McCarthy and Mullin Would Make Civil War|Era Lawmakers Laugh

McCarthy and Mullin Would Make Civil War-Era Lawmakers Laugh

We're witnessing tame interactions compared to when politicians would start spitting, hitting and drawing weapons on each other over ...

Today's 'violent' Congress would make Civil War-era lawmakers laugh

Congressional dysfunction took a dangerous turn recently. In the House, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., allegedly elbowed Rep.

Their View: Today's 'violent' Congress would make Civil War-era ...

In 1798, Representative Matthew Lyon of Vermont, a Democratic-Republican, said something nasty about Representative Roger Griswold of ...

Stephen Mihm: Today's 'violent' Congress would make Civil War-era ...

Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., in the kidney (McCarthy denied the claim). Not to be outdone, Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., challenged the president of the ...

Stephen Mihm: Today's 'violent' Congress would make Civil War-era ...

Congressional dysfunction took a dangerous turn recently. In the House, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., allegedly elbowed Rep.

Stephen Mihm: Today's 'violent' Congress would make Civil War-era ...

Stephen Mihm: Today's 'violent' Congress would make Civil War-era lawmakers laugh ... In the House, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., allegedly elbowed Rep ...

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Except that era ended with a Civil War…Today's 'violent' Congress would make Civil War-era lawmakers laugh Consider life in Congress in the ...

McCarthy accused of elbowing lawmaker, fight nearly breaks out in ...

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) came up behind Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and began yelling in his ear, accusing him of elbowing him in the back as they passed

Why Republicans Are on the Verge of Fistfights - POLITICO

A historian who studies political violence and the runup to the Civil War explains why congressmen are getting ready to brawl.

McCarthy accused of elbowing lawmaker, while fight nearly breaks ...

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., declared during his weekly news conference Tuesday that the House "is a pressure cooker" after lawmakers have ...

Some senators "shocked" by Matt Gaetz selection — but GOP ...

Republicans who criticized Gaetz in the past urged colleagues to keep an open mind about him as attorney general.

The Most Pathetic Men in America - The Atlantic

Why Lindsey Graham, Kevin McCarthy, and so many other cowards in Congress are still doing Trump's bidding.

Transcript: Election 2024: The Stakes with Dana Milbank

MR. KANE: Hi. Welcome to Washington Post Live. I'm Paul Kane, senior congressional correspondent and columnist for The Washington Post, ...

Dueling, Shoving, and Threats in Congress. Why Are Republicans ...

Markwayne Mullin, the Oklahoma Republican, challenged a union leader to a brawl, only to later go on Fox News and claim more members of Congress ...

Playbook - Politico

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) opens up for the first time about his recent defeat, and what he thinks his experiences holding a senate seat in reliably red Ohio ...

BU Historian Answers: Are We Headed for Another Civil War?

Noted Civil War historian Nina Silber, a BU professor of history and American studies, on whether the current political climate in the US could lead to ...

McCarthy accused of elbowing lawmaker, while fight nearly breaks ...

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., declared during his weekly news conference Tuesday that the House “is a pressure cooker” after lawmakers have ...

LEGISLATIVE SESSION; Congressional Record Vol. 170, No. 27

The Senate took the significant step toward passing the national security supplemental by voting last night on cloture on the substitute, 67 to 27.

GOP civil war turns physical, with Kevin McCarthy on front line

Perhaps the most notable altercation on Tuesday took place between Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) and Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett, one of ...

'What Have We Become?' How Congress Came To Be So Boorish

The behavior of this Congress is a stark departure from expectations for lawmakers in recent history. But this week it seemed to reach new ...