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U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson departs a news conference on Capitol Hill on November 19, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Johnson narrowly wins speakership

Griffin Eckstein
Donald Trump listens as Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks during a press conference at Mr. Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on April 12, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump doesn't have the juice for Johnson

Heather Digby Parton
Former Speaker of the House U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as he greets U.S. veterans in the Capitol Rotunda on October 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

GOP Losers of 2023: Kevin McCarthy

Amanda Marcotte
US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to members of the media while walking through Statuary Hall at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, September 18, 2023. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

McCarthy left behind by "clown show"

Heather Digby Parton
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U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks to the crowd during a campaign event for former President Donald Trump on July 1, 2023 in Pickens, South Carolina. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

HFC boots Greene over Boebert spat

Tatyana Tandanpolie
U.S. President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) talk as they depart the U.S. Capitol on March 17, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Biden, McCarthy win — and Trump loses

Brian Karem
Kevin McCarthy and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Sorry, Joe, McCarthy's no “decent man”

Chauncey DeVega
A man holding a sign reading "Keep Religion Out Of The Consitution." Hundreds of supporters of same-sex marriage march for miles in protest against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints November 6, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)

Freedom Caucus attacks marriage equality

Bob Brigham - Raw Story
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US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) wears a "Trump Won" face mask as she arrives on the floor of the House to take her oath of office as a newly elected member of the 117th House of Representatives in Washington, DC on January 3, 2021. (ERIN SCOTT/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

MTG's latest stunt: Blocking COVID bill

Jon Skolnik
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Freedom Caucus calls the shots

Matthew Rozsa
Greg Abbott (Reuters/Brendan McDermid/Shutterstock/Photo montage by Salon)

Will Texas GOP go hard Right?

Amanda Marcotte
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GOP smirkfest

Lucian K. Truscott IV
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freedom caucus in crosshairs

Matthew Sheffield
In this March 24, 2017, photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., announces that he is abruptly pulling the troubled Republican health care overhaul bill off the House floor, short of votes and eager to avoid a humiliating defeat for President Donald Trump and GOP leaders, at the Capitol in Washington. Trump wants to tackle tax reform, but the loss on health care deals a blow to that effort. The loss on health care deprives Republicans of $1 trillion in tax cuts, and the GOP is just as divided on what steps to take. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

Salon Staff
Paul Ryan, Donald Trump (Reuters/Carlos Barria)

Bill Moyers - BillMoyers.com
Bill Maher on Real Time 3.24 celebrates GOP repeal/replace failure

Failed health care reform

Alli Joseph
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Wing-nuts immune to tragedy

Heather Digby Parton
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Bill Moyers, Michael Winship - BillMoyers.com
In this photo taken June 9, 2015, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., answers questions during an interview with The Associated Press in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. First, give presidents the power to strike trade deals. Then overturn President Barack Obama’s health care law, overhaul the tax code and reform welfare. And someday? Figure out whether to run for president. Call it the New Ryan Plan, a map not just to big changes in the nation’s fiscal policy, but to Paul Ryan’s future. It points the ninth-term congressman and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee away from the presidential campaign trail and into the thicket of policy that he says will set the country on better financial footing. The path likely emerges at a familiar decision point _ whether to run for president _ somewhere down the road. Ryan, 45, says he might decide to take that step, someday. (AP Photo/Molly Riley) (AP)

Paul Ryan's massive ego

Amanda Marcotte

Ted Cruz's dangerous game

Amanda Marcotte
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Save the day?

Scott Eric Kaufman
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