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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's "faction was the real Shiv Sena political party when rival factions emerged on 21st June 2022", ruled Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Wednesday. The verdict came as a major setback for the Uddhav Thackeray faction as Narwekar rejected the petition by Thackeray to disqualify 16 Shiv Sena MLAs including Shinde.
Dealing a severe blow to the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction, Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Wednesday ruled that the Eknath Shinde-led group is the real Shiv Sena in the Assembly and its MLAs cannot be disqualified. Former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray had no power to remove Eknath Shinde following a mutiny in the Shiv Sena ranks, Narwekar stated.
Maharashtra Speaker Rahul Narvekar said on Wednesday, "...just because you approach the court does not mean that the order passed by the Speaker is overturned." His statement came as the Uddhav Thackeray faction mulls Narvekar's verdict on disqualification pleas.
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Senate Republicans repeatedly said this week that a short-term spending bill may be necessary to keep the government open, a harsh reality for House Speaker Mike Johnson, who is balancing a looming shutdown deadline with the demands of hardline Republicans. The last temporary spending bill Congress passed, in November, established a laddered schedule of funding deadlines, the first on Jan. 19 and the other on Feb. 2. On Sunday, members of Congress reached an agreement on a topline spending bill, but still have to negotiate four separate appropriations bills by Jan. 19 to keep the government open. As the first deadline approaches, members have expressed growing doubt on whether a shutdown can be avoided without another continuing
A far-right group in Wisconsin has launched a long-shot bid to oust the Wisconsin assembly speaker, Robin Vos – the latest salvo in a running feud between the powerful Republican lawmaker and conspiracy-minded hardliners.
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Speaker Mike Johnson gathered House Republicans behind closed doors Wednesday to sell the spending deal he reached with Democrats, one thing quickly became clear: many GOP lawmakers weren’t buying it.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., defended the spending deal forged with the Senate's Democratic majority, telling Fox News that House Republicans "have to govern," and understand the realities of a historically thin two-vote majority.