Congress · 119th Congress
GOP leaders twist arms, flip votes on mega rule
So we’re getting ready to go convene some members right now to keep working on this,” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., said.
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So we’re getting ready to go convene some members right now to keep working on this,” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., said.
The request is “truly historic when it comes to defense spending,” Senate Budget Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said in a statement.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., meanwhile, called the Senate bill a “joke” and said he was “quite convinced that it can’t be that every Senate Republican read the language of this bill.”
Lawmakers favoring E15 met with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., Wednesday but there's no indication when legislation could emerge or a floor vote take place.
Roberts Jr., Neil M.
Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, proposed on X shortly after the ruling that Republicans codify the tariffs through a second budget reconciliation bill.
Rogers, R-Ala., said he and his Senate counterpart, Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker, R-Miss., would like to see Congress enact a second reconciliation package that includes $450 billion for national
↵↵"We've had a lot of folks who've worked hard," said House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., just before the vote.
↵↵"I hope we can find consensus around these issues," Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said on the floor Monday. "But one thing is clear.
↵↵"We're still working on a couple of things but we're getting closer," Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said Friday afternoon.
Bill Cassidy, R-La., posted over the weekend, "Your Second Amendment rights don't disappear when you exercise your other rights.
Austin Scott, R-Ga., that would repeal the payouts provision. But that bill has stalled in the Senate.
↵↵Mainstream GOP hawks, like Senate Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Sen.
John Hoeven, R-N.D., another senior appropriator, cautioned that lawmakers are considering an array of ideas.↵↵"That's an option," he said.
Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, who supported the Venezuela resolution, said Thursday she hopes there's no need for a Greenland resolution.
↵↵Hashim M. Mooppan, arguing for the DOJ, said the Constitution and Title IX both support dividing sports teams based on sex assigned at birth rather than gender identity.
Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., was the sponsor of the latest congressional effort to reduce protections.
↵↵He made his defense before the Senate Commerce Committee, where he appeared with Commissioners Anna M. Gomez and Olivia Trusty.
But Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., acquiesced to Trump's wishes and removed the language as discussions over the final bill were concluding.
Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, brought the challenge to argue that the limit on party spending violated the Constitution.