Table Of Content
- Vote No. 13 kicks off with a McCarthy nomination focused on Oversight Committee goals
- 'I can't keep doing this': gig workers say pay has fallen after California's Prop 22
- 'When did bipartisanship become bad?' one Republican asks
- Elections
- Goldberg: What we keep getting wrong about protests like those at USC, Columbia and other campuses
- This Week's Hearings
With such a slim Republican majority in the House, every vote counts when it comes to Kevin McCarthy's success or failure. EST, at which point Rep. Kevin McCarthy thinks he’ll win when lawmakers reconvene. As of Friday afternoon, the personal office has taken over organizing the event — if it still takes place.
Vote No. 13 kicks off with a McCarthy nomination focused on Oversight Committee goals
Biden aide Steve Ricchetti ordered pizza tonight for White House staff members who watched the vote in the West Wing, a White House official said. Right up until the end, the White House was exploring contingency plans in case the high-stakes talks with Republicans to raise the debt ceiling and avert economic disaster collapsed. I hope we can move the bill quickly here in the Senate and bring it to the president’s desk as soon as possible," Schumer said. Schumer just placed the debt limit bill on the Senate calendar so senators can start the process to pass it tomorrow. The measure could take several days to get through the Senate, depending on whether all senators agree to move forward quickly.
'I can't keep doing this': gig workers say pay has fallen after California's Prop 22
New Speaker Mike Johnson projects unity after 3 weeks of chaos, expects 'aggressive' House schedule - ABC News
New Speaker Mike Johnson projects unity after 3 weeks of chaos, expects 'aggressive' House schedule.
Posted: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 07:00:00 GMT [source]
"One of the reasons is there's been no congressional oversight," Comer said. "We are now four days into what should be the 118th Congress," she added. "And the House of Representatives has no committees, no rules, no classified briefings, no members who have taken their oaths to serve our country." Kirby noted the administration had just announced a new package of security assistance to Ukraine as evidence that national security was not being unduly affected.
'When did bipartisanship become bad?' one Republican asks
Behind Greene was a large poster of a photo of Johnson and Jeffries, with the Democrat passing the speaker's gavel to the Republican. A hat sat on top of the poster with the acronym "MUGA," which Greene said stands for "Make Ukraine Great Again." Johnson has been unable to command his razor-thin majority to work together on party priorities and has been forced him into the arms of Democrats for the votes needed to approve most big bills — and now, to keep his job.
House passes $60.8B in delayed Ukraine aid - Live Updates - POLITICO - POLITICO
House passes $60.8B in delayed Ukraine aid - Live Updates - POLITICO.
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But Porter’s progressive cred has always been an odd fit for Central Orange County, even if the region’s voters are shifting away from the GOP. Since before the primary, Steel has repeatedly depicted Chen as a lefty extremist. That’s in part by pointing out his past as a delegate to the presidential campaign of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Elections
Sweeping up the cities south of Riverside in a valley-spanning “U,” before bounding over the San Jacinto Mountains and landing in downtown Palm Springs, this district gobbles up some of the fastest growing cities, suburbs and exurbs in California. With so many priced-out Angelenos making up the population growth, it’s also shifted rapidly in recent years from reliably conservative to an ideological mishmash. A nut and grape grower with farmland spread across multiple Central Valley counties, Duarte first achieved prominence in conservative circles for engaging in a lengthy legal battle with the federal government over water regulations. He ended up settling, but the experience has allowed him to run as a champion of drought-parched farmers and red tape-burdened business owners. We are dedicated to keeping Californians informed on critical state news.
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GOP Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie railed on House Speaker Mike Johnson and his handling of the foreign aid bills, despite deciding not to move to oust the speaker Saturday. Senators could try to strip out the TikTok legislation, but policy analysts view it as unlikely, as quickly approving the foreign aid is a top congressional priority. House lawmakers have once again passed legislation that could lead to a nationwide TikTok ban, renewing a massive threat to the company’s US operations. Of the group of 20 Republicans who keep voting against McCarthy, only one who was in Congress at the time of that fateful joint session actually voted to certify the election.
Goldberg: What we keep getting wrong about protests like those at USC, Columbia and other campuses
United Sovereign Americans is part of a cottage industry of far-right election deniers that has sown disinformation since Trump lost his reelection bid. The group aims to scrutinize elections with a legal strategy that can “throw massive amounts of sand in their gears,” Hornik said during a February presentation in Orange County. But election experts worry that if even one sympathetic judge rules in their favor, it could sow doubts about the integrity of a presidential rematch between President Biden and Donald Trump. “Counter protestors continue fighting in front of police line about 100ft away,” a CalMatters reporter tweeted shortly before 2am. Fights between both groups ensued, with people grappling in fistfights and shoving, kicking and using sticks to beat one another, according to reports and video from the scene. People threw chairs and other objects and at one point a group piled on a person on the ground, kicking and beating them with sticks until others pulled them out of the scrum.
"There is still much more work to be done," a caucus co-chair, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., said in a release. Asked whether it matters that he will not have the entire GOP conference behind him in tonight's vote, McCarthy said no. Jayapal, the chairwoman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said many members of her caucus, which is composed of almost half the Democrats in the chamber, will join her in voting against the legislation, according to her early whip count. If the agreement is signed into law, payments on federal student loans that were paused at the start of the pandemic will be reinstated at the end of August, with the bills coming due the next month. "I'm not going to give up on the American people, and this isn't the end," McCarthy said, referring to the budget and debt talks.
Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon, a McCarthy supporter, says they are halfway to locking in votes from the 20 holdouts (McCarthy can only afford to lose four of his members). He's also made new concessions to install new term limits for members and get more of these defectors on key committees — moves that Grisales says would "significantly weaken him" if he does get the job. McCarthy has said he made another big concession, again lowering the threshold to allow just one member to call for a vote to oust him if he does become speaker. McCarthy ally Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina said he believed it would be “a good evening” and said several holdouts were negotiating in good faith. McHenry acknowledged that any deal would need assurances and be socialized among the broader GOP conference. Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland said he didn’t know about any deal, while Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee wouldn’t answer when asked if there was an agreement on paper.
All eyes were on Matthew Rosendale, R-Mont., who was the last of the lingering Republicans who voted against McCarthy last round. Sitting in the back row, Trone stood when the clerk called his name to cast his vote for Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries. He smiled and waved his cane with one arm, his other in a shoulder sling.
As the race for the speakership approached a 12th ballot, the media heard rumblings last night of a possible agreement framework between McCarthy and some of his holdouts. "They don't look very strong right now, to be honest," said Elsie Gomez. She added that she's a McCarthy supporter herself, and just wants Republicans to pick him as speaker and move on. "We should be making every effort to be bipartisan and still work for the people," said Peter Kempenich. Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., tweeted on Wednesday that he was being treated like a prop by the defectors, who commented on Donalds' race.
“I think this support will really strengthen the armed forces of Ukraine, and we will have a chance for victory,” Zelensky said through an interpreter. The House vote “will make the United States of America richer, further ruin Ukraine and result in the deaths of even more Ukrainians, the fault of the Kyiv regime,” Peskov said, according to official Russian media. U.S. and Ukrainian officials said resupply efforts could take place relatively quickly, because of supply chains and logistical networks established early in the more than two-year-old conflict. Field units have reported rationing artillery shells and precision rockets even as Russian troops mount an aggressive push in places like the key eastern town of Chasiv Yar.
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