#Conservatives revolt against GOP leaders on House floor

#Conservatives revolt against GOP leaders on House floor

House conservatives Tuesday blew up an effort by GOP leadership to advance several bills in a dramatic confrontation on the House floor, the result of a revolt against the debt limit deal cut by Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and President Biden just days earlier. Eleven Republicans — most of whom are members of the conservative…

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#House GOP passes debt limit package: Five takeaways

#House GOP passes debt limit package: Five takeaways

After a week of internal sniping, House Republicans on Wednesday approved legislation in a 217-215 vote that would slash federal spending and extend the government’s borrowing authority into next year. The package has no chance of becoming law in the face of opposition from the Senate and White House, both of which are controlled by…

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#McCarthy tries to wrangle Republicans on debt limit bill

#McCarthy tries to wrangle Republicans on debt limit bill

Editor’s note: President Biden has said he refuses to meet with Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for debt limit negotiations until Republicans release a 10-year budget proposal. A previous version of this story contained incorrect information. Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Tuesday laid out his opening salvo for a go-it-alone debt limit increase bill he hopes…

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#‘Hyper-partisan’ politicians get four times the news coverage of bipartisan colleagues

#‘Hyper-partisan’ politicians get four times the news coverage of bipartisan colleagues

‘Hyper-partisan’ politicians get four times the news coverage of bipartisan colleagues The most partisan member of Congress, Marjorie Taylor Greene, generated nearly 10 times as much press coverage in the 2022 election cycle as the least partisan member, Don Bacon, according to a new study of “hyper-partisan” politics.   Greene, a Republican representative from Georgia, appeared…

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#Five takeaways from this year’s CPAC

#Five takeaways from this year’s CPAC

Five takeaways from this year’s CPAC Donald Trump loomed large over the annual Conservative Action Political Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Md., this week, demonstrating the iron grip the former president still maintains over the GOP’s ultra-conservative base.  Trump won the event’s straw poll with 62 percent support, while his intraparty rival Florida Gov. Ron…

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#Trump reigns supreme at a diminished CPAC

#Trump reigns supreme at a diminished CPAC

Trump reigns supreme at a diminished CPAC The annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) made one thing especially clear this week: This is former President Trump’s convention. “I’m not at CPAC. I’m at TPAC,” said John Fredericks, a conservative radio show host who served as the chairman in Virginia for Trump’s 2016 and 2020 campaigns….

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