3rd Republican joins motion to oust Mike Johnson as House speaker
A third Republican House member has signed onto the effort to remove Mike Johnson as House speaker.
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Small Band Of Republicans Stall Surveillance Law Revamp In House
Rebellious House Republicans on Wednesday turned back an effort to renew an anti-terror surveillance law that’s been used in the past to spy on Americans, leaving its fate up in the air less than 10 days before it’s set to expire.
House sinks Johnson-backed FISA renewal after Trump push
More than a dozen House GOP privacy hawks have blocked the House of Representatives from advancing a Speaker Mike Johnson-backed bill to renew a controversial federal government surveillance tool known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
House GOP Ukraine skeptics draw battle lines ahead of funding fight
Members of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus and their allies are drawing lines in the sand ahead of what’s expected to be an intense inter-GOP battle over additional aid for Ukraine.
Freedom Caucus Kicks Out Rep. Ken Buck Days Before His Retirement
WASHINGTON — Members of the right-wing House Freedom Caucus voted to remove Rep. Ken Buck (R-Col.) this week, just days before his early exit from Congress.
Republicans object to ‘morally dubious’ IVF being offered to unmarried and same-sex couple veterans
A quartet of Republicans want the Department of Veterans Affairs to explain a recent decision to offer In Vitro Fertilisation services to veterans who are unmarried or in same-sex relationships, citing “a plethora of ethical concerns and questions” raised by the announcement.
Racing to Avoid a Shutdown, Lawmakers Weigh Skirting Their Own Rules
On Capitol Hill, the only rules that really matter are the ones that a majority of lawmakers are willing to enforce. So as Congress rushes to complete a $1.2 trillion spending package that is all but certain to become law in the next few days, lawmakers are weighing several shortcuts and tricks to avoid a partial government shutdown after midnight on Friday.
Mike Johnson managed to do something Kevin McCarthy couldn’t: Ignore the far-right Republicans
On Tuesday morning, something remarkably unremarkable happened: The House and Senate Appropriations committees and congressional leadership announced they had crafted a deal to keep the government open for the rest of the fiscal year.