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Cheney, who currently serves as chair of the House Republican Conference, made clear in her Tuesday night floor speech that she isnt backing down against the former president, despite the expected cost to her political ambitions in the House. “Every one of us who has sworn the oath must act to prevent the unraveling of our democracy. This is not about policy. This is not about partisanship. This is about our duty as Americans," Cheney said. ADVERTISEMENT "Remaining silent and ignoring the lie...

McConnell is planning to offer amendments during Tuesday’s debate, according to his office. Republicans, one committee aide said, will focus their efforts on parts of the bill they believe would make elections “less fair” and “less secure,” including offering amendments to strike provisions that weaken voter ID laws. Vowing to fight the bill “at every step,” amendments filed by Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) would strike a provision on same-day registration at polling locations, chan...

“I think the fact that the president hasn’t met with the leaders of the House and the Senate on a bipartisan basis until now is pretty telling,” he said. Cornyn, however, said how the meeting turns out is up to Biden and that Republicans are willing to cut a deal, although on a package costing only a fraction of what the White House has proposed. “If he’s willing to work with us, we’re willing to work with him, but so far it’s been ‘my way or the highway,’” he added. ADVERTI...

On the third point, however, shes held firm, saying the panel should focus squarely on the attack of Jan. 6. Thats put her at odds with Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy The debate is yet another proxy battle over the status and influence of former President Trump Democrats, joined by 10 Republicans, had impeached Trump in January for inciting the Capitol attack, which was carried out by a mob of Trump supporters trying to block Congresss certification of his election defeat. A commission focused ...

Which is fair, but which also makes things more complicated than they have to be. Let’s all agree: Liz Cheney has no perfect record (name me one politician who does). And her’s is particularly troubling. As a candidate for Senate in 2013, she threw her own sister under the bus by campaigning against same-sex marriage. She tacitly endorsed the birther conspiracy against Barack Obama But, in a very real sense, that’s beside the point. Cheney’s sins of yesterday don’t cancel out the real...

Roy, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, pointed to Stefaniks past votes against the 2017 tax cut law and in support of Democratic bills to end former President Trump Installing someone like Stefanik in GOP leadership, Roy argued, would undermine Republicans messaging against such policies heading into the 2022 midterm elections. ADVERTISEMENT "We must avoid putting in charge Republicans who campaign as Republicans but then vote for and advance the Democrats’ agenda once sworn ...

Romney: Removing Cheney from House leadership will cost GOP election votes Jordain Carney © Greg Nash Romney: Removing Cheney from House leadership will cost GOP election votes Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) warned on Monday that forcing Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) out of House leadership over her criticism of former President Trump will cost the party votes heading into the 2022 midterm and 2024 elections. "Expelling Liz Cheney from leadership wont gain the GOP one additional voter,...