
House Passes Giant Budget-And-Debt Deal
The House voted Wednesday evening to approve the bipartisan budget deal, 266 to 167.

The House voted Wednesday evening to approve the bipartisan budget deal, 266 to 167.

SAN DIEGO — Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich told a book signing on Tuesday that he believes Hillary Clinton is “very, very unlikely to be the Democrat nominee.”

On Friday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) told GOP legislators he will resign in October. Boehner’s decision was likely prompted by at least 30 House Republicans who had threatened a no-confidence vote, which would leave Boehner in the uncomfortable position of needing Democratic votes to remain in his position.

The emergence of the Freedom Caucus among House Republicans comes as something of a pleasant shock. The organization, headed by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), will act as a kind of friendly conservative opposition within the overall GOP caucus to hold members and leadership accountable to the mandate they received from voters–and to prevent the repeat of past negotiating collapses.