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White House Aide Rewards Paul Ryan’s Loyalty With Talk of Ousting Him As Speaker Ryan, who’s retiring in January, is having trouble controlling the GOP caucus. So why is Mick Mulvaney undermining him with talk of an early coup?
By Margaret Hartmann
Whatever Happened to the Scandal That Derailed McCarthy’s Last Bid for Speaker? An affair rumor helped end Kevin McCarthy’s speakership bid in 2015. That probably doesn’t matter in the age of Trump.
By Margaret Hartmann
Farm Bill Defeated in House Over Food Stamp and Immigration Issues House 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
Paul Ryan Scrambles to Block Vote on DREAM Act GOP moderates are five signatures away from forcing a House vote on legal status for Dreamers. The Speaker is trying to stop them.
By Eric Levitz
Why the U.S. House May Finally Pass an Immigration Bill Endangered House Republicans from Latino-heavy districts are playing chicken with Paul Ryan — and indirectly the president — and may force a vote.
By Ed Kilgore
Trump Demands More Stringent Work Requirements for Food Stamps Recipients It’s a great way for Trump to demagogue about shiftless welfare bums without actually making major changes in a popular program.
By Ed Kilgore
House Chaplain Un-Resigns, Paul Ryan Retreats After a clumsy forced resignation, the House chaplain changes his mind in a fiery letter citing possible anti-Catholic motives, and Paul Ryan folds.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
May 2, 2018
Paul Ryan Warns If Republicans Lose House, Cover-ups for Trump Will End “You’ll have subpoenas” if Democrats win. Compelling the White House to provide information? Can’t have that!
By Jonathan Chait
Conservatives Plan One More Obamacare Repeal Effort Before the Midterm Wave GOP congressional leaders have mostly packed it in for 2018. But conservatives, with White House support, may try one last time to repeal Obamacare.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Apr. 30, 2018
Trump Handed the Agenda to Conservatives and They Blew It Ideologues on the right will say their ideas have never been tried, but the truth is, they’re out of workable ideas.
By Jonathan Chait
Conservative Leader Seems to Rule Out Catholics — and Women? — for Chaplain Job Mark Walker thinks clergy that haven’t “walked in the shoes” of the married men who dominate Congress can’t relate to them adequately.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Apr. 27, 2018
Firing the House Chaplain for Dissing Tax Cuts Is Fine Stop freaking out about this. Paul Ryan’s views are terrible, but his actions are totally defensible.
By Jonathan Chait
Paul Ryan Allegedly Ousted House Chaplain for Disrespecting His Tax Cuts Reverend Patrick Conroy doesn’t know why he was asked to resign, but Ryan complained about his prayer for a tax law that’s fair to the poor.
By Margaret Hartmann
The Race for House Speaker Is Kevin McCarthy’s to Lose Scalise has stepped aside, but the Californian has to overcome the conservative resistance that defeated his last bid for the speakership in 2015.
By Ed Kilgore
Late Night Wasn’t Sad to See House Speaker Paul Ryan Go Paul Ryan, a frequent punching bag for many late-night hosts, announced his retirement.
By Tolly Wright
After Ryan’s Exit, Big-Money Donors Turn to War for Senate “McConnell has said, ‘The House is lost, we have to hold the Senate,’” says a Republican operative.
By Gabriel Debenedetti
Paul Ryan’s Long Fight to Destroy the Welfare State Ends in Defeat After failing to repeal Obamacare and “reform” Medicaid, Ryan looked forward to more years of futility and decided to pack it in.
By Ed Kilgore
where are this guy’s lips
Apr. 11, 2018
A Farewell to Paul Ryan’s Lipless Face Good-bye to Paul Ryan’s face, which will not be seeking reelection.
By Kelly Conaboy
Paul Ryan’s Retirement Could Roil House Republicans He may be stepping down in anticipation of electoral disaster. But win or lose, House conservatives will keep pushing their leadership to the right.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Apr. 11, 2018
By Jonathan Chait
An Ode to Paul Ryan’s Commitment to Fitness With the news of his retirement, let us reflect on those embarrassing gym pics one more time.
