Kevin McCarthy

Listen To This: The 118th Congress

A new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast is live! This week, Josh and Kate discuss the end of Kevin McCarthy’s speakership struggle and the beginning of a new term of Congress.

You can listen to the new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast here.

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Where Things Stand: A Little Bit Of Anecdotal Data
This is your TPM evening briefing.

In the few hours we weren’t furiously updating our liveblog covering the lawless speakership election each day last week, I spent most of my downtime answering texts and explaining to friends what exactly was happening on the House floor.

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Where Things Stand: There Is Still No Speaker
This is your TPM evening briefing.

That is where things stand.

(In all seriousness we will be bringing back my daily Editors’ Blog post next week after our brains recover from the dumpster that is on fire on the House floor right now.)

In the meantime, Emine Yücel and I are covering all of today’s madness here.

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House GOP Majority Wins Its First Vote… To Adjourn Til Tomorrow
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