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‘Tax Cheat Twelve’ Vote to Cut IRS Funding in Israel Bill
The 12 House Democrats received a combined $8 million in campaign support from AIPAC and its affiliates last year.
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Electing a Speaker Isn’t the Hard Part
The governing slog for Mike Johnson begins.
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The Speaker’s Race and the Israeli War
New urgency on foreign aid might make getting through the budget and Ukraine funding easier. More likely, it will make it harder.
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The House GOP’s Self-Immolation
Today on TAP: The Republican uncivil war is a partisan gift to Democrats, but it does vast institutional damage to Congress’s capacity to govern.
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North Carolina Shuts Government Off From the People
A change to public records laws, which takes effect today, allows legislators full discretion to retain, sell, or destroy their own documents.
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Odd Couple: Democrats and Kevin McCarthy
Today on TAP: Should House Democrats save McCarthy’s Speakership?
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There’s an Easy Way to End Government Shutdowns Forever
No other rich democracy endures America’s brand of budgetary chaos. We didn’t either until the Carter administration.
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Budget Follies: The Endgame
Today on TAP: Expect the government to shut down, McCarthy to lose his Speakership, and some renegade Republicans to eventually support a discharge petition.
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Biden Has the Right Idea About the Freedom Caucus
The White House says there should be no negotiating over an oncoming government shutdown.
