Is Making John Boehner Look Like a Legislative Genius
The Speaker of the House is casting his predecessor's tenure in a new light.
April 1, 2016
David Dayen
Why Are We Colonizing Puerto Rico?
A GOP proposal to resolve the island's debt crisis would harm its economy, sideline its democracy, and boost corporate profits.
October 8, 2015
Elspeth Reeve
The Republican House Is More Melodramatic Than High School
September 25, 2015
Elspeth Reeve
Sympathy for the Boehner
September 25, 2015
Rebecca Leber
House Speaker John Boehner Resigns From Congress. Now What?
March 17, 2015
Danny Vinik
Congress Shouldn't Bother Trying to Balance the Budget
December 10, 2014
Danny Vinik
Congress's Obamacare Witch Hunt Will Have a Chilling Effect on Academics
December 2, 2014
Danny Vinik
A Government Funding Fight Is Coming. Will It Be Small or Big?
August 5, 2014
Danny Vinik
House Republicans Have Voted to Increase the Debt by Nearly $1 Trillion This Year
July 28, 2014
Danny Vinik
House Republicans Just Passed Another Tax Cut for the Rich—While Hurting the Poor
June 11, 2014
Brian Beutler
Paul Ryan Can Save Congressional Republicans From Civil War—Here’s How
June 4, 2014
Danny Vinik
Republicans Are Making the Long-Term Unemployed as Desperate as Possible
April 25, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
The Two Chances for Immigration Reform to Pass This Year
April 23, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
Now Republicans Are Upset Obamacare Doesn't Help More People
April 9, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
House GOP: We'll Have That Obamacare Alternative Soon! Really!
March 17, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
Obama Will Review Deportations. Here's What He Can Do To Stop Them.
March 13, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
Fighting Obama on Immigration Is Not Enough—GOP Wants to Sue Him, Too
October 11, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
The Silver Bullet Nobody Is Discussing
October 1, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Don't Blame the Tea Party for the Shutdown. Blame Boehner.
September 30, 2013
Alec MacGillis
Meet the House Republican Who Compared Himself to the Flight 93 Heroes

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