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December 17, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Mike Johnson Under Fire as House Republicans Torch His Funding Bill
Republicans are trashing the government funding bill despite not having even seen it yet.
September 26, 2024
Edith Olmsted
MTG Freaks Out That Republicans Don’t “Deserve to Be Reelected”
Marjorie Taylor Greene is furious that Mike Johnson is doing his job.
September 19, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Mike Johnson Roasted for Not Being Able to Control His Own Party
Even Fox News can’t believe how bad Mike Johnson is at his job.
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.
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.
March 27, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump is baiting the Freedom Caucus to shut down the government.
September 8, 2014
Danny Vinik
Congress Is Back. Is Another Government Shutdown Coming?
October 13, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Senate Republicans Don't Get It: The Democrats Aren't Bluffing
September 18, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Boehner: Surrender on Obamacare, Or It's Shutdown City
September 13, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
The House GOP Is About to Crack Up: Three Theories Why
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