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Jan 03 2023
Analysis
House GOP’s agenda, ready to go, is sidelined until Republicans can agree on new speaker
House Republicans know where they want to lead the country, even if they don’t know who their leader will be.
As Washington was captivated by Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s struggles to become House speaker, lawmakers were chafing to get on with the business of passing bills and teed up a dynamic list of targets, including abortion, border security and China policy.
First up is a bill to
Washington TimesJan 15 2024
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Burgum Becomes First Trump Rival To Endorse Him
North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum endorsed Donald Trump for president on the eve of the Iowa caucuses after dropping his own bid for the presidency last month. Burgum, who became the first of Trump’s former GOP rivals to endorse him for president, joined Trump on stage at a campaign rally Sunday. “Four years ago, I was speaking on behalf of President Trump at the Iowa caucuses in Sioux
JoeMyGodMar 07 2019
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Arizona Sen. Martha McSally reveals she was raped by a superior officer while in Air Force
A year after saying she was sexually abused in high school, Sen. Martha McSally revealed during a congressional hearing Wednesday that she was raped by a superior officer while she was in the Air Force.
McSally, an Arizona Republican, said only that an attack happened and implied that it occurred early in her military career that spanned more than two decades.
The personal
USA TODAYJan 15 2024
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Haley, DeSantis focus late pitches on Iowa's suburban voters
ANKENY, Iowa — Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis are spending the final hours before tonight's Iowa caucuses in the snowy I-80 and I-35 corridors, courting suburban voters who want an alternative to GOP frontrunner Donald Trump. Why it matters: The late rush in Iowa is a snow-covered version of election battles to come across the U.S. in 2024, as both parties fight for voters in suburbs that aren't
AxiosJan 14 2013
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House GOP: No one's blinking
In a high-stakes game of chicken, House Republican leaders appear more willing than before to allow the country to default on its loans and shut the government down, in order to force the president and Democrats to agree to spending cuts.
CNN (Online News)Jan 14 2013
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Bloomberg wants to change the GOP
Michael Bloomberg, Americas most prominent and deep-pocketed advocate for gun control, would rather rehabilitate Republicans than oust them.
“Somebody got them the way they are now, the mayor of New York said in a recent interview as he sat in the bullpen offices of City Hall, surrounded by a buzzing staff, blinking Bloomberg terminals and clocks telling the same time in each of the
Washington PostFeb 10 2023
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'That’s not a Republican plan': McConnell distances GOP from Scott on Social Security, Medicare sunset plan
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said any idea on sunsetting Social Security and Medicare belongs Sen. Rick Scott—not the GOP. “Unfortunately, that was the Scott plan, that’s not a Republican plan,” McConnell said on a Kentucky radio program. McConnell’s comments about Scott, a GOP rival, come as the White House continues to spotlight how Republicans heckled — and apparently committed
USA TODAYMay 31 2012
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Tough Challenge for GOP in Michigan
Republicans have put Michigan on their list of states they hope to carry in this years races for the White House and a Senate majority. After all, in 2010 the states voters swept into office a new Republican governor, attorney general and GOP majorities in both houses of the state legislature.
But there are signs that Michigan will be a tough challenge for the GOP. A poll released this
Wall Street Journal (News)