Mick Mulvaney: “We have to end Medicare as we know it.”

No, never. Nor should they. That's an issue that was already litigated during the election. Voters knew the President could have given his tax returns, they knew that he didn't and they elected him anyway.

“So that will be fascinating to see how it shakes out at the Supreme Court,” he told Stateline.

If Kevin McCarthy is not the Speaker, yes, Kevin McCarthy loses. There is no question.

That being said, there’ve been two areas where the states have almost always been entirely sovereign: That’s on booze and gambling.