The Double-Edged Sword of a Dysfunctional Congress

The MAGA House might ruin the country. But they may not receive the blame.

An unnecessarily confident Kevin McCarthy. Source: BBC

On Tuesday, the 118th Congress was sworn in. The House of Representatives will be led by the Republican Party with one of the narrowest margins in American history. As of this writing, that group had not yet chosen its speaker. Kevin McCarthy lost on the first ballot, the first time the Speaker race has…

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Eric Medlin

I’m a writer interested in the intersections of history, ideas, and politics. I publish every week. www.twitter.com/medlinwrites