Tony should be allowed to narrate/comment on Senate confirmation hearings in same voice and attitude he uses when watching Eagles games.

Here’s a rundown of some of the most influential (and biggest flameouts) of the 2012 class.

All Powerful or Cursed: The Ambitious House Class of 2012 Eric Swalwell once suggested there was a book to be written about his freshman class. It just may not be the one he envisioned.

My latest is a look at the massive House class of 2012, Dems and Rs alike, with so much ambition. Swalwell wanted a book about all the characters.
Jeffries
Meadows
DeSantis
Tulsi
Sinema
Mullin
Beto
JK III
Cotton
And .. Swalwell.

It’s a mixed record.
www.notus.org/analysis/201...

As Weigel says, bumping that.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t365...

It’s tempting to see March jobs report and think economy is resilient and good. But it’s very much a region by region thing.
This NYT story - meant to be fun look at March Madness - also spells out Vegas is basically in a recession, mostly driven by Trump policies.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/b...

So TV people are great at sweep & thematics. Us old print guys - right Big John? - get the granular facts.
Pelosi didn’t oversee the pro forma. (Oddly, Sarbanes did.). I covered Pelosi at CNBC interview in Russell, then met KW outside speaker office, where we waited for NP. Then, yes, fell in love.

… my job will be same -explaining what Congress gets right & wrong. Obviously, a lot more of the latter.
The institution is on the brink. Another 5-10 years of back sliding & Congress might leave itself permanently weakened.
That’s my North Star in coverage now.
OK, I yield back my time.
-30-

… i am gonna start next month with @notus.com where Robert Albritton has built something special with @katenocerra.bsky.social
@reesejgorman.bsky.social @deirdrekwalsh.bsky.social & many others. It’s a growing place with leaders whose first mission is journalism. This is gonna be a fun journey …

Column | Congress could be headed for a tipping point, irreversible decline After nearly two decades covering Capitol Hill, a reflection on how bad things are.

We just published my swan song for The Post: Congress nears tipping point of irrelevance.
It’s been an amazing 19-plus-year run, especially last decade of this @PKCapitol column. The Post has been family, giving me this perch to cover Congress.
So lucky …

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

The Senate sergeant-at-arms carried Sen. Bob Packwood, R-Ore., into... - UPI Archives The Senate sergeant-at-arms carried Sen. Bob Packwood, R-Ore., into the chamber early Wednesday in a move to round up recalcitrant senators absent from a...

As the Senate is once again considering the future of the filibuster, could we pause to remember the most entertaining filibuster of all time? @pkcapitol.bsky.social www.upi.com/Archives/198...

Cash would have fun playing ball with Bruce, who knew how to hunt down snow melt puddles a week or two ago.

Yeah, I got through and could’ve bought still decent seats. But 3 other friends were way ahead of me and got 4 each, so we will link up with part of their ticket haul.

There really is no organization like Ticketmaster when it comes to making its potential customers feel small and insignificant.

The stories weren’t played together on A1, but they probably should’ve been.
We’ve come a long way as a planet from the Arab spring days when tech bros touted themselves as harbingers of freedom.

So @whitehouse.senate.gov & Lindsey Graham leading bipartisan Senate crew to Munich Security Conference. McCain used to lead this CoDel to MSC & after his death, these 2 took up mantle, naming it “CODEL McCain” in his honor.
Except these days only 1 of the 2 acknowledge McCain. It’s not the R.

These charts sum up U.S. economic highs and lows.
One industry hiring right now is healthcare/social care (very aging population will need more workers there).
Consumer spending is resilient and booming - for top 10%.
And 7 tech companies are driving stocks high.

Via @washingtonpost.com

So @joshhuder.bsky.social has come up with a great explanation for something I’ve struggled I’ve struggled to describe for few years: Speaker Johnson is both omnipotent & impotent in leading House.
Rs are so hyper-partisan they won’t even work with each other.
gai.georgetown.edu/nobody-knows...

Column | Thom Tillis wants you to know something: ‘I’m sick of stupid’ The North Carolina Republican has been at the forefront this month of staking out anti-MAGA ground and criticizing Trump’s aides.

