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Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) takes a photo with U.S. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) after being elected Speaker of the House in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 07, 2023 in Washington, DC. ( Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Fascists in the House: Danger is real

Chauncey DeVega
U.S. Rep.-elect George Santos (R-NY) walks in the House Chamber during the second day of elections for Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 04, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Are voters stuck with George Santos?

Jonathan Entin - The Conversation
Sad little girl at the park (Getty Images/Fran Polito)

Another year, no child tax credit

Nicole Karlis
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) transfers the gavel to Speaker-elect Kevin McCarthy after Republicans won the vote for speaker in Washington, DC on January 6th, 2022. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Speaker McCarthy: That's no joke, folks

Chauncey DeVega
U.S. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) talks to reporters as he leaves the House Chamber during the third day of elections for Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 05, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Who really wins? The shutdown caucus

Lucian K. Truscott IV
U.S. Rep.-elect Lauren Boebert (R-CO) (L) and Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz (R-FL) walk to the House Chamber during the third day of elections for Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 05, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Will it even matter if McCarthy wins?

Heather Digby Parton
Reps. Lou Correa, D-Calif., left, Susan Wild, D-Pa., and Jason Crow, D-Colo., on phone, take cover as rioters disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote in the House chamber of U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

The Speaker fight may stoke terrorism

Amanda Marcotte
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 8, 2022. (ANDREW HARNIK/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

AOC is only Dem to oppose omnibus bill

Brett Wilkins - Common Dreams
U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) listens during a hearing before the House Oversight and Reform Committee at Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 17, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Raskin blames Trump for election deniers

David Edwards - Raw Story
Mitch McConnell Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why "age caps" can't fix democracy

Winslow Erik Wright
Hungry girl looks for food in empty fridge at home (Getty Images/Rafael Ben-Ari)

McConnell "never needed free lunch"

Ashlie D. Stevens
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill on February 09, 2022 in Washington, DC, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) in the back (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

After Roe, GOP runs to same-sex marriage

Amanda Marcotte
Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom McClintock speaks to reporters with his wife Lori after participating in a denate at California State University, Sacramento September 24, 2003 in Sacramento, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

An "herbal remedy" results in death

Samantha Young - KFF Health News
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Capitol Riot on January 6th, 2021 (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Taxpayers still on the hook for Jan. 6

Abigail Goldberg-Zelizer
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland | Protesters gather outside the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Dems call on Garland to do something

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., is seen on the House steps of the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, June 16, 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Man threatens to kill Dem congresswoman

Jon Skolnik
Yesli Vega, a primary candidate for the 7th Congressional District, and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) wave to the crowd during a campaign event on June 20, 2022 in Fredericksburg, Virginia. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

GOP's 2022 Todd Akin?

Jon Skolnik
Senator Mitch McConnell and Associate Judge Brett Kavanaugh (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

McConnell demands security for Kavanaugh

Jon Skolnik
Students eating lunch in a school cafeteria (Getty Images/JGI/Tom Grill)

What the end of free school meals means

Ashlie D. Stevens
Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) demonstrates assembling his handgun as he speaks remotely during a House Judiciary Committee mark up hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on June 02, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

GOP brings guns to Ulvade House hearing

Jon Skolnik
View of demonstrators, many with signs, as they participate in the March For Our Lives rally against gun violence, near Columbus Circle, New York, New York, March 24, 2018. Among the visible signs are ones that read 'Who Would Have to Die from Gun Violence Before You Would Support Gun Control?' and 'No More Silence End Gun Violence.' (Barbara Alper/Getty Images)

Why gun laws don't pass Congress

Monika L. McDermott, David R. Jones - The Conversation
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia (Getty Images)

MTG spent $183,000 on security since Jan

Matthew Chapman - Raw Story
Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C. | A woman holding up a QAnon sign at a Trump rally (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Cawthorn's former supporters turn on him

Bob Brigham - Raw Story
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Photo courtesy of HBO)

John Oliver gets blackmail on Congress

Meryl Phair
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