GOOD LUCK
Speaker Mike Johnson may get away with this latest stopgap spending bill. But he’s got a real problem on his hands going forward.
Matt Fuller is the Washington Bureau Chief for The Daily Beast. He was previously the politics editor. Prior to joining the Beast, Matt covered Congress for more than a decade at HuffPost, Roll Call, and CQ. He was the winner of the 2015 Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress for his coverage of the rise of the House Freedom Caucus. He frequently lectures at the Georgetown Government Affairs Institute and has taught at George Washington University's Graduate School of Political Management.
BLUE GRASS
Voters rejected Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron and went for a Democratic governor who made abortion rights an essential issue of the campaign.
DEATH KNELL?
Just hours after Emmer won the speaker nomination, Trump posted to Truth Social and may have ended his chances immediately.
JOR-DONE
Jordan is out after a secret vote, and Republicans are now jumping into the race to replace Kevin McCarthy.
CHOOSING VIOLENCE
Republicans looked poised to go with a simple resolution to the speaker drama. Then that plan went up in smoke, and they're back to banging their heads against the wall.
IF YOU C JORDAN
House Republicans are no closer to resolving their speaker drama. In fact, they may be even further away.
GAVEL GAMES
Both men know getting into detail on spending strategy could be fatal for their House speakership bids.
LOCKED OUT OF KEVIN
Kevin McCarthy’s ouster from the speakership has thrown the House GOP into chaos, with multiple members already running for the job and no one close to having the votes.
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CHICKEN KYIV
Almost every Republican in Congress supports an $826 billion Pentagon budget. But when it comes to $24 billion to help Ukraine dismantle the Russian army, it’s another story.
IS IT OVER YET
There’s no shortage of people running for president in 2024. But there are only a few who can actually win.