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Oct 19 2023
News
House Speaker election live updates: GOP reps in closed-door meeting, Jim Jordan plans to back speaker pro tem Patrick McHenry
Republican contender for Speaker of the House Jim Jordan is planning to support a resolution Thursday that would give fresh powers to current speaker pro tempore Patrick McHenry of North Carolina. GOP reps in the House are currently in a closed-door meeting that began Thursday at 11 a.m. Jordan (R-Ohio) received 200 and 199 votes on the first two ballots, respectively, with nearly two dozen
New York Post (News)
Oct 18 2023
News
Rep. Jim Jordan looks to try again to win House Speaker race as opposition digs in
Rep. Jim Jordan Wednesday was poised to try again to win election as House Speaker after he fell short on a first ballot and appeared to be short of the near-unanimous support needed from fellow Republicans. The sharp-elbowed conservative firebrand needs to win over almost all of the 20 GOP lawmakers who voted against him in round 1, or at least show that he is making progress with a better
New York Daily News
Oct 01 2023
News
Senate plots Ukraine aid push after averting government shutdown
The Senate will vote on additional Ukraine funding within “the coming weeks” after Congress averted a government shutdown by abandoning a bipartisan spending package that included $6 billion in aid. The Senate voted 88-9 on Saturday evening to pass the House’s 45-day CR, which includes disaster relief but no Ukraine funding. It was then sent to President Joe Biden's desk for signature.
Washington Examiner
Oct 02 2023
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Greene warns expelling Gaetz ‘will not be tolerated’ by Republicans
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) warned that a move to expel Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) from the House “will not be tolerated by Republicans across the country.” “I can guarantee you that. Remember when 11 R’s voted against me and 10 R’s voted to impeach Pres Trump? Both the [motion to vacate] and expulsion plans are wrong,” Greene wrote in a lengthy thread on X, the platform formerly known
The Hill
Jan 09 2019
Headline Roundup
Felons in Florida Regain the Right to Vote
Felons in Florida regained the right to vote on Tuesday after an amendment passed in the November midterms which restored voting rights to 1.4 million people, exempting those convicted of sexual offenses or murder. Some have celebrated the move as a victory for fairness and re-enfranchisement, while others say that the law requires clarification, prompting potential lawsuits in the near future
Wall Street Journal (News)
Townhall 
HuffPost
Oct 19 2023
News
Dusty Johnson Part 4 of 4: GOP factions lead to turbulent times for Johnson in D.C.
This is the last in a by South Dakota News Watch about the political journey and Republican Party challenges faced by U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson. Dusty Johnson, newly elected to the U.S. House, sat with his sons on the House floor on Jan. 3, 2019, as longtime Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi was voted Speaker of the House. The Democrats had picked up 41 seats, their biggest gain since the
Rapid City Journal
Oct 18 2023
News
Jim Jordan tries to learn the fine art of congressional dealmaking
Plan A for Rep. Jim Jordan was to have his House Republican colleagues support his bid for speaker and elect him on the first ballot. That obviously didn’t work out. Plan B for the far-right House Judiciary Committee chairman was to move quickly to a second ballot, which was expected on the heels of Jordan’s initial failure. The Ohio Republican’s spokesperson said midday, “The House needs a
MSNBC
Oct 17 2023
News
Plan to keep Brewers in Milwaukee coming before Wisconsin Assembly on Tuesday
The state Assembly on Tuesday will take up a proposal to keep the Milwaukee Brewers in Wisconsin until at least 2050 and spend nearly $550 million in state and local money to finance the team's stadium. The chamber will also vote on a package of bills seeking to tighten sexual assault reporting and enforcement in the National Guard, four years after an investigation found a series of failings
Longview News-Journal
Oct 17 2023
News
Plan to keep Brewers in Milwaukee coming before Wisconsin Assembly on Tuesday
The state Assembly on Tuesday will take up a proposal to keep the Milwaukee Brewers in Wisconsin until at least 2050 and spend nearly $550 million in state and local money to finance the team's stadium. The chamber will also vote on a package of bills seeking to tighten sexual assault reporting and enforcement in the National Guard, four years after an investigation found a series of failings
La Crosse Tribune
Oct 18 2023
News
Missouri Board of Education seeks to clarify social-emotional learning
Missouri’s proposed social-emotional-learning standards are being refined to focus on student behavior after the State Board of Education reviewed over 1,800 public comments on the program. Some board members referred to the current draft as a “beginning,” and the board decided not to vote on passing the standards during its meeting Tuesday. The public was invited to comment on the department’
Missouri Independent