Kevin McCarthy

  • Raising the Poverty Line in Divided Government

    Raising the Poverty Line in Divided Government

    Once again, Congress appears deadlocked. Following the tight 2022 midterm elections, Democrats managed to maintain a slim majority in the U.S. Senate, but narrowly lost the House. More recently, the prolonged race for Speaker of the House revealed the instability of the Republican House majority. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is…