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We had an incidence of good timing this week, as Congressman Adam Kinzinger (IL-16) joined the show the morning after Rep. Paul Ryan's speech to GOP House members about a potential run for Speaker.   Kinzinger defended the Wisconsin lawmaker again accusations of being a "RINO" or not being conservative enough to lead the caucus. He ...

Illinois Congressman Randy Hultgren joined the show this week to give us an update on the search for a new House Speaker. Hultgren told us Paul Ryan would be a good choice, but he believe Ryan simply does not want the job. He also said Rep...

Following Thursday's turmoil in the House, Riley & I checked in with National Review political reporter Joel Gehrke to find out the latest on the search for a new Speaker. Joel told us Rep. Paul Ryan is seen as the one man who can garner support from most, if not all, factions of the Republican caucus. Bu...

Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger joined the show this week to discuss the House leadership fight among Republicans that has been unfolding since Speaker John Boehner announced his pending resignation. But before we talked about that, we asked the Congressman about the accomplishments that conservatives should feel good about since Republicans took over the Senate at the beginning of 2015... Rea

A fight is underway is the House over who will replace John Boehner as Speaker. Then there are questions about who takes over the remainder of the leadership positions if, as expected, Kevin McCarthy moves up from his Majority Leader post. National Review's Joel Gehrke joined the show this week to try to fill in the blanks and explain all the players involved in the story...