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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 women's reproductive rights. their decision to pass these bills during the first week of that new t...

Speaker that resulted in kevin mccarthy's 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 special events like the election of the house speaker. well, tuesday the co-ceo of c-span sent a lett...

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 it's my favorite place is there is a little tile that it was the first chambers after we moved from philadelphia. and that's where abraham lincoln's 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 continues to inscribe what has happened in the last five days, passed a rules package that no longer the...

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.