House Republicans are making a gamble with a possible Jim Jordan speakership | #elections | #alabama
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- October 17, 2023
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CNN — If House Republicans elect hard-charging Jim Jordan as speaker on Tuesday, they will be picking an election denier who is known for working to shut down the government rather than running it. The party would be ending its two-week speakership debacle, but it’d be elevating a ringleader in former President Donald Trump’s attempt […]
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43 Senate Republicans vow to oppose debt ceiling increase without spending cuts | #alaska | #politics
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- May 6, 2023
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CNN — All but six Senate Republicans on Saturday vowed to oppose raising the debt ceiling “without substantive spending and budget reforms,” backing up House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s position. The group of 43 Republican senators, led by Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, said they are “united behind the House Republican conference in support of spending […]
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One week until Katie Britt becomes Alabama’s junior U.S. Senator | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Alabama’s newest U.S. Senator will be sworn into office next week. Republican Katie Britt takes over for Richard Shelby. The outgoing lawmaker sat as vice-chairman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee. West Virginia Democrat Robert Byrd led that same panel until his death in 2010. Professor Sam Workman teaches public policy at West Virginia University. […]
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Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell on collision course | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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CNN — House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy took to Fox News primetime last week and dinged his counterpart across the Capitol: Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell. Republicans are “wrong” if they want to cut a year-end spending deal with Democrats, McCarthy told Fox News host Laura Ingraham, saying they should instead punt the issue until […]
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Congress has so much to do before Christmas | #elections | #alabama
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- December 13, 2022
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A version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — It is the most productive time of year on Capitol Hill – after the election and before Republicans take over the House of Representatives – when the current Congress tries to […]
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Congress faces looming government shutdown deadline at end of the week | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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- December 12, 2022
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CNN — Lawmakers face a Friday at midnight deadline when government funding is set to expire – and the House and Senate will likely have to pass a short-term extension to avert a shutdown at the end of the week, which would give negotiators more time to try to secure a broader full-year funding deal. […]
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Congress moves closer to funding government after Manchin drops plan following GOP backlash | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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- September 27, 2022
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CNN — Senate Democrats on Tuesday cleared the way for a key vote to take up a government funding extension to succeed after West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin dropped a request to include in the stop-gap bill a controversial proposal on permitting reform that had come under sharp criticism from Republicans and liberals. The vote […]
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Republicans signal early support for $12 billion in Ukraine aid while other Biden priorities expected to drop from funding bill | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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- September 20, 2022
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Washington CNN — Republican senators signaled tentative support for additional Ukraine aid that the Biden administration has requested following a classified briefing on Monday night, though senators are expected to nix other top White House priorities from the upcoming stop-gap bill to keep the government open. The Biden administration has asked for $12 billion in […]
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