President Biden predicted a few weeks ago that the United Auto Workers would not strike three major auto manufacturers. He was wrong. The UAW began what it called a stand-up strike early on Sept. 15 with initial walk-offs at a portion of Ford’s Michigan Assembly in Wayne, Stellantis’s Jeep complex in Toledo, Ohio, and General…
Author: Alexis Simendinger
The Hill’s Morning Report — This will be an intense week in politics
Editor’s note: The Hill’s Morning Report is our daily newsletter that dives deep into Washington’s agenda. To subscribe, click here or fill out the box below. In the minds of House ultra-conservatives, a battle to make a point about the nation’s escalating debt and most expensive drivers of federal spending is worth risking a shutdown. But the legislative strategies that…
The Hill’s Morning Report — McCarthy’s never-ending shutdown saga
Congress seemed stuck in an endless loop this week as Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) introduced new plans to avert a shutdown in October, only to watch them crumble hours later. After House Republicans on Thursday failed for the second time to clear a rule that would take up the Pentagon funding bill, McCarthy threw up…
The Hill’s Morning Report — When will a bipartisan spending deal happen?
Congress is barreling toward a government shutdown, and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has neither the clock nor math on his side. House Republicans reported progress charting a path forward on a partisan spending bill and a Department of Defense funding bill — two measures that suffered public setbacks just a day before — after McCarthy…
The Hill’s Morning Report — Can House Republicans govern?
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) found himself in yet another circle of hell Tuesday. Lawmakers in both parties are asking whether the House majority can govern. The GOP’s escalating discord suggests that keeping the government operating, usually basic governance, is akin to a Gordian knot that McCarthy cannot slice through. Or at least not while keeping…
The Hill’s Morning Report — McCarthy’s impossible shutdown math
It looks like a shutdown is near. Congress has until Sept. 30 — next Saturday — to fund the government, but so far, lawmakers are far from united in their efforts. House Republicans’ latest proposed short-term spending bill is facing internal opposition that could sink the measure and complicate the conference’s attempt to show unity…
The Hill’s Morning Report – Rough September for McCarthy, Biden
The new week in Washington begins just like the last: A mess. Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said his conference made “progress” Sunday to try to avert a government shutdown, but the proposed month-long stopgap spending unveiled hours later was in trouble from the get-go. McCarthy still isn’t sure he can protect his job. And GOP colleagues, particularly…
The Hill’s Morning Report — McCarthy stuck; Hunter Biden indicted; strike
The definition of chaos in Washington is when Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) loudly dares GOP colleagues to “bring it on” to try to oust him, and the Justice Department indicts the son of pro-background checks President Biden on a felony weapons charge. The nation’s capital was in rough shape on Thursday and may not look…
The Hill’s Morning Report — Picking sides on impeachment
Two days after Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) conference expressed mixed reactions to an impeachment inquiry into President Biden in three House committees, the decision has won over even the most reluctant Republicans. The Speaker opened and closed a private meeting Wednesday of House Republicans justifying his reasoning for the inquiry sought by former President Trump. …
The Hill’s Morning Report — McCarthy’s impeachment gamble
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Tuesday directed House committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden based on the prosecution of his son Hunter Biden and House Republicans’ investigations of his family’s foreign business dealings. Now, as the chamber preps its probe into the president, the Speaker will have to contend with the…