The new Congress gets sworn in on Thursday and the drama has shifted from whether or not Nancy Pelosi will have the votes to be Speaker (she appears to have plenty) to whether dissatisfaction with the rules package she crafted will bring it down. Underneath it all is a fundamental debate about spending, the debt and the deficit.
Paygo Pelosi and the austerity brigade
Paygo Pelosi and the austerity brigade
Paygo Pelosi and the austerity brigade
The new Congress gets sworn in on Thursday and the drama has shifted from whether or not Nancy Pelosi will have the votes to be Speaker (she appears to have plenty) to whether dissatisfaction with the rules package she crafted will bring it down. Underneath it all is a fundamental debate about spending, the debt and the deficit.