The bitter disarray consuming House Republicans could soon culminate in a dramatic climax never before seen in American history: control of the chamber changing hands before an election. And if it happens, Democrats need to be ready, because they could seize a once-in-a-lifetime chance to pass popular, vital legislation that Speaker Mike Johnson has blocked. This tantalizing possibility has inched from fantasy toward reality thanks to the chaos fomented by the House Freedom Caucus, which has...
WEST SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia — An ousted speaker. An expelled member. A growing number of lawmakers leaving office before their term expires. The House has undergone a tumultuous year under Republican control — but GOP leaders are still confident in their chances to grow their narrow majority. As House Republicans gathered for their annual […]
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The Biden administration announced a pause on new liquified natural gas export applications in January. The administration has said the pause is necessary to conduct an analysis on how exports of the fuel impact the. Republicans are probing whether the pause was made for political purposes
The U.S. House of Representatives started a two-week recess on Friday, but not before a series of events that provoked fresh declarations of what has become a familiar phrase over the past few years: "Republicans in disarray."Before leaving Capitol Hill, House members passed a spending package intended to prevent a partial government shutdown that could still occur unless the Senate acts. Fewer than two dozen Democrats and over 100 Republicans opposed the bill. Democratic opposition was largely...
As Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska navigated the halls of Congress on Sunday, she dropped a bombshell in what would otherwise have been a perfunctory walk-and-talk media interview. “I wish that, as Republicans, we had a nominee I could get behind," Murkowski told CNN's Manu Raju. "I certainly can’t get behind Donald Trump.” Murkowski, who endorsed Trump rival Nikki Haley in the Republican presidential primary, had already intimated that she "could not" vote for Trump, but she was much more...
Ahead of the 2022 midterms, I predicted that a Republican majority in Congress would result in two years of “mind-numbing, gut-churning inanity, the kind that becomes a weariness seeping into your bones.” That prediction has been largely vindicated, and yet somehow reality has proved even worse for the House GOP. Everywhere you look in the halls of Capitol Hill is a string of failures for the supposedly ascendent MAGA Republicans. Victories for the far-right have been few and far between, even...
It wasn’t pretty—particularly on the House side—but Congress got the government funded, but the bruising battle to do that doesn’t end beleaguered House Speaker Mike Johnson’s headaches. In fact, it could put him in an even tougher position with his fractious caucus when they return from their two-week recess, on April 9. Hanging over him are his party’s very slim majority and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s threat to oust him if he brings a Ukraine aid bill to the floor for a vote. Colorado GOP...
India-West News Desk CLEVELAND, OH – Businessman David Taylor emerged victorious in the Republican primary on March 19, capturing a notable 25% of the votes and beating back 10 other contenders, including state legislator Niraj Antani, who were vying for the 2nd congressional district seat left […]
Over the course of his brief political career, Sen. Tommy Tuberville has struggled on a great many fronts. The Alabama Republican is perhaps best known for launching an unprecedented, 10-month blockade, preventing confirmation of U.S. military leaders, all the while failing to understand the implications of his own tactics, but that’s really just the start of a larger conversation. As we recently discussed, Tuberville is also known for his election denialism, his provocative rhetoric about race,...
The United States House of Representatives Republicans are allegedly testing the waters on another vote on a standalone aid package for Israel, an idea previously dismissed by Democrats, Axios reporte
Republicans are so intent on creating more chaos at the border that they’re risking another partial government shutdown. There’s agreement on five of the six funding bills that need to pass by Friday in order to avert a shutdown, but the House GOP’s refusal to adequately fund the Department of Homeland Security threatens everything. “Republicans want to underfund DHS, which makes the border less secure and the country less safe,” a White House official told Politico Sunday. Republicans are...