#Rep. Andy Biggs to challenge McCarthy for Speaker

#Rep. Andy Biggs to challenge McCarthy for Speaker

Rep. Andy Biggs to challenge McCarthy for Speaker Rep. Andy Biggs (Ariz.) late Monday announced a run for Speaker, challenging House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) in the Republican conference’s nomination to the post. “We have a new paradigm here, and I think the country wants a different direction from the House of Representatives. And…

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#GOP Senate allies rally around McConnell

#GOP Senate allies rally around McConnell

GOP Senate allies rally around McConnell Republican senators are rallying around Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) after a disappointing midterm election for the GOP. A push by a group of Senate conservatives to delay Wednesday’s leadership election is running out of steam, even though senators don’t yet know whether they will have 50 or…

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#Greene: Any McCarthy challenge would be ‘bad strategy’

#Greene: Any McCarthy challenge would be ‘bad strategy’

Greene: Any McCarthy challenge would be ‘bad strategy’ Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) argued against any challenge to Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as House minority leader, worrying that it could have unintended negative consequences in a slim majority. “I actually think that’s a bad strategy when we’re looking at having a very razor-thin majority, with…

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#Progressives eye new Congress emboldened by midterm wins

#Progressives eye new Congress emboldened by midterm wins

Progressives eye new Congress emboldened by midterm wins Progressives have finally found reason to celebrate. Now they just have to convince other Democrats to come to the party. For months, moderates picked off primary challengers from the left ahead of the midterms, leaving just a handful of liberal candidates to compete against Republicans this fall….

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#Democrat blame game erupts over New York midterm losses

#Democrat blame game erupts over New York midterm losses

Democrat blame game erupts over New York midterm losses Democratic finger-pointing in New York has begun after Republicans managed to score some notable wins in the blue stronghold. Although the GOP fell short of ousting Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), Republicans successfully toppled Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.), the chairman of the House Democrats’ campaign arm,…

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#House conservatives withhold support for McCarthy, press for delay to election

#House conservatives withhold support for McCarthy, press for delay to election

House conservatives withhold support for McCarthy, press for delay to election Conservative House Republicans are pushing for GOP leadership elections to be delayed ahead of closed-door votes next week on House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) Speakership bid and other offices.  It’s still not clear which party will control the House, with nearly three-dozen races…

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#Federal judge strikes down Biden student debt relief program

#Federal judge strikes down Biden student debt relief program

Federal judge strikes down Biden student debt relief program A federal judge struck down President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program on Thursday, declaring it unlawful. District Judge Mark Pittman, a Trump appointee, ruled that the program, which would have provided borrowers with up to $20,000 in student loan relief, was “an unconstitutional exercise of Congress’s…

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