Thom Tillis wants you to know something: ‘I’m sick of stupid’ Latest from @pkcapitol.bsky.social -- www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Column | A majority in name only? House Republicans are barely hanging on. Moves to Trump administration, resignations and deaths leave GOP without a functional majority.

House Rs tonight hit new low in their MINO status:
Majority. In. Name. Only.
Just 191 Rs voted in last roll call, while 199 Dems showed up to vote.
More than 12% of House Rs (27!) didn't bother to show up.

I wrote about this days ago for my Sunday column:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Column | A majority in name only? House Republicans are barely hanging on. Moves to Trump administration, resignations and deaths leave GOP without a functional majority.

A majority in name only? House Republicans are barely hanging on. @pkcapitol.bsky.social does the arithmetic. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Three PA Republicans voted for it -- Bresnahan, Fitzpatrick and Mackenzie

That lone R vote in Nov 2009 came via Joseph Cao, who oddly won the New Orleans seat because the incumbent (Bill Jefferson) got indicted/cash in freezer.
Cao flipped to no on final passage March 2010. Otherwise, Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) voted once to advance bill outta Senate committee.
Until today.

House passes bill extending health care subsidies, bucking GOP leaders Prospects for passage in the Senate are unclear. The enhanced subsidies expired at the end of 2025, driving costs up for millions.

17 House Rs voted with all 213 dems to pass bill that would extend tax credits for the Affordable Care Act.
Aside from 1 vote in Nov. 2009 - when House passed its 1st version of ACA - these are the first GOP votes ever for what they long derided as Obamacare.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Heritage paper on families calls for ‘marriage bootcamp,’ more babies The conservative think tank aims to boost U.S. marriage and births through discouraging online dating, restricting pornography and creating tax credits for families.

👀 Marriage “bootcamp,” huge tax breaks for couples with kids, capping alimony, discouraging online dating…

A WaPo exclusive, we got the final draft of the Heritage Foundation’s “Manhattan Project” for more babies.

Plus a previous draft with scrapped ideas, which you’ll want to see.

🎁 link:

Rep. Steny Hoyer to retire, ending storied career in elected office Maryland’s longest serving member of Congress won’t seek reelection after having spent two decades as the No. 2 House Democrat.

A great @pkcapitol.bsky.social scoop here, and a write-up entirely worth your time, even at this hour.

Rep. Steny Hoyer to retire, ending storied career in elected office Maryland’s longest serving member of Congress won’t seek reelection after having spent two decades as the No. 2 House Democrat.

I sat down for 2-plus hours Tuesday with Steny Hoyer as he talked about a career that began in Annapolis in 1967 and will end later this year.
He’s not running again. And he’s content with a storied career even if he didn’t get the speaker’s gavel.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Column | Lawmakers battle over how — and whether — Jan. 6 should be remembered House Republicans continue to hide a plaque honoring the police who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, almost three years after a law passed requiring its display.

The plaque is several feet wide, several feet high. It was last seen in a basement workshop of a House office bldg next to a mini-frig, a scooter & set of small lockers.

Now that plague’s hidden status symbolizes everything about 5 years ago.
My column.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Seeing this on the POTUS calendar for tomorrow was kinda triggering.

I hope he doesn’t tell any 7-yr-old’s that it’s “marginal” to believe in Santa. Like he did Christmas Day 2018.

www.youtube.com/shorts/F1JaV...

Opinion | Stephen King: Why I Hugged Rob Reiner After Watching ‘Stand by Me’

Read this beautiful tribute by @stephenking.bsky.social about Rob Reiner. I definitely teared up more than once.
“You’re gonna be a great writer someday.” Truer words were never spoken.

Column | Republican women shrinking their ranks in Congress Retirements, resignations and tough elections could cut into their growing numbers from recent elections.

Within 20 minutes of one another Cynthia Lummis & Elise Stefanik announced they wouldn't run next year.

It's latest blow in a tough year for GOP women in Congress. After record highs in '23, R women falling in House. Same in Senate.

Some R women see sexism.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...