The Tea Party

Seven Tests That Can Keep Republicans from Screwing Up

By Edward Morrissey

It didn’t take long for Republicans to make their first tin-eared mistake after winning a broad victory in November. In fact, they had barely opened the new session of Congress before performing a...
One Place the Trump Train Isn’t Stopping: Paul Ryan’s Backyard

By Martin Matishak

In a year in which an outsider candidate seized the reins of one of the country’s two major political parties, there’s one place where folks haven’t gotten the anti-establishment message: House...
Two-Thirds of the US Government Basically Won’t Work for the Next Year

By Rob Garver

With a deadlocked Supreme Court and a compromise-averse Congress, 2016 promises to be a year in which simply keeping the lights on will be a major accomplishment.
House Freedom Caucus Prepares to Challenge Ryan on 2016 Agenda

By Eric Pianin

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) has gotten off to a strong start with the far-right conservatives in his conference who drove former Speaker John Boehner from office and blocked Boehner’s heir...
Ted Cruz Gets a Boost from Powerful Conservative Insiders

By Rob Garver

An influential political action group in Washington, Heritage Action for America, all but endorsed the presidential candidacy of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Monday, with the release of an analysis of the...

Boehner Ready to Exit a Historically Feeble Congress

By Rob Garver

As he heads into what appears to be the final week his leadership of the House of Representatives, House Speaker John Boehner will be the subject of no end of retrospective profiles of his career...
Did Paul Ryan Outsmart the Freedom Caucus?

By Rob Garver

The news that Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan had persuaded a large majority of the House of Representatives’ most conservative element to support his bid for Speaker of the House left the...
Paul Ryan Has Probably Already Lost His Shot at the Presidency

By Rob Garver

Regardless of whether Rep. Paul Ryan decides to declare himself a candidate for Speaker of the House sometime this week, his political future will likely sustain some real damage – and there is...
Meet the Freedom Caucus, the Group Inflaming Washington

By Martin Matishak

If you don’t know much about a group of congressional lawmakers called the House Freedom Caucus, don’t worry; you’ll hear about them plenty in the weeks and month ahead.
Why You – Yes, You – Could Be the Next Speaker of the House

By Martin Matishak

Spoiler alert: The race to be the next Speaker of the House is pretty much over.

Why Republicans Need Rand Paul’s Help With Iraq

By Andrew L. Peek, The Fiscal Times

Obamacare will always be the Democrats’ disaster. If it works – if, in thirty-odd years, there’s universally good health care and the state is not yet bankrupt – it will be their accomplishment. But...
Cochran Fights for His Political Life in Mississippi

By Eric Pianin

Veteran Republican Sen. Thad Cochran has played just about every conceivable card in his deck as he fights an uphill battle for a seventh six-year term in the Senate against Tea Party challenger...
McCarthy Rolls Over for Tea Party on Ex-Im Bank

By Rob Garver

One of Kevin McCarthy’s first political acts after being elected House Majority Leader was to roll over for the Tea Party, reversing his support of the Export-Import Bank over the business community’...
House GOP Demands Answers From Obama on Lerner Emails

By Rob Garver

House Republicans released a raft of data requests to executive branch agencies Monday, seeking email correspondence to and from former Internal Revenue Service employee Lois Lerner. The IRS last...
Gallup Poll: 2014 Midterms Not a Slam Dunk for Incumbents

By Reilly Dowd, The Fiscal Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s promise that the Republican establishment would “crush” the Tea Party in 2014 may have proven true for him in his Kentucky primary, but it appears to be less...

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