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Marjorie Taylor Greene's MAGA power play

Greene's taking a page from the Jim Jordan playbook.

Axios

Would-be Speaker McCarthy can learn from predecessors' struggles for the big gavel

Rep. McCarthy is still likely to win the House Speaker role on January 3rd. However, managing the majority and achieving its legislative and political goals in another matter.

WEKU

Kevin McCarthy faces increasingly uphill battle for House speaker gig

The Republican leader is struggling to corral the votes he needs to become Speaker

The Independent UK

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GOP rebels threaten McCarthy speaker bid

Rep. Andy Biggs says there are about 20 "pretty hard nos" in the Republican Party against McCarthy

Salon

New Congress will feature few leadership roles for the many Texans in the U.S. House

Texans will chair some powerful committees in the House, but their roles in top leadership elections last week were more often as anti-establishment voices than contenders.

The Texas Tribune

Freedom Caucus members want to decentralize power in the House. But what does that really mean?

WASHINGTON — The man who would be speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, can expect to have his hands full trying to herd the particularly fractious cats of the Republican Conference next year. And if the House Freedom Caucus has its way, he’ll have to make do with one arm…

Tribune News Service

Decentralize power, says the Freedom Caucus. But what does that really mean?

Would-be House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has a lot to manage. From order to chaos, here’s what the proposed changes could unleash.

Roll Call

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Kevin McCarthy wins GOP nomination for House speaker

WASHINGTON — House Republicans voted Tuesday to nominate Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy as the next speaker, putting the California lawmaker on track to achieve a long-sought ambition.

Los Angeles Times

Kevin McCarthy elected House GOP leader over objections from Chip Roy, Michael Cloud and other hard-liners

The California Republican still needs at least 218 votes to become House speaker. That vote will be on Jan. 3.

The Texas Tribune

McCarthy backed for speaker, but has work to do before January - Roll Call

Republicans nominated Kevin McCarthy to be the next House speaker, but he still must win over most of the 31 colleagues who opposed him.

Roll Call

MAGA Republicans plot to shiv McCarthy

Freedom Caucus has a two-step plan to keep the Californian Republican from the most influential role in Congress

Salon

Midterms likely to confirm MAGA's power

Like the Tea Party, Freedom Caucus House members have been loud and divisive. Why haven’t they paid the same price?

Salon

A new book's behind-the-scenes look at Congress' Jan. 6 Capitol riot investigation

Denver Riggleman spent 8 months as an adviser to the Congressional committee investigating the January 6th Capitol Riot. Now he's written a book about his experience — called, "The Breach."

WEKU

House Freedom Caucus plots return to relevance as GOP eyes majority

The ultra-conservative group is so far refusing to back Kevin McCarthy for speaker.

Axios

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Republicans push oversight and politics after Mar-a-Lago search

In their defense of former President Donald Trump following an FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, congressional Republicans showed how close they remain to Trump and previewed how the next Congress could proceed under Republican control.

Salon

GOP panic after FBI seizes Perry's phone

Rep. Scott Perry played a key role in Trump’s efforts to overturn election and connected him with Jeffrey Clark

Salon

Freedom Caucus attacks marriage equality

Republicans are returning to an anti-LGBTQ platform in a post-Roe America

The Independent UK

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert had to be separated during argument, report says

‘We were not designed to be an extreme outrage machine,’ former Trump chief of staff says of freedom caucus

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Boebert, Greene privately clash: report

An onlooker reportedly feared it would “escalate beyond the verbal cage match” before another Republican stepped in

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