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  1. House GOP’s Immigration ‘Compromise’ Was a Bigger Flop Than Their Last BillThe more House Republicans negotiate with each other over immigration policy, the less they seem to agree.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. 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
  3. Is Trump Actually Going to Do Anything About Family Separation?Fear of looking “weak” has apparently paralyzed POTUS on what is becoming a true political crisis for him.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. Trump’s Big Immigration Meeting With House Republicans Fixed NothingTrump did clear up the confusion over immigration bills he created last week, but did not explain how to resolve the family separation emergency.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. We’re Getting a Taste of the Backlash Mass Deportation Would CreateKids in cages at the border have aroused the conscience of the country and put the GOP in a bind. Mass deportation of the undocumented would be worse.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. The House GOP Still Can’t Figure Out What It Wants on ImmigrationAnother day, another meeting, and another failure to achieve intraparty consensus on immigration, even as a forced vote looms.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. Paul Ryan Scrambles to Block Vote on DREAM ActGOP 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
  8. House Republicans Working to Give Trump His Military ParadeIt’s not just the president’s boyish fantasy anymore.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. House Chaplain Un-Resigns, Paul Ryan RetreatsAfter 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
  10. Elderly White Voters Are Starting to Turn on the GOPIn 2016, older, college-educated white voters favored a Republican Congress by ten points. Today, they support a Democratic one.
    By Eric Levitz
  11. 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
  12. The GOP House Exodus Continues: New Jersey’s Frelinghuysen RetiringFacing the toughest challenge of his career, the scion of one of America’s longest political dynasties is headed for the exit.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. Darrell Issa Becomes 30th Republican to Announce RetirementThe Democrats’ chances of taking the House have improved significantly in the last 48 hours.
    By Eric Levitz
  14. Paul Ryan’s ‘Welfare Reform’ Plan Looks DoomedMany Senate Republicans do not want to take food and medical care away from the poor and elderly (in an election year, anyway).
    By Eric Levitz
  15. The GOP Probably Isn’t Going to Shut Down the Government to Save ObamacareThe promises Collins secured from McConnell only go so far.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. House Passes Final Draft of GOP Tax BillThe legislation is expected to pass the Senate tonight and become law by Christmas.
    By Eric Levitz
  17. Here’s What’s in the Final Draft of the GOP Tax BillSome of the worst provisions in previous bills have been scrapped. Most remain.
    By Eric Levitz
  18. Trump’s Tax Bill Is an Attack on the Most Vulnerable Republicans in CongressThese two charts show why.
    By Eric Levitz
  19. Senate Republicans Rule Out DACA Fix in Spending BillAnd Steve Bannon has (reportedly) convinced a key House Republican to oppose legal status for Dreamers — in any bill.
    By Eric Levitz
  20. 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
  21. Paul Ryan (Reportedly) Plans to Let Democrats Save DACA for HimThe Speaker told House conservatives that protections for Dreamers will be a part of the year-end spending bill.
    By Eric Levitz
  22. 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
  23. Trump Is Afraid His Tax Plan Is Doomed. He Should Be.The Senate’s margin for error is slim, the divisions among Republicans are massive, and the tax plan is half-baked — and wholly unpopular.
    By Eric Levitz
  24. The GOP’s New Budget Tries to Keep It Simple: Big Tax Cuts for the RichDespite temptations to massively cut spending or launch a new health-care bill, the Senate is keeping its eyeson the prize of tax cuts.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. A Look at Trump’s Trillion-Dollar Blue-State Tax HikeA GOP proposal to kill the deduction for state and local taxes mostly hits high-tax, high-income blue states, but some House Republicans will object.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. GOP House Members From New York Won’t Happily Vote for Graham-Cassidy BillIf Graham-Cassidy clears the Senate, House Republicans will be forced into a take-it-or-leave-it situation, and some may really want to leave it.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. The GOP Is Throwing a Hail Mary on Obamacare RepealIt will require speed and stealth, cooperation from CBO, and a rubber-stamp House vote, but the Graham-Cassidy bill has a slim chance of becoming law.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. Two Swing-District Republicans Call It QuitsThe twin retirements of Charlie Dent and Dave Reichert clear the way for Democrats – or more conservative Republicans – to take their seats in 2018.
    By Eric Levitz
  29. GOP Mulls ‘Just Lie’ Strategy for ‘Offsetting’ Tax CutsRepublicans are reportedly considering “offsetting” $450 billion worth of tax cuts through sheer budget gimmickry.
