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issued Oct. 12 also accuses the senator, who stepped down as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee after he was charged, of conspiring to use his office to operate on behalf of Egyptian officials without
the situation in the House has muddied the question of whether the same anti-government bloc, with its "America first" isolationist views, would even allow a GOP speaker to pass an Israeli aid package without
Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., one of the eight Republicans who voted to oust McCarthy last week, didn’t say whom he’ll support, but he said "I think we should give [Jordan] a chance to see if he can put it together
What we’re reading Stu says: Democrats should not expect the GOP’s disarray in the House to have much effect in 2024 because so much of the country has taken sides and won’t be persuaded to vote
"The House of Representatives cannot function without a speaker," Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill., told reporters Wednesday. "We can’t even put a resolution on the floor, condemning what took place.
The new charges allege Santos filed fraudulent fundraising reports and repeatedly charged donor credit cards without permission.
We have a chance to go to the floor, demonstrate who we are and what we stand for, and I don’t think there should be any finessing of a system that puts us in a situation where we have to do it all behind
"I’m just gonna say that my primary concern is what unfolded over the last 48 hours was not what I thought the way we should do things, I’ll just put it to you that way," Roy said. Rep.
"Congress and the Biden administration should not engage in heavy-handed regulation with uncertain impacts that I believe pose a great risk to limiting political speech." How far is too far?
McCaul said such legislation would be a "good package" but that the House could not do anything without a confirmed speaker in place.
"civil war," as Democrats like Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York refer to it, has quickly become more than a chapter in U.S. history — it could become a national and global security issue, should
I don’t think members of Congress should be paid while federal employees and others are going without a paycheck.
House Republicans face a decision in the coming days on not only who should be the next speaker but also whether to change House rules to make it easier for that person to stay in the role.
McHenry assumed his new position pursuant to a continuity-of-government rules change after the Sept. 11 attacks, which requires speakers to submit a secret list of who should act in their place if, for
Without a clear heir to McCarthy, Republican members will return Tuesday for a candidate forum in what could be a wild race to decide who will be the 56th speaker of the House.
McCarthy noted that only 4 percent of his conference turned on him, and said the next speaker should change the rules so that it’s not so easy to be ousted.
The House chamber was tense during the first vote series of the day, then during an hour of debate on McCarthy’s fate as critics and so-called "friends of Kevin" rose to say why he should be ousted or
In the end, the House incendiaries who were willing to shut down the government in their incoherent rebels-without-a-cause protest won just a single concession: $6 billion in military aid to Ukraine was
And this should be taken even more seriously considering that this was done in the halls of government."
"This should not go without punishment. This is embarrassing," McCarthy said.