#GOP Rep. Byron Donalds says McCarthy ‘in trouble’ 

#GOP Rep. Byron Donalds says McCarthy ‘in trouble’ 

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) said Sunday he thinks House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is “in trouble” after Congress averted a government shutdown by approving a “clean” stopgap measure brough to the House floor in a suprise move by the Speaker. The measure won more support from Democrats in the House than Republicans, but McCarthy said…

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#Gaetz says he’ll push to unseat McCarthy this week

#Gaetz says he’ll push to unseat McCarthy this week

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Sunday said he will push to unseat House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) this week, vowing to make good on his threat after McCarthy backed a measure to prevent a government shutdown a day earlier that won broad bipartisan support. “I do intend to file a motion to vacate against Speaker…

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#Conservative group grades House Republicans on Ukraine aid

#Conservative group grades House Republicans on Ukraine aid

House Republicans remain split on approving more aid to Ukraine, according to a new report card released by a conservative group Monday that grades members on their support for Kyiv. The Republicans for Ukraine report card evaluates members on six different criteria, including whether they voted for laws supporting U.S. aid to Ukraine, whether they supported amendments…

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#McCarthy-Gaetz feud hits fever pitch

#McCarthy-Gaetz feud hits fever pitch

Simmering tensions between Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) are boiling over as the Florida Republican heightens his threat to oust the GOP leader from his post. The bitterness between the two GOP lawmakers — which stretches back to the Speaker’s race in January — hit a fever pitch on Tuesday when Gaetz warned…

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#House, Senate GOP set for internal fight over Ukraine 

#House, Senate GOP set for internal fight over Ukraine 

Senate and House Republicans are girding themselves for an internal battle over President Biden’s request for another $24 billion to continue funding the war and humanitarian assistance in Ukraine.   The GOP’s divisions over the war were on full display at last week’s presidential debate.  Republicans with traditional national security views — former U.S. Ambassador…

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