Taking control of the House chamber used to be fun. Your party installed its leadership after toiling in the minority. You celebrated. Ranking members became chairs, and their pet projects, like the Widget Protection Act and that new Museum of Trucking and Industry, got closer to passage. You got to run the “People’s House.” Since […]
Dennis Hastert
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Trumpism Before Trump
How a small group of reactionaries hijacked the Republican Party—decades before the 2016 election.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Is Paul Ryan Going to Resign?
If he get his tax cuts, chances are Speaker Paul Ryan will retire from Congress.
