by Robert Reich Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced that the federal government will hit the limit on total federal debt on Jan. 19. After that, the Treasury Department will be forced to take “extraordinary measures” to avoid defaulting on the debt, which would likely ...
The absence of regular House rules during the drawn out floor fight for House speaker produced an unexpected benefit: C-SPAN and other news organizations were able to show the country the whole dayslong battle in real time — including a near-fistfight between two congressmen — because of ...
by Steven Roberts “Hostage takers.” That’s how Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska described his fellow Republicans who repeatedly blocked Rep. Kevin McCarthy from becoming speaker. Rep. Kat Cammack of Florida, another Republican, denounced the dissidents as “the radical 2%” of the ...
by Carl P. Leubsdorf Last year’s column successfully predicted Democratic Senate gains and a smaller-than-expected Republican House takeover. Here is our not-totally-serious forecast for 2023: JANUARY — Rep. Kevin McCarthy falls six votes short of 218 in House speaker election ...
A gaping question remains to be answered following the House Ways and Means Committee’s decision to release Donald Trump’s tax returns: Why did the Internal Revenue Service fail to audit Trump’s taxes during the first two years of his presidency, as required by law? There’s a growing ...
Alexandra Pelosi on her mom, dad and a new documentary by Mark Z. Barabak Alexandra Pelosi was having one of those days. She’s still raw from the hammer attack on her father by a QAnon crazy. “I have not slept through the night since,” Pelosi confessed. A recent morning ...