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Legislators are to convene the 2023 session of the Colorado Legislature on Monday, and while local Republican lawmakers are focused on what bills they plan to introduce, they also are

District of Columbia Officer Michael Fanone and the others who responded to the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, held the line in more ways than one. Sometimes that line

In a week defined by dramatic contrasts between a White House at work and a House Republican majority in chaos, Fridays event will serve as an almost visceral coda.

Many did a press conference with, me concerned about the state of our democracy, and the big lie. its a combination of things -- and letting them know i understood what they were dealing, with and i was wanting to fight on their behalf. >> how -- across the aisle ideological spectrum, and they seriously evaluate what happened in the midterm, is republican extremism, january 6th, donald trump the sort of anti-democratic faction of the,

And president biden had low job approval numbers. inflation was growing. we have a crisis at the border. all of that -- that environment, and then the historical trends of how many seats a president loses in his first midterm election. we should have taken more seats back. and democrats have control of the entire government. now, every problem that happens is going to be blamed on republicans for not solving problems or not passing something. so, this could make things even worse going into 2024...

Not just that concession but allowing these members to pick who sits on the rules committee, bringing spending bills to the floor with an open rule, so members can bring up any amendment they want. all kinds of concessions offered behind the scenes right now, you have a lot of moderate republicans looking at this and saying, okay, this may get kevin mccarthy to 218, but what does this get us? will he be an effective speaker? theres a lot of concerns with that. >> alice stewart, is this smart pol...

That environment, and then the historical trends of how many seats a president loses in his first midterm election. we should have taken more seats back. and democrats have control of the entire government. now, every problem that happens is going to be blamed on republicans for not solving problems or not passing something. so, this could make things even worse going into 2024 election. but lets take away the xs and os of campaigning and winning office. this is about dealing with real challenge...

Specific ideology and it is anti-establishment and kevin mccarthy was never in it. so just because he warmed up to trump doesnt mean he had somehow captured that particular group of people. and right now, they have reached a point of a political maturation, seven years into the group where theyre trying to maintain the little power that they have. thats why one of their demands would be please dont mess around in the primary process. we have the advantage. such a specific demand that very clearl...

Kevin mccarthy as a civil rights hero under the eye of frederick douglass, like that alone should get him some votes and gold stars, but it is actually a moment where theres a big proxy fight going on and hopefully people can remember that throughout the rest of the day. its actually not about these ones and two votes but where does this particular band of this -- of ideologues go now after bruising midterm and after they realize that theyve maybe gotten the power they think they have. >> dan bi...

Past two years. >> but the rub here is mccarthys most vulnerable members are in districts where trump is not popular. so where is mccarthys loyalty going to be? to the former president who helped him get there? or to these more moderate members who need to distance themselves from trump. this is really the dilemma that kevin has the deal with. they have know trump is the kiss of death. >> were all witnessing the fallout from the trump administration. its a fallout from whats happening in the rep...