Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 193
The Magnificent Seven
“If we keep extending the pain, creating more suffering, we will pay the price at the ballot box. At this point, we’re sucking wind because we can’t get past the main object in the road… We need to get the hell out of the way. Cut the best deals we can get and then get on with the political year.”
— Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), quoted by Politico, on the House GOP’s inability to govern.
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