Dave Davies

The cuts that the administration is making through Elon Musk and Doge and the effect of tariffs, are they concerned about what this is going to do to Republicans' popularity?

I'm wondering how they feel about Elon Musk generally. I mean this – he came in and got a hold of the payment system and the treasury department and was able to essentially – as he said, it put AID in the wood chipper, the agency for international development. How do they view his role?

I'm wondering how they feel about Elon Musk generally. I mean this – he came in and got a hold of the payment system and the treasury department and was able to essentially – as he said, it put AID in the wood chipper, the agency for international development. How do they view his role?

I'm wondering how they feel about Elon Musk generally. I mean this – he came in and got a hold of the payment system and the treasury department and was able to essentially – as he said, it put AID in the wood chipper, the agency for international development. How do they view his role?

Trump has a big agenda of tax cuts coming, apart from all that he's doing to restructure the government. He wants to make the tax cuts that were made in the last administration permanent, and that's probably going to have a big impact on the deficit, increasing it. How does that look to play in the Congress?

Trump has a big agenda of tax cuts coming, apart from all that he's doing to restructure the government. He wants to make the tax cuts that were made in the last administration permanent, and that's probably going to have a big impact on the deficit, increasing it. How does that look to play in the Congress?

Trump has a big agenda of tax cuts coming, apart from all that he's doing to restructure the government. He wants to make the tax cuts that were made in the last administration permanent, and that's probably going to have a big impact on the deficit, increasing it. How does that look to play in the Congress?

Let me reintroduce you again. We are speaking with Annie Carney and Luke Broadwater. Both are correspondents for The New York Times. Their new book about the last Congress is titled Madhouse. We'll talk more after this short break. This is Fresh Air. One of the reasons that the last congress that you wrote about was so chaotic was that Republicans had a majority but a very narrow one.

Let me reintroduce you again. We are speaking with Annie Carney and Luke Broadwater. Both are correspondents for The New York Times. Their new book about the last Congress is titled Madhouse. We'll talk more after this short break. This is Fresh Air. One of the reasons that the last congress that you wrote about was so chaotic was that Republicans had a majority but a very narrow one.

Let me reintroduce you again. We are speaking with Annie Carney and Luke Broadwater. Both are correspondents for The New York Times. Their new book about the last Congress is titled Madhouse. We'll talk more after this short break. This is Fresh Air. One of the reasons that the last congress that you wrote about was so chaotic was that Republicans had a majority but a very narrow one.

And you had about 20 or so members who simply were going to follow their own dictates and couldn't be persuaded by Kevin McCarthy or anybody else to do what the leadership wanted. Who were they? What were they after?

And you had about 20 or so members who simply were going to follow their own dictates and couldn't be persuaded by Kevin McCarthy or anybody else to do what the leadership wanted. Who were they? What were they after?

And you had about 20 or so members who simply were going to follow their own dictates and couldn't be persuaded by Kevin McCarthy or anybody else to do what the leadership wanted. Who were they? What were they after?

Right. And he's done a complete 180 on Ukraine. I mean, one of the things that you describe is when Biden was still in office and they wanted to get that military aid package for Ukraine done, that Mike Johnson actually quite skillfully negotiated an arrangement where he could make that happen. Yes.

Right. And he's done a complete 180 on Ukraine. I mean, one of the things that you describe is when Biden was still in office and they wanted to get that military aid package for Ukraine done, that Mike Johnson actually quite skillfully negotiated an arrangement where he could make that happen. Yes.

Right. And he's done a complete 180 on Ukraine. I mean, one of the things that you describe is when Biden was still in office and they wanted to get that military aid package for Ukraine done, that Mike Johnson actually quite skillfully negotiated an arrangement where he could make that happen. Yes.

The Biden White House, right?

The Biden White House, right?

The Biden White House, right?

Those guys are all in a deep state now. It just isn't a great gig, really, which is surprising, you know, because, I mean, look, this is a dream come true. You're a member of this body that Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy served in. Why was it a bad gig?