By Gabriella Paiella
Paul Ryan Won’t Run for Reelection The Speaker is ready to cash out — and Democrats are poised to cash in, as his departure turns a “solid Republican” seat into a toss-up.
By Eric Levitz
The Most Boring Man in Minnesota Is Running for Governor Again After repeatedly whiffing in national politics, Tim Pawlenty is running for governor again.
By Ed Kilgore
GOP to Push for More Tax Cuts — and a Balanced Budget Amendment Sources say Republicans will follow this act with legislation allowing all Americans to have their cake, and eat it as well.
By Eric Levitz
The 8 Zaniest Things About Trump’s Flipping and Flopping on the Omnibus Whether or not Trump is just pitching a fit, or blowing up months of negotiations, it’s all very … wacky.
By Ed Kilgore
GOP Rushes Omnibus Spending Bill Through House After the near defeat of the rule for passage of the bill, the House whipped it through unread, though the Senate may not be able to do likewise.
By Ed Kilgore
Hopes Fade That Congress Will Stabilize Obamacare The threat to the stability of Obamacare markets is greater than ever. Too bad Congress probably won’t do anything about it.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Mar. 6, 2018
Paul Ryan Is a Trump Lackey for One Reason The motivation of the world’s most transparent politician somehow continues to elude the news media.
By Jonathan Chait
unsanitary politics
Mar. 6, 2018
By Lisa Ryan
the national interest
Mar. 1, 2018
Paul Ryan Helps Trump Undermine Rule of Law Once Again Trump’s silent partner is running a counter-investigation to protect the president.
By Jonathan Chait
GOP Congressional Leaders Ready to Wrap Up 2018 Very Soon Congress will soon find reasons not to act on much of what was supposed to represent its 2018 agenda — other than campaigning for reelection.
By Ed Kilgore
Warren Buffett’s Company Made $29 Billion Off the Trump Tax Cuts Paul Ryan recently boasted that the GOP’s tax cuts had given one lucky secretary in Pennsylvania an extra “$1.50 a week.”
By Eric Levitz
Team Trump Fighting Immigration Compromise Even as a bipartisan bill emerges that might get 60 Senate votes, the administration is opposing it stridently.
By Ed Kilgore
Paul Ryan’s Suicide Mission The Speaker of the House has promised to stick with conservatives on immigration. Will he trade his gavel for a breakthrough deal?
By Ed Kilgore
Will Trump Make or Break an Immigration Deal? The odds of any legislation making it through the abattoir of both houses of Congress is limited at best — unless Trump gives Republicans cover.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Feb. 12, 2018
Republicans Look to Blame Someone for the Deficit Mess. Guess Who They Found. Somehow, tax cuts plus more defense spending led to more red ink. It’s so weird.
By Jonathan Chait
Ryan to Unemployed Poor: Let ‘Em Eat Job Training The frustrated would-be entitlement reformer Paul Ryan is taking the indirect route of linking work requirements to job-training programs.
By Ed Kilgore
Missing From Trump’s Big Speech: Small Government It’s significant how little lip service Trump paid to conservative fiscal policy.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Jan. 30, 2018
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Jan. 25, 2018
Paul Ryan Is the Silent Partner in Trump’s War on the Rule of Law The House Speaker isn’t just watching this happen. He is directing the action. And nobody ever asks him about it.
By Jonathan Chait
Government to Reopen After Senate Democrats Back Down Dems can still prevail in the larger battle over immigration policy — but ending the shutdown Monday definitely wasn’t a victory.
By Ed Kilgore
House GOP Passes Spending Bill Aimed at Shifting Shutdown Blame to Democrats Since real negotiations have failed, the government is probably shutting down on Friday — and now it’s all about the blame game.
By Ed Kilgore
Trump Confused About GOP Strategy for Avoiding a Government Shutdown This time with a tweet about funding for CHIP, a children’s insurance program, which had to be “clarified” by the White House.
By Ed Kilgore
Ryan’s Strategy May Be Backfiring, Earning GOP Blame for a Government Shutdown In 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
Like a Lot of Republicans, Pawlenty Is Giving a 2018 Senate Race a Pass An open Senate seat in his home state wasn’t enough to lure the former governor and self-styled “Sam’s Club Republican” into another race.
By Ed Kilgore
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