Pritzker Fellow Mick Mulvaney on "'I Have a Pen & a Phone': The Elections of 2012 & 2014, the White House vs Congress, Splintering Within the GOP & Takedown of a Speaker"

(Current UChicago Students Only)

Monday, February 19

3:30-4:45 PM 

Barack Obama is re-elected and Republicans fail, for a time, to take the Senate, as the TEA party strengthens in some places, but also saw it cost Republicans critical seats in others - establishing a pattern that continues to this day. The battles continue as the Senate filibuster takes a regular central role. The government shuts down over the Affordable Care Act fight as jockeying begins for the 2016 Presidential race. The GOP finally retakes the Senate. Inside the House, GOP leadership has tired of the TEA Party folks and moves to quash it, leading to the formation of the House Freedom Caucus, Eric Cantor’s stunning loss and ultimately Speaker John Boehner’s unplanned retirement. Paul Ryan takes over as Speaker as the 2016 campaign begins in earnest.

Pritzker Fellows seminars are off the record and open to current UChicago students only. Seating in the IOP Living Room is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. 

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