Close friends since entering Congress together a decade ago, Reps. Rodney Davis and Markwayne Mullin met different fates Tuesday, both based on GOP voters reactions to the Capitol insurrection.
Author: Paul Kane
Supreme Court steps into a void left by congressional dysfunction
Decades of congressional gridlock on everything from gun violence to immigration to abortion rights have left a vaccum that a newly empowered right-wing bloc of Supreme Court justices have seized
Pete Aguilar’s rising star status meets the moment at Jan. 6 hearing
The four-term congressman from Southern California is poised to vault high up into Democratic leadership circles whenever the caucus makes its generational shift, with a possible path to becoming the first Hispanic speaker of the House.
Two rooms with historic view: After 230 years, women’s names adorn Senate rooms
Former senators Barbara A. Mikulski and Margaret Chase Smith were honored last week at a dedication ceremony.
Emmer tries to temper GOP confidence in a House rout in the midterms
Rep. Liz Cheney tells Americans why Jan. 6 should terrify them
These hearings could mark the pinnacle of Cheney’s political career or the end of it.
Democrats hope narrow gun approach will pressure Republicans to act
Democrats facing difficult elections believe giving proposals one by one will raise the heat.
Some far-right members are being replaced by traditional conservatives
So far this spring, the GOP’s governing wing has had some success.
The rise, fall and (sort of) rise of Mo Brooks explains GOP gun politics
The rise, fall and semi-rise of Brooks encapsulates the power that gun rights hold inside Republican politics, particularly in deep red southern and western states and despite national polling showing overwhelming national support for some restrictions…
Only in N.Y.: Upper West Side’s Nadler vs. Upper East Side’s Maloney
A court-ordered redistricting map has created a cross-town battle that has never happened: One House committee chair, Jerrold Nadler of New York’s Upper West Side, is set to face off against Manhattan’s other House committee chair, Carolyn B. Maloney o…