    By Eric Levitz
  30. McConnell: There’s ‘Zero Chance’ That Congress Fails to Raise Debt LimitStill, House conservatives are threatening to let America default on its debt, unless Democrats agree to massive spending cuts.
    By Eric Levitz
  31. If Senate Health-Care Bill Changes a Lot, Will the House Still Rubber-Stamp It?The plan was to pass a Senate health-care bill so similar to the House bill that the GOP could avoid a House-Senate conference. That’s now in danger.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. House GOP Passes Bill Gutting Dodd-FrankBut Paul Ryan’s attempt to deregulate the big banks won’t get anywhere in the Senate, where it will need Democratic votes to pass.
    By Eric Levitz
  33. GOP Says Man Who (Allegedly) Beat Up a Reporter Would Be Welcome in Their CaucusGreg Gianforte assaulted a reporter and then lied about it, according to an audio recording and eyewitnesses. Republicans have offered mild criticism.
    By Eric Levitz
  34. House Republicans Have a Simple Strategy to Defend the Health-Care Bill: Lying▶️ Who needs the truth?
    By Jonathan Chait and Christine Nguyen
  35. 7 Reasons the GOP Got Its Hideous Health-Care Bill Through the HouseHere’s why House moderates voted for a more unpopular, right-wing version of a bill that was too unpopular and right-wing for them just weeks ago.
    By Eric Levitz
  36. House Democrats Threaten Shutdown If GOP Votes on Zombie TrumpcareAs the House nears an agreement on a one-week spending bill, Democrats warn that a new Trumpcare vote would be a deal-breaker.
    By Eric Levitz
  37. Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz Will Not Seek ReelectionThe Republican whose indifference to Trump’s corruption put the “oversight” in House Oversight Chair is returning to the private sector.
    By Eric Levitz
  38. The Susan Rice Scandal Is Based on ‘Absolutely Nothing’: ReportAnd House Republicans know it. But they’re going to keep investigating it anyway.
    By Eric Levitz
  39. Pro-Trump Group Launches Ads to Bolster Trumpcare SupportersAmerica First Policies will spend $3 million on boosting supporters of the president’s health-care law, as Trump tries to revive it on Capitol Hill.
    By Eric Levitz
  40. President Trump No Longer Has a Tax PlanThe president wants to build a new plan from scratch. And one of his administration’s new ideas could actually help the middle class.
    By Eric Levitz
  41. Trump Vows to ‘Fight’ the House’s Tea Party Hard-liners in 2018Trump and Paul Ryan lay into the recalcitrant conservatives of the House Freedom Caucus, as a government-shutdown fight looms.
    By Eric Levitz
  42. Key House Republicans Move to Stabilize ObamacareTrump has promised Obamacare’s imminent demise. But two powerful House Republicans plan to make the law harder to sabotage.
    By Eric Levitz
  43. Trump Hopes to Tackle Tax Reform and Infrastructure SimultaneouslyAfter failing to get Trumpcare to the House floor, the president has (reportedly) decided he can push two major policies through Congress at once.
    By Eric Levitz
  44. Trump’s Choice: Openly Sabotaging Obamacare or Letting Government Shut DownHe can stop insurer subsidies and create a health-care crisis, or risk a clash with House conservatives.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. House Republicans Postpone Health-Care VoteThey don’t have the votes.
    By Eric Levitz
  46. Why Trumpcare Could Die Before It Even Gets a VoteTwenty-four House Republicans say they oppose the bill — and the moderate opposition hasn’t even shown up yet.
    By Eric Levitz
  47. House Republicans Vote to Make Abortion Unaffordable for Millions of WomenIn a defiant gesture toward the women who thronged cities just this past weekend, the House votes to permanently ban any public funding for abortion.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. Trump Trashes the House GOP’s Tariff-Free Approach to Trade PopulismThis week, Trump disparaged Paul Ryan’s plan to give U.S. exporters a tax break, while renewing his call for enormous tariffs on imported goods.
    By Eric Levitz
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    GOP Congressman Overwhelmed by ACA-Supporting ConstituentsA Colorado Republican snuck out of his own event to dodge a group of constituents who came to challenge the repeal of Obamacare.
    By Chas Danner
  50. The GOP Just Gave Congress the Power to Cut the Pay of Individual Civil ServantsHouse Republicans revived an obscure rule that will allow them to cut off funds to any individual federal employee or government program.
    By Eric Levitz
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