State lawmakers turn to creative solutions in speaker fights | #alaska | #politics
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — As Republican infighting debilitates Washington, lawmakers at some U.S. statehouses have managed to launch sessions complicated by similar GOP partisan divides or razor-thin margins of party control with a host of creative — if yet untested — solutions. The approaches differ by state: a delicate working agreement here, a bipartisan truce […]
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New York Republicans credited with helping end House speaker stalemate | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
WASHINGTON — The 118th Congress is now in session after the historic vote for Kevin McCarthy overnight. It took five days and 15 rounds of voting for him to seize the gavel just past midnight. Early Saturday morning, the sign marking McCarthy’s House speaker role was installed on Capitol Hill. Republicans from the Tri-State Area […]
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McCarthy fails again as tensions boil over on House floor | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Kevin McCarthy failed to win the House speakership on a 14th ballot late Friday, falling one vote short as tensions boiled over in a chaotic scene on the House floor. As the clock neared midnight, the lawmakers plunged into a 15th round of voting. In the raucous 14th, even after two […]
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House speakership fight puts Houston Republican Dan Crenshaw’s chairmanship dreams at risk – Houston Public Media | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) The fight over the speakership of the House is keeping two Houston Republicans from taking up leadership posts. The contest could cost one of them a desired and high-profile committee chairmanship. Congressman Michael McCaul is the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He’s likely to get that chairmanship whether […]
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Ohio Republican Jim Jordan Surprisingly Turns Down Powerful Speaker Role in U.S. House Squabble | Ohio News | Cincinnati | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Republican control of the U.S. House got off to a rocky start Jan. 3 when the party was unable to decide who should become speaker amid a sharp disagreement within the party’s more conservative faction. California Rep. Kevin McCarthy didn’t clinch the backing of the 218 lawmakers he needed to become the head of the […]
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Alabama’s new Congressman-Elect remains in limbo following GOP disarray in the U.S. House | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Dale Strong is taking over for outgoing Alabama U.S. House member Mo Brooks—just not yet. Brooks left office avoiding a recommendation for investigation by the House Ethics Committee for ignoring a subpoena from the January sixth committee on the attack on the U.S Capitol. That’s because he was leaving office. Now, Dale Strong is among […]
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Jan. 6 Panel Urges Ethics Review for McCarthy, GOP Lawmakers | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Washington — Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and three other GOP lawmakers should face ethics investigations for their refusal to comply with congressional subpoenas, the House January 6 committee said Monday in the culmination of a monthslong standoff over their testimony. The committee had issued subpoenas in May for the testimony of McCarthy — who is […]
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Richard Shelby, Kevin McCarthy clash over spending bill | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Two GOP heavyweights find themselves at odds as a December 23 deadline looms over a spending package with potentially more than $650 million in earmarks connected to Alabama. Outgoing U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa), the ranking Republican on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and House Republican caucus leader U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), the House […]
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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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Alaska State Republicans and Democrats Work Together | #alaska | #politics
Something weird and wonderful is happening in Alaska. In a state known for extreme winters, petro economics and great natural beauty, and for its fierce conservatism that saw Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton by nearly 15 points and Joe Biden by 10 points, Alaska state Republicans and Democrats are actually cooperating. Not only are they […]
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