With Philip Wallach

Dec 27, 2024 | aei.org | With Philip Wallach |Kevin R. Kosar |Philip A. Wallach |Leon Aron

The just-concluded 118th Congress has been historically unproductive. In some ways, though, it was one for the history books, featuring fights over the House speakership, procedural turmoil unseen in decades, and the first impeachment of a cabinet secretary in more than a century. Join AEI Senior Fellows Philip Wallach and Kevin R. Kosar, Wake Up to Politics’ Gabe Fleisher, the Government Affairs Institute’s Joshua C.

Oct 3, 2023 | aei.org | With Philip Wallach |Philip A. Wallach |Frederick M. Hess |M. Anthony Mills

It took Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) 15 rounds of votes to gain the razor-thin margin of GOP support required to secure the gavel. As Speaker of the House of Representatives, he has facilitated bipartisan deals to raise the debt limit and avert a government shutdown that have crystallized opposition against him, setting up an effort by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) to oust him from the speakership. This nearly unprecedented challenge to the Speaker raises many questions.