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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) will move to force a vote on a resolution censuring Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) this week, teeing up a second attempt to penalize the Michigan Democrat for her criticisms of Israel following Hamas’s deadly attack on the U.S. ally. The second go at censuring Tlaib — the only Palestinian-American member of…
House Republicans are moving quickly to pass appropriations measures under new Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as they seek to stave off a shutdown and impose deeper cuts on government spending. Passage of the bills would set up negotiations with the Democratic-held Senate, which faces its own challenges in moving 12 appropriations measures. The House swiftly…
Newly elected Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) suggested on Sunday he is open to a. short-term stopgap measure to the keep the government funded past the Nov. 17 deadline set under the previous funding measure. Asked on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” if he would consider a short-term funding bill, Johnson said, “I’ve talked with my…
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is already facing the first big test of his nascent Speakership as he stares down a tight window to avoid a government shutdown. Government funding is set to run out Nov. 17, plunging Johnson straight into the same obstacle course that helped cost his predecessor the Speakership. Johnson has said he…
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) made ignominious history Tuesday when he became the first Speaker ever to be ousted by a vote of the House. Eight Republicans, led by longtime McCarthy foe Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), voted with Democrats to deliver a 216-210 margin in favor of ejecting the Speaker from office. McCarthy defended his record…