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Archives for January 2023
A conversation with Robert Garcia, a first-year Democrat, on the coming fireworks in the Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee. Garcia is the first openly LGBTQ immigrant in Congress.
For years, Republicans made Nancy Pelosi out to be a public enemy — the attack on her husband is the result.
The GOP is trading longtime dealmakers for more combative members.
It’s an uphill battle in the new Congress — but Democrats aren’t letting the policy go.
“We’re not going to stop”: Staffers are undeterred by Republicans’ union-busting efforts.
Given Republican House control, more representation may not translate to more inclusive policies.
A fractured GOP could be good news for Democrats.
McCarthy was able to sway several far-right members of his party by agreeing to extraordinary concessions that will rewrite the politics of the House.
A coalition of Democratic groups and strategists are ramping up a coordinated effort to investigate and go after House Republicans.
Republican Kevin McCarthy failed to become House speaker on the first ballot, something that hasn’t happened in a century.
Divided government is back, baby.