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September 10, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Mike Johnson Is Begging Fellow Republicans to Keep the Government Open
After being back for just one day, Mike Johnson is having to convince his fellow House Republicans to do their job.
October 4, 2023
Grace Segers
Senate Republicans Are Exasperated With House Republicans
The chaos of Kevin McCarthy’s ouster has breached the upper chamber, where GOP members are worried about another deadline to avoid a government shutdown.
September 29, 2023
Grace Segers
Poor Women and Kids Could Bear the Brunt of a Government Shutdown
Far-right conservatives dismiss the Biden administration’s warning that nearly seven million women and children could lose nutrition benefits.
September 21, 2023
Tori Otten
Democrat Trolls Kevin McCarthy With Bill Blocking Congressional Pay During Shutdown
As we near a government shutdown, a Democratic congresswoman has introduced the “My Constituents Cannot Afford Rebellious Tantrums, Handle Your Shutdown Act.”
September 20, 2023
Grace Segers
Republicans Start to Devour Their Own Over Looming Shutdown
Disagreements between mainstream members of the GOP caucus and their far-right colleagues are getting personal.
September 8, 2023
Grace Segers
Congress Is on the Verge of Plunging Millions Into Food Insecurity
The WIC program, which provides vital resources to the neediest families, usually gets the funding it needs without a struggle. Not this time.
August 23, 2023
Grace Segers
The GOP War on Wokeness Could Shut Down the Government
Partisan procedural brinkmanship is back, thanks to the House Freedom Caucus’s crusade against military policy.
October 18, 2013
Alec MacGillis
Stop Letting John Boehner and His House Allies Off the Hook
October 15, 2013
Alec MacGillis
The Delusions of Leon Panetta, High-Flying Veteran of This Town
October 10, 2013
Nate Cohn
The GOP Can Rebound From Record Low Favorability Ratings
October 8, 2013
Noam Scheiber
Thank God Joe Biden Has Been Marginalized in the Shutdown Standoff
Here's What He Did Last Time
October 8, 2013
Nate Cohn
2013's Shutdown Backlash Against the GOP Is Actually Weaker Than 1996's
September 30, 2013
Alec MacGillis
Meet the House Republican Who Compared Himself to the Flight 93 Heroes
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