Hulse

Carl Hulse is the chief Washington correspondent, primarily writing about Congress and national political races and issues.

“The problem is, we are being dragged around by 20 people when 200 of us are in agreement,” Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, told Carl Hulse of The New York Times a few days ago.

“A lot of hard-right Republicans held their nose and voted for the debt limit increase the first time to give McCarthy negotiating leverage,” said Carl Hulse, The New York Times’ chief Washington correspondent, “and then felt like they were sold out even though everyone in Washington saw what was coming.”

Carl Hulse is chief Washington correspondent and a veteran of more than three decades of reporting in the capital.

Carl Hulse, our chief Washington correspondent, wrote about how covering the debt limit crisis required knowledge of arcane congressional processes and pure stamina.