Many Republicans were unaware that Obama's been offering chained CPI for a while. It seems they were also unaware that Grover Norquist, conservatives' No. 1 anti-tax activist and an important GOP ally for decades, opposes chained CPI as a bad deal and a tax increase.
The proposals will include cuts to Medicare and Social Security and tax increases... which doesn't change what the president was offering Republicans last fall — but it does mean pundits will declare Obama is offering a serious budget for serious times, DOA or not.
Republicans have been going through a civil war since they fared much worse than they expected in the 2012 elections. Actually, it's a lot of civil wars. So many that it's hard to keep them all straight. We've created a chart of GOP infighting to help you sort them out.
What looked like another obstructionist tangle between the ever-competing chambers is now looking more like an unnecessary House debate and another win for Harry Reid over Boehner and Cantor and Co.
The person who deserves the most blame for the sequester -- the automatic spending cuts that kick in March 1 and will slow GDP growth by 0.5 percent -- is not President Obama or John Boehner, but House Majority Leader Eric Cantor.
The Senate finally passed the latest draft of the Violence Against Women Act on Tuesday. Now the bill will be sent back to Congress, where it seems to have an uncertain future.
Rand Paul defended his Tea Party response to the President's State of the Union address from criticism that it shows division in the Republican party, and Lindsay Graham has a new problem with confirming the nominations of Chuck Hagel and John Brennan: he wants more info on Benghazi.
David Kravets on Obama's drone problem, Michael Kugelman on global agribusiness, Doyle McManus on the mortgage interest taxes, Duncan Black on the failure of 401Ks, and Alec MacGillis on Eric Cantor's call to cut the medical device tax.
On the very same day House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is giving a major speech about the GOP's next steps at the American Enterprise Institute, Politico reports that former vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan is considering abandoning a 2016 presidential run in favor of consolidating power in the House in areas where Cantor has been influential.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, viewed as one of the hostage-takers in the upcoming debt ceiling fight, has given in and promised a three-month temporary debt limit increase.
Pretty well everyone was shocked when John Boehner announced, immediately after dodging the fiscal cliff, that Congress would delay voting on the bill for Sandy. The reaction was swift and furious. So, why did he do it?
Republican lawmakers unhappy with House Speaker John Boehner failed to oust him in Thursday's vote for the leaders of the 113th Congress, which re-elected Boehner by a tally of 220 to 192. And then he teared up.
After losing the presidential election and several very winnable races, the Republicans enter the 113th Congress with several power struggles. Let's review some of the more interesting ones.
New York Republican Rep. Peter King called for a campaign finance Lysistrata Wednesday after House Republicans killed a Hurricane Sandy relief package.
While the fiscal cliff deal was busy getting passed, bitter House Republicans allowed a $27 billion relief package for states affected by Hurricane Sandy to die.
While we may be just weeks away from a series of mini-cliffs to come, the House of Representatives approved the much debated Senate version of a bill late Sunday night, 257-167, averting a fiscal crisis. President Obama said at an evening appearance that he would sign it.
Speaker of the House John Boehner's job today was to try and sell House Republicans on the fiscal cliff deal hammered out by the Senate in the wee hours of last night. Eric Cantor is certainly making that as hard as possible.
House Speaker John Boehner announced in a press conference Tuesday morning that he's suddenly pushing for a backup plan, which he also hopes will prod President Obama into a better deal for conservatives.
While David Petraeus's sexy email scandal has given us many things—a clearer picture of Petraeus's public relations machine, insight into the military-industrial-housewife complex, the understanding that 60-year-olds are no more responsible about sexy Internet use than are tweens—we still don't understand where it came from.
Campaign aides had their final chance to attack their opponents and argue who was really ahead in what battleground state on the Sunday talk shows. Everyone fought over Pennsylvania, and the Democrats think they've got Virginia and Florida in the bag.
Bob Woodward's new book, The Price of Politics, is one of the first history books about last summer's debt crisis and how close the world came to being sent into financial chaos. One person has to to come out looking worse for wear, and it seems to be Eric Cantor.
A late-night, under-clothed, possibly drunken swim in the Sea of Galilee involving several Republican Congressmen raised so many questions that even the FBI looked into the incident, according to Politico.
Jennifer Aniston is apparently planning a July wedding in Crete, someone or some car wrecked Mario Batali's Vespa, and Carey Mulligan ties the knot.
Republican-backing business groups are nervous the politicians they helped elect might be so enthusiastic about cutting spending that they'll actually hurt business.
Why did the "grand bargain" between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner to raise the debt ceiling and overhaul entitlements and the tax code fail back in August?
House majority leader Eric Cantor has thrown his support behind Mitt Romney, as has Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn. Here's what people are saying about it.
You can plumb this for political meaning by yourselves: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor first met his wife at New York restaurant called The New Deal. It's been closed for ages, but the space is now home to Boom.
House Republicans want to work out a compromise with President Barack Obama about extending the payroll tax break, but they can't just offer to do so without a bit of snark.
House Republicans managed to turn President Obama into a tax cutter in an election year while getting blamed for opposing something they'll probably pass anyway, The Wall Street Journal complains in an editorial.
Lesley Stahl isn't spending Thanksgiving with Eric Cantor, Lady Gaga splits with her image guru, and Bill O'Reilly's Lincoln book isn't welcome at Ford's Theatre.
First somebody called Elizabeth Warren a horrible name, now another guy gets arrested for threatening to do unspeakable things to Rep. Eric Cantor's family.
From stunning dance moves to prurient Twitter habits, the extracurricular activities of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's press team have been the special target of FishBowlDC's Betsy Rothstein this week.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor abruptly cancelled a speech scheduled for today about income equality at the Wharton School of Business after Occupy Philadelphia protesters lined up by the hundreds to attend.
Amy Kremer, chairwoman of the Tea Party Express, doesn't see the similarity
The president will single out the House Majority Leader in his Dallas speech
Not a single Republican has signed onto a letter opposing Palestinian statehood
The bipartisan niceness melted away once specifics were offered
Other Republicans are going to stick it to the president by not showing up
Boehner demands Republicans "get your asses in line"
Democrats are hoping GOP disunity will help them pass their own debt ceiling plan
Party lines are blurring, but a deal still isn't done
Majority of public considers both Obama and GOP leaders "not willing enough to compromise"
Plus: NBC has a new White House producer
GOP gets more blame but the public doesn't approve of how anyone's handling debate
GOP leader's wild west nickname is a hit with media
Pretty much everyone agrees: crisis. But the details are interesting
Plus: GQ style columnist has no problem with Paul Ryan's expensive dinner
Negotiators could work over the weekend if plan isn't reached by Friday
"Don't call my bluff," he says, begging the question: Is he bluffing?
The sound bites from the debt ceiling debates just get stranger
Cantor makes a bad negotiating partner but a great enemy for Democrats
Have a story we missed? A link we have to click? A sharp opinion about the news? Instead of waiting for us to post it, tell us on the Open Wire.
Submit your news and ideas | See all reader postsThe Atlantic Wire is your authoritative guide to the news and ideas that matter most right now. Our team tracks newsmakers and opinions across the entire media spectrum: newspapers, web sites, television, radio and magazines.
But we do more than just collect information. By synthesizing, analyzing and summarizing what’s out there, and adding new information when we can, we are a news engine that gives you a quick and valuable account of the issues of the day.
Have a hot tip? A story we missed? Tell us on the Open Wire
How to send us editorial or technical feedback
Get Five Best Columns in your inbox each morning (preview)
