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 — 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 – 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 — 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…