In this week’s issue, Ryan Lizza asks if Eric Cantor, the Republican Majority Leader, can redeem his party and himself: http://nyr.kr/159MMST What do you think? Can the leadership of the House of Representatives transform the GOP?

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WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Just hours after being sworn in at the U.S. Capitol, the freshman class of House Republicans said that they were disappointed that they failed to shut down the government on their first day in office. Read more: http://nyr.kr/13bszvU

Ryan Lizza on how Representative Paul Ryan captured the G.O.P. and on what his budget plan could mean for the future: http://nyr.kr/NyT5Kq

Nancy Pelosi’s Morning Power Walk

On a recent Friday, Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, showed up for her morning power walk along the Potomac. It was nine o’clock, and she had been up for hours. She had read several newspapers. Her lipstick was perfect, her hair was professionally styled, and she had on an impeccable white running jacket over black jogging pants. “This is like noon for me,” she said. Instead of carrying weights when she walks, Pelosi, who is seventy-one, carries an iPhone—and uses it incessantly.

- Jane Mayer catches up with the indefatigable Nancy Pelosi during one of her morning power walks: http://nyr.kr/tF1TEs