#Nancy Mace finds herself on a lonely GOP island

#Nancy Mace finds herself on a lonely GOP island

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) feels like she is on a political island. The second-term Republican representative from South Carolina has become one of the most vocal critics of her own party on core issues and has found herself at the center of key votes in the new Congress.  Most recently, she was one of the…

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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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#No ‘appetite’: Lawmakers in consensus on opposing potential Silicon Valley Bank bailout

#No ‘appetite’: Lawmakers in consensus on opposing potential Silicon Valley Bank bailout

No ‘appetite’: Lawmakers in consensus on opposing potential Silicon Valley Bank bailout In a rare show of consensus, congressional lawmakers from both parties on Sunday said they would oppose any potential bailout options for Silicon Valley Bank, which collapsed on Friday in the largest bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen…

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