Major Garrett

Major Garrett is a congressional correspondent for National Journal.

Perry Survives Battering at Tea-Party Debate

Perry Survives Battering at Tea-Party Debate

Republican candidates ganged up on the Texas governor, who stood his ground in the latest GOP presidential forum in Tampa, Fla. More »

Obama's Last Chance to Repair Damage and Change the Debate

Obama's Last Chance to Repair Damage and Change the Debate

The president's key constituencies have lost faith amid economic gloom. On Thursday, he'll try one more time to pull everyone together. More »

With Debt Deal, Congress Abdicated Its Responsibilities

With Debt Deal, Congress Abdicated Its Responsibilities

Washington avoided a credit default, but legislators put off the hard work and outsourced the decisions we elected them to make More »

5 Ways the Debt Crisis Changed Washington

5 Ways the Debt Crisis Changed Washington

The stalemate is over, but the partisan clash over spending and borrowing has irrevocably shifted things in D.C. Here's how. More »

Inside the Debt Deal: Who Won, Who Lost

Inside the Debt Deal: Who Won, Who Lost

President Obama and congressional Republicans both got something they wanted in Sunday's agreement -- but they still want more More »

Details of a Tentative Debt Deal

Details of a Tentative Debt Deal

After a night of negotiation, the White House and congressional Republicans are on the verge of announcing a compromise More »

5 Keys to a Debt Deal

5 Keys to a Debt Deal

Areas where Obama, Republicans, and Democrats might find enough common ground to avoid a national default More »

Captain America Explains the Debt Standoff

Captain America Explains the Debt Standoff

Our hero takes calls -- he hopes for the last time -- answering questions about the latest fiscal stalemate in Washington More »

'Veto': The One Word Obama Didn't Say

'Veto': The One Word Obama Didn't Say

Squaring off with John Boehner in a prime-time press conference, the president remained silent on his biggest weapon in the debt talks More »

Washington Wants to Avoid Default, but It Can't Without a Plan

Washington Wants to Avoid Default, but It Can't Without a Plan

With time running out, lawmakers still haven't crafted any bill that can raise the debt limit. Will they manage to pass one by Aug. 2? More »

'We Have Run Out of Time'

'We Have Run Out of Time'

President Obama shows his anger as negotiations break down, after reports that a deal had been on the table More »

Eric Cantor's Moment of Reckoning

Eric Cantor's Moment of Reckoning

The ambitious majority leader represents a conservative wing of the GOP, and his future could depend on how the debt-limit talks proceed More »

Debt Ceiling Talks Get Real

Debt Ceiling Talks Get Real

With talks set to resume Sunday, Boehner and Obama know this is crunch time More »

In Debt Talks, Social Security Cuts Are on the Table

In Debt Talks, Social Security Cuts Are on the Table

As Obama and Republicans look for $2 trillion in savings, seniors' benefits might change More »

Democratic Leaders Call on Weiner to Resign

Democratic Leaders Call on Weiner to Resign

The Queens congressman headed off to "treatment" on Saturday and requested a brief leave from the House More »

A Kinder, Gentler Speaker?

A Kinder, Gentler Speaker?

John Boehner is running the House his own way, not the way of his recent predecessors More »

Weiner Scandal Complicates the Democrats' Agenda

Weiner Scandal Complicates the Democrats' Agenda

After a week of hammering Republicans on Medicare, their traction is momentarily lost as a Twitter photo has taken over the news More »

Paul Ryan Won't Run for Senate

Paul Ryan Won't Run for Senate

The GOP's budget wiz-kid defies expectations, clearing the way for former governor Tommy Thompson to challenge incumbent Herb Kohl More »

Shutdown Looms Again

Shutdown Looms Again

As lawmakers examine the big picture on spending, a spring shutdown seems more likely than ever More »

The Republican Plan to Outmaneuver House Democrats

The Republican Plan to Outmaneuver House Democrats

How the GOP intends to avoid a government shutdown, cut spending, and deflect blame More »

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