Andrew ProCop: The current dynamics really back to the Tea Party. He says anti-spending Republicans wanted to use very aggressive negotiating tactics. In 2011, that year is when the new Tea Party Republicans decided to take things to the brink., he says.
The 118th Congress has begun with a showdown over who will be elected House speaker. Vox’s Andrew Prokop argues that this is the culmination of a decade-long trend of stonewalling in Congress.
Today’s show was produced by Amanda Lewellyn and Victoria Chamberlin. It was edited by Amina Al-Sadi and was fact-checked by Serena Solin. It was engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey and hosted by Noel King
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