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    Speaker Mike Johnson
    A Week of Republican Congressional Chaos Ends in Low ComedyAn all-night Senate debate on a budget resolution that may go nowhere was typical of a very bad week for Congress.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Trump Blows Up Senate Budget Bill at the Last MinutePresumably, House Republicans will now take the lead on enacting Trump’s agenda — but he’s also made their job a lot harder.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    We’ll Soon Find Out How Much Permanent Damage Trump Can DoExecutive actions are one thing, but what Congress does next will determine the scope of the president’s slash-and-burn legacy.
    By Ross Barkan
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    6 Big Problems Congressional Republicans Need to SolveFrom how many budget bills to adopt, to which toxic cuts to make, to what to do about DOGE, Johnson and Thune face a political minefield.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Trump May Not Want to Share Power With His Own Party’s CongressWhy rely on petty legislators when vastly increased presidential powers can get the job done?
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Actually, Republicans Want to Talk About January 6 After AllSpeaker Johnson is all about looking forward, which is why the House is reinvestigating the assault on the Capitol.
    By Nia Prater
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    GOP Threatens to Play Politics With California Disaster AidRepublicans say they may make California bend to their policy demands before approving wildfire aid. That would set a terrible precedent.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Trump 2.0 May Already Be Off ScheduleFor all the hype over the new regime “hitting the ground running,” its legislative strategy is in disarray with more trouble on the horizon.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Trump Seems Clueless on How to Get Agenda Through CongressThe president-elect’s waffling on legislative strategy is confusing congressional Republicans and could endanger his plans.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    President-Elect Donald Trump Meets With Biden, Congressional Leaders In Washington
    The Real Speaker Isn’t Mike JohnsonWelcome to Trump’s House.
    By Ben Jacobs
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    Mike Johnson’s Problems With the Right Have Been Deferred, Not SolvedTrump convinced hard-core Freedom Caucus members to back Johnson’s reelection as Speaker. But they’ve made it clear he remains on probation.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Johnson Wins Reelection As Speaker After Initially Failing on First BallotThe Speaker won back two of three lost Republican votes, and now we wait to see what horrendous concessions he made to get them.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    If Johnson Can’t Win Speaker Election, D.C. Grinds to a HaltNothing can happen in Washington, not even Trump’s inauguration, until the House elects a Speaker. There are no votes to spare for Johnson.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    House Passes Plan To Fund Government As Shutdown Deadline Nears
    The Republican Party Is Out of ControlMike Johnson can’t keep his conference together and Trump can’t scare them into submission. Can the GOP be governed?
    By Ben Jacobs
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    The U.S. Capitol
    Congress Averts Government Shutdown: How It HappenedThe shutdown was averted on Friday after the House voted to back a new CR without the debt-ceiling increase Trump demanded.
    By Intelligencer Staff
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    What Democrats Should Demand to Help the GOP Escape a Shutdown CrisisDemocrats share Trump’s interest in getting rid of debt-limit politics. But they should drive a bargain as good as the discarded stopgap bill.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Mike Johnson’s Speakership Has Crashed and BurnedHe may hang on to his gavel for a bit as Republicans look for an alternative, but the stopgap spending fiasco and Trump’s new demands could doom him.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Trump’s Shutdown Threat Is a Loyalty Test for GOP LawmakersAfter blowing up a stopgap spending bill, Trump is now demanding that his supporters back a new spending bill and debt-limit increase they will hate.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Elon Musk Is Trying to Force a Government ShutdownMike Johnson carefully negotiated a bill to keep the government funded past December 20. It collapsed instantly when Musk attacked it.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Johnson Grovels Before Musk to Save His Stopgap Spending BillConservative critics of the bill the speaker built to avoid a government shutdown have been joined by the edgelord leading DOGE.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Is the Danger of Trump Using Recess Appointments to Stock His Cabinet Over?The withdrawal of Matt Gaetz for attorney general shows Trump might not go to the ultimate lengths to impose his will on Congress.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Trump’s Clown-Car Cabinet Is Headed for the New Republican Senate LeaderThe winner of Mitch McConnell’s old gig might want to demand a recount.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Tiny GOP Congressional Majorities Are Perilous for TrumpObamacare repeal foundered during the first Trump administration despite a GOP trifecta. Disunity could hamper his second term, too.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Helping Kamala Harris, Mike Johnson Vows to Kill ObamacareThe last things Trump wants swing voters in Pennsylvania to think about are his past and future plans to wreck the health-care system.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Will Trump and Johnson’s ‘Little Secret’ Be Unveiled on January 6?There has been speculation that the Speaker plans to spearhead Trump’s efforts to overturn another election defeat. Now Trump has dropped a big hint.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    GOP Leaders Finally Call Out Extremist Rhetoric (of Harris)In a statement, Mitch McConnell and Mike Johnson criticized Harris for calling Trump a “fascist,” an insult the former president has used against her.
    By Nia Prater
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    Speaker Mike Johnson and Donald Trump.
