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If you hear the 118th Congress described as a bunch of slackers, you’re not getting the whole story.
Kevin McCarthy, the only speaker of the House to be ousted, has quit Congress. The ancient Greeks and Romans, as well as Shakespeare, understood the price of ambition like McCarthy’s: humiliation.
The deadline to fund the US government is fast approaching, and it will take a Congress seemingly addicted to brinkmanship to keep the government open.
In the wake of the three-week internal GOP battle to choose a speaker, a scholar of Congress says that what looks like dysfunction is actually something else.
The problems faced by the House GOP in choosing a new speaker aren’t particular to Republicans. They’re a reflection of larger problems that have afflicted both parties in Congress.
In the 1850s, a fight over the speakership took nearly two months and 133 rounds of voting. But for nearly a century, the majority party in the House has unanimously supported its leader. No longer.
Long gridlocked by fighting between the two major political parties, the US House is now split by conflict within the GOP, thanks in part to redistricting practices that boost extremism.
Democratic failure to rescue the speaker may mean they don’t get the budget and Ukraine aid they were hoping for.
Foreign capitals no doubt see this turmoil and question the long-term reliability of Washington.
You won’t be able to ignore a government shutdown. From delayed business loans to slower mortgage applications and postponed food inspections, the effects could be substantial.
An expert on Congress helps untangle the mess that is Kevin McCarthy’s life as speaker of the House right now.
The National Defense Authorization Act has long had bipartisan support in both houses of Congress. But that died in the House this year.
Despite his legal troubles, the former president maintains a healthy lead in the race for the Republican nomination.
The Labor government maintains a healthy lead in the polls, but support for the Voice to parliament appears to be slipping.
The news media spent a lot of time reporting on how much progressive Democrats and conservative Republicans didn’t like the debt ceiling deal. But centrists had enough votes to pass it in the House.
Congress passed and the president signed the deal just days before the US was expected to default on its debt.
Biden believes these sorts of compromises help restore trust and optimism about the US government actually being capable of responsible governing.
The deal would raise the ceiling for two years, cap some federal spending and impose new work requirements on certain federal benefits. It still needs the blessing of Congress.
The Treasury has been taking extraordinary measures to delay a default, but these measures could fail as early as June 1.
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