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GOP battle brews over defense bill as McCarthy under pressure to appease the right on social issues

House GOP leaders are confronting a legislative landmine over a massive defense bill as right-wing lawmakers are pushing for a slew of hot button amendments that could put moderate Republicans in a complicated position and threaten Democratic support for the must-pass bill. → Read More

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Impeachment push set to take center stage in House, bringing new chapter for GOP

House Republicans are preparing to let the push for potential impeachment proceedings dominate their agenda over the next few months, as Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces growing pressure from an increasingly restive right flank eager to take aim at President Joe Biden and his Cabinet. → Read More

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GOP leaders land top recruit in Montana Senate race as potential primary battle looms

Tim Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL and current CEO of Bridger Aerospace, announced his campaign to challenge Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, giving GOP leaders a prized recruit in a marquee race but setting up a potential primary clash with a hard-right Republican. → Read More

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House conservatives’ hardball tactics anger moderates and leave McCarthy in middle

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has a blunt message for House GOP moderates: Impeach President Joe Biden or face a fierce backlash from voters next year. → Read More

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McCarthy warns House GOP now is not time to force vote impeaching Biden: 'What majority do we want to be?'

Speaker Kevin McCarthy urged House Republicans to vote against the resolution brought forward by GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado forcing a vote to impeach President Joe Biden this week, arguing now is not the right time, multiple sources in the closed door meeting told CNN. → Read More

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Tensions erupt in House GOP as party leaders squabble over hardliners’ demands

A conservative revolt paralyzing the House has set off a bitter blame game among the upper ranks of GOP leadership, with top Republicans scrambling to defuse internal tensions that have spilled out into public view – and take some of the heat off themselves. → Read More

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Names of co-signers of George Santos’ $500,000 bond must be made public, judge rules

Republican Rep. George Santos of New York, who was indicted on charges of wire fraud and money laundering, has lost his effort to keep the public from learning the names of the people who co-signed his $500,000 bond, according to court records. → Read More

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GOP hardliners revolt and derail McCarthy's agenda in retaliation over speaker's debt limit deal

Speaker Kevin McCarthy kicked off a closed-door meeting on Tuesday morning with a plea to his members: Let’s move on from last week’s debt ceiling drama and focus on the “next play.” → Read More

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McCarthy sets up clash over Pentagon budget and calls Senate GOP demands ‘part of the problem’

Speaker Kevin McCarthy is rejecting GOP criticism of the debt limit deal he struck with President Joe Biden – and pushed back on Senate Republican demands that Congress ramp up defense spending after the new law fell short of the levels sought by leading defense hawks. → Read More

CNN

‘You’re wrong’: McCarthy answers his critics as he faces blowback from GOP hardliners

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in February made a bold prediction about the GOP and the debt ceiling, asserting: “We don’t believe they have a plan that can pass with Republican votes in the House.” → Read More

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Republican tries to scuttle debt limit bill in House Rules Committee as pressure grows on key swing vote

Rep. Chip Roy accused House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Monday of cutting a deal that could complicate negotiators’ efforts to pass a bill to raise the US debt ceiling this week. → Read More

CNN

Debt limit negotiators race the clock to finalize deal as risk of default grows

White House and House GOP negotiators are racing to finalize a deal to raise the nation’s debt limit as early as Saturday with time running perilously short and the risk of a first-ever US default growing. → Read More

CNN

Debt limit talks on the brink: Top GOP negotiator warns deal could come together or fall apart

A key House GOP negotiator warned Friday that efforts to lock down a debt limit deal could either quickly come together or fall apart entirely – a warning sign as lawmakers and the White House race the clock to try to secure an agreement to prevent a first-ever default. → Read More

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Democrats have warning for White House that their support for debt deal is not guaranteed

Rep. Susan Wild, one of the country’s most politically vulnerable Democrats, made her displeasure known over the White House’s handling of talks to raise the debt ceiling with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. → Read More

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‘Huge backlash’: Parties ramp up pressure on Biden and McCarthy to hold the line in debt talks

Last week, the Congressional Progressive Caucus posed a formal ask to its members: were there any proposals they could accept included in the list of GOP demands in exchange for raising the debt ceiling? → Read More

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Feinstein’s office confirms broader health complications, contradicting senator’s denial

Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s office confirmed on Thursday that the California Democrat experienced broader health complications following her shingles diagnosis, contradicting an earlier denial from the senator herself. → Read More

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McCarthy and Schumer optimistic about the state of debt talks

Two days after his second recent meeting in the Oval Office to discuss raising the debt ceiling, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy sounded positive about the direction of debt limit talks, telling CNN he sees how they can get to a deal and that he wants a bill on the floor next week. → Read More

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McCarthy says House ethics should move ‘rapidly’ on Santos as Democrats push for expulsion

Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Tuesday that he wants the House Ethics Committee to “move rapidly” on its investigation of Rep. George Santos after Democrats pushed to force a vote to expel the embattled congressman. → Read More

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Democratic congressman’s staff attacked by man with baseball bat

Virginia Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly said two staffers were injured Monday by a man wielding a bat who came into his district office in Fairfax. → Read More

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Dianne Feinstein returning to Washington on Tuesday

Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, who has been away from the Senate since February while recovering from shingles, will return to Washington on Tuesday, according to a spokesperson. → Read More