    A Scary Postelection Trump Coup ScenarioA new report highlights legal uncertainties Trump’s Supreme Court friends could resolve in his favor, along with help from House Speaker Mike Johnson.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Will Johnson Pay a Price for Denying Trump a Shutdown?Trump demanded a government shutdown over his silly noncitizen-voting bill, believing Democrats would be blamed. The Speaker chose not to comply.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Could Mike Johnson Be Trump’s Last Resort Next January 6?The Speaker subscribes to Trump’s illegal-voting fables and could help him challenge the election results once again.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Mike Johnson’s SAVE Act Stunt May Shut Down the GovernmentSpeaker Johnson just wanted to posture about imaginary noncitizen voting. Now Trump is demanding a government shutdown if it doesn’t pass.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Donald Trump Attends The House Republicans Conference Meeting In Washington, D.C.
    Speaker Johnson Is Plotting to Get Trump’s Agenda Passed in 2025Mike Johnson is already talking about using budget reconciliation to enact tax cuts and budget cuts if Trump wins.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    President Trump Attends Swearing-In Of Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh
    Trump Demands That Supreme Court Rescue Him From ConvictionThe 45th president’s imperial attitude toward his appointees is not a good look for the allegedly apolitical Court.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Japan Joint Meeting April 11
    MTG Push to Oust Johnson Is MAGA Theater, Not a Real ThreatIt’s clear Speaker Johnson will keep his gavel for now. But he wants to avoid relying on Democrats, and MTG needs a symbolic partial victory.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    House GOP Caucus Meets On Capitol Hill
    Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Attempt to Go Mainstream Is OverFor a moment, MTG was an adviser to Speaker McCarthy and on Trump’s VP shortlist. Now she’s an isolated crackpot once again.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    The GOP Is Making Campus Protests a 2024 Law-and-Order IssueRepublicans initially let Biden take the heat over Gaza. But pro-Palestinian protesters on elite-college campuses are too tempting a target.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Passing Ukraine Aid Doesn’t Make Mike Johnson a Bipartisan HeroAs with Mike Pence, one good deed can’t erase the Speaker’s long history of toadying to Trump.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    U.S. House Votes On Foreign Aid Package For Ukraine, Israel, And Taiwan
    House Passes Ukraine, Israel Aid: How It HappenedThe House approved a $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan on Saturday, as Speaker Mike Johnson faced a crucial test.
    By Intelligencer Staff
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    House House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks to reporters following votes on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (Anna Rose Layden/The New York Times)
    Why Mike Johnson Finally Ditched Marjorie Taylor Greene and the Far Right“I thought it was a profile in courage to do the right thing and be on the right side of history,” explained one House GOP colleague.
    By Ben Jacobs
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    Members Of Congress Hold Candlelight Vigil For Israeli Victims And Hostages
    Johnson’s Foreign-Aid Plan Relies on Democrats Saving Him RepeatedlyThe Speaker will need Democratic votes to pass aid for Ukraine and Israel — and then to keep his gavel.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    House Republicans Meet To Discuss Iran's Attack On Israel
    The House’s Anti-Mike Johnson Club Gets a Loud New MemberMarjorie Taylor Greene has gained a lone ally in Thomas Massie, but their efforts aren’t going anywhere for now.
    By Matt Stieb
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    Congress Considers Spending Bill To Avert Government Shutdown
    MTG Just Won’t Leave Mike Johnson AloneShe made the case for his ouster in a harsh five-page letter to colleagues.
    By Nia Prater
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    President Biden Delivers State Of The Union Address
    Don’t Get Too Attached to Speaker Mike JohnsonHe can probably out-maneuver MTG and keep his gavel until November. But his survival as Speaker post–Election Day looks far less certain.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Ghost Army Ceremony
    Johnson Urges GOP to Save Craziness for After the ElectionMTG wants House Republicans to pursue their extremist goals now. The Speaker would rather hold off and maximize the chances of a MAGA trifecta.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. another one bites the dust
    House Votes On TikTok Legislation
    The Republican House Majority Is Dwindling to Almost NothingThanks to another imminent resignation, Speaker Johnson will soon be handing on by a thread.
    By Matt Stieb
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    Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Motion to Vacate
    Under Threat From Marjorie Taylor Greene, GOP Speaker Faces Fateful ChoiceMike Johnson, still relatively new to the job, must pick between abondoning Ukraine or relying on Democrats to save his gavel.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    House Lawmakers Work Towards Electing New Speaker On Capitol Hill
    26 Not-Fun Facts About Speaker Mike JohnsonThere’s not much to like unless you’re an election denier who blames most of America’s problems on abortion and homosexuality.
    By Margaret Hartmann and Matt Stieb
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    Mike Johnson
    Johnson Gets One Last Chance to Avoid Government ShutdownThe House passed one more stopgap spending bill, but conservative rebels may still cause a shutdown if they don’t get their way on spending.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Congress Is Hurtling Toward a Government ShutdownIf conservatives can badger Mike Johnson into rejecting any bipartisan deals, they may secure across-the-board spending cuts after a shutdown.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Speaker Johnson Caught Between Trump and a Hard Place on Ukraine AidThe House GOP was already deeply divided on the Senate-passed foreign-aid package. Then Trump said aid should be a loan.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    How It Got This Bad for Mike Johnson and Mitch McConnellPolitical scientist Norman Ornstein puts the struggles of congressional Republicans in recent historical context.
    By Matt Stieb
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