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Earmark fans grow among House GOP as total requests swell

WASHINGTON — House lawmakers’ appetite for earmarking has grown a year after Democrats resurrected the practice, particularly among Republicans who will face a sensitive decision on whether to maintain “community project funding” in the next Congress if they retake the chamber in November.

Tribune News Service

Capitol Hill's smallest committee takes center stage

The House Administration Committee at the center of some of the biggest policy fights in Congress

Axios

Earmark fans grow among House GOP as total requests swell - Roll Call

House lawmakers’ appetite for earmarking has grown a year after Democrats resurrected the practice, particularly among Republicans.

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Rep. Lauren Underwood leading drive to bolster swing district Democrats on Obamacare subsidies

At issue are pending increases in health insurance costs for Affordable Care Act plans. Voters will learn just before the November elections that temporarily boosted subsidies will expire in 2023 — unless Congress acts.

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan. 6 panel wants to ask Rep. Barry Loudermilk about tour it claims he led the day before Capitol riot

WASHINGTON — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection asked Rep. Barry Loudermilk on Thursday to voluntarily cooperate with the inquiry about a tour it says the Georgia Republican led in the Capitol complex the day before the attack.

Tribune News Service

Multiple threats mean there’s no shortage of vulnerable House members

WASHINGTON — With less than six months to go until Election Day, the 10 most vulnerable House members face different threats. Some face primaries that will settle their fates in the coming months. Others face headwinds that could make it difficult to defend their seats in November, as do some…

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Multiple threats mean there's no shortage of vulnerable House members - Roll Call

With less than six months to go until Election Day, the 10 most vulnerable House members face different threats.

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House passes $40bn aid package to Ukraine despite Republican objections

The passage comes without additional money to combat the Covid-19 pandemic at home

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GOP primaries could signal direction of party’s earmarks stance

WASHINGTON — Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., secured nearly $11.6 million in earmarked projects for his constituents in the March omnibus appropriations law, from streetscape improvements in Gillespie to a new nursing school facility at Millikin University in Decatur.

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GOP primaries could signal direction of party's earmarks stance - Roll Call

Republicans who support home-state earmarks are locked in primary fights against those who don't as the practice faces an uncertain future.

Roll Call

Abortion rights now loom as a key factor in Illinois politics in wake of Supreme Court leak

The potential of erosion or end of abortion rights boosts Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker and could imperil GOP primary candidate Richard Irvin, who is not campaigning on his anti-abortion stance.

Chicago Sun-Times

GOP candidates channel Trump aggression in primary battles

The trend underscores how former President Trump primed his base to demand GOP lawmakers mirror his aggressive tactics.

Axios

Member vs. member House races top $6.5 million in first quarter - Roll Call

New fundraising reports offer a glimpse of how the fight is going for members facing each other in primaries this year.

Roll Call

Sean Casten fundraising haul: $2 million banked beats rival Marie Newman’s $552,510 balance

The latest fundraising numbers and analysis for the big Illinois congressional races.

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Congress begins taking stock of how to limit lawmaker trading

A bipartisan rush earlier this year to limit stock trading by members of Congress has given way to the slow grind of finding a consensus on a complex issue that critics say erodes public trust in government.

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At the Races: Historic confirmation, then recess - Roll Call

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

Roll Call

Qualified blind trust proposal receives chilled reception at congressional stock hearing - Roll Call

Members and experts doubted the effectiveness and practicality of placing lawmaker assets in a qualified blind trust.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois Rep. Mary Miller gets GOP primary boost from Mark and Debra Meadows, suspected of voter fraud

Debra Meadows, the founder of the Right Women PAC backing Miller, is under a voter fraud cloud, along with her husband, Mark Meadows, Trump’s former chief of staff.

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Could proxy voting make the House more inclusive? Some lawmakers hope so

WASHINGTON — “When my son graduated from college, I remember praying,” Texas Democratic Rep. Veronica Escobar told the House Rules Committee during a hearing Thursday.

Roll Call

Could proxy voting make the House more inclusive? Some hope so

As the fate of proxy voting and remote hearings hangs in the balance, some House Democrats want to keep those options in place.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Threats, vilification and screaming parents: The death of public service

Rep. Rodney Davis joined a number of his fellow Republicans on June 14, 2017, for an early morning baseball practice on a field in Alexandria, a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. They were getting ready for an annual charity game that Republicans and Democrats have played for over 100 years,…

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Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 12

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Parties clash over unionizing Hill staff at House hearing - Roll Call

While Chair Zoe Lofgren urged Congress to keep its “promise,” ranking member Rodney Davis called it “unworkable” and “impractical.”

The Independent UK

Republicans ask Pelosi to release pre-riot security footage they say will disprove ‘reconnaissance tours’ claims

Representative Rodney Davis says he has viewed security footage which vindicates Republicans from accusations of having aided pro-Trump rioters

Tribune News Service

House GOP feels no fundraising backlash for opposing electors

WASHINGTON — House Republicans who voted against certifying Electoral College results for President Joe Biden last Jan. 6 did not face any overall backlash from campaign contributors in 2021, a CQ Roll Call analysis of new disclosures shows.

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