#House to consider resolution to censure Adam Schiff

#House to consider resolution to censure Adam Schiff

The House is looking to consider a resolution to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) this week after a Republican lawmaker moved to force a vote on the measure. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), a member of the conservative Freedom Caucus, called the censure measure to the floor as a privileged resolution on Tuesday, forcing action…

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#Senate GOP leaders break with House on Trump indictment  

#Senate GOP leaders break with House on Trump indictment  

Senate Republican leaders, including Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), are staying quiet about former President Trump’s indictment on 37 criminal charges, letting him twist in the wind and breaking with House Republican leaders who have rushed to Trump’s defense.    McConnell, who is careful not to comment on Trump or even repeat his name in public,…

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#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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#How the GOP overcame infighting and passed its border bill

#How the GOP overcame infighting and passed its border bill

House Republicans fulfilled a major campaign promise this week with the passage of a border security crackdown measure — given the designation of H.R. 2 to symbolize its significance — that boosts border technology and funding, restarts border wall construction, adds new restrictions on asylum seekers and more. But they did so only after months…

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#House GOP introduces bill to reinforce border, limit asylum

#House GOP introduces bill to reinforce border, limit asylum

House Republicans on Thursday formally unveiled their sweeping immigration package due to reach the floor next month, combining two measures that Democrats have complained would severely limit asylum while attacking nonprofits that aid immigrants. The package joins two bills, one that includes severe restrictions on asylum-seekers from the Judiciary Committee and another from the Homeland Committee that…

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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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