Jane Coaston interviews Rep. Don Bacon about why Republicans keep knocking out their own leaders and how a few populists are grinding the House to a halt.
Tag: House Freedom Caucus
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Republicans Fear Jordan Speaker Bid Could Cost Them House Majority
Nearly 200 G.O.P. lawmakers have supported Representative Jim Jordan, the hard-right Ohio lawmaker, in the speaker fight. Some Republicans say that may doom the party in coming elections.
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Jim Jordan Is a Lousy Strongman
The endless votes for speaker show that the House Republican conference is failing as a democratic entity.
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Jordan Loses First House Speaker Vote as Republican Infighting Continues
Twenty Republicans refused to support the hard-right Ohio Republican, leaving him without a majority as the party infighting stretched into a third week.
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The Wrecking-Ball Caucus: How the Far Right Brought Washington to Its Knees
Right-wing Republicans who represent a minority in their party and in Congress have succeeded in sowing mass dysfunction, spoiling for a shutdown, an impeachment and a House coup.