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Relatively easy time passing its rules package, its first order of business, but the rules package includes provisions like the motion to vacate, which makes it easier to remove the speaker, kevin mccarthy. it also gets rid of pandemic era changes like proxy voting, it imposes rules and limiting spending and blocking tax increases. house republicans also passed a pair of disingenuous and deceitful antiabortion bills that were designed to push propaganda rather than addressing real concerns about...

Speaker that resulted in kevin mccarthys election. part of the attraction was the unfettered access given to c-span cameras to televise the proceedings and provide its feed to outlets including cnn. last week i argued here the american people deserve continued unfiltered access to the house chamber, but as soon as kevin mccarthy actually took the gavel, back went the camera to its standard fixed position aimed at the lectern. those rules are set by the party that controls the house except for sp...

Rep. Dan Crenshaw responded to those who criticized his absence from the initial House of Representatives votes as he was in Texas attending a funeral.

This building. the reason why its my favorite place is there is a little tile that it was the first chambers after we moved from philadelphia. and thats where abraham lincolns desk sat. a one-term congressman with all the challenges america faced. long hours, tough work. as he sat there i imagine at times he would look over at cleo. he writes down what has trance fired in the house. he probably looked at the clock wondering how long it would go. the exact same view and clock. but if cleo continu...

The basic thrust of the rules changes is to slash federal spending on social programs, block tax increases on the wealthy, and make it easier to block federal government funding and any increase in the debt limit.

I think probably we neede the de the twenty five cent plan at this point because the debt hasp gone so significantly. >> is that something youd think about? we think about a lot, and this we think about a lot, and this go the end of the day. you migh it not like it, but were stronger today to have gone. >> i just wish you would have done it before january 3rd. king >> yeah, i think that we tried a lot of your friends, some invt up.ot of your friends, some invt give them up, i think.en >> but at ...

Conference meeting yesterday we have a better perspective on what was agreed to in the rules package, nothing changed thats the first piece of misinformation i want to correct. the only change after a four or five day standoff, is the motion to vacate going from five members down to one. there were certain bills, having a vote on the term limits, the border bill, those were other deals cut, theyll all go through regular order. even the talk of defense spending, appropriations, all of that will g...

New rules package that the republicans are agreeing to, which would take a committee to investigate what they call the weaponization of the federal government, a committee expected to be chaired by trump republican, jim jordan. the republicans claim, this committee would have the power to oversee not just the justice department and at the, the way they are usually overseen by congress to me they claim, this committee would have the ability to oversee ongoing criminal investigations being conduct...

An early look at the stories that will drive tomorrows conversation.

House Republicans on Monday adopted a rules package that will govern how the chamber operates for the next two years in a closely watched vote that came on the heels of last week’s drawn-out Speaker fight. The vote was the first legislative battle for newly elected Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and his House Republican conference. …