Granger won't seek reelection in 2024 - Roll Call House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger, R-Texas, will not run for reelection. She faced term limits on her committee leadership position. Roll Call · Nov 1, 2023
Longtime Republican U.S. Rep. Kay Granger of Fort Worth won’t seek reelection The chair of the powerful Appropriations Committee has held her seat since 1997. She was the first Republican woman from Texas elected to the U.S. House. The Texas Tribune · Nov 1, 2023
Jim Jordan is out. Here are the three Texas Republicans who helped keep him from the speaker’s gavel. Reps. Kay Granger, Tony Gonzales and Jake Ellzey were firm in their opposition to Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan. The Texas Tribune · Oct 20, 2023
Rep Ken Buck is getting death threats after refusing to vote for Jim Jordan ‘It is obvious what the strategy has been – Attack, attack, attack,’ Steve Womack says The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2023
Texas’ three GOP holdouts vote against Jim Jordan for third time U.S. Reps. Kay Granger of Fort Worth, Tony Gonzales of San Antonio and Jake Ellzey of Midlothian were among 22 other Republicans and all Democrats voting against Jordan in a third attempt at electing a new speaker this week. The Texas Tribune · Oct 20, 2023
Texas Republicans oppose a temporary speaker as U.S. House struggles to find leadership The move would let the House act on legislation amid the Israel-Hamas war and other priorities, but several Texans recoiled at the idea, saying it would hand power to Democrats and break trust with supporters. The Texas Tribune · Oct 19, 2023
Republicans reveal threats after they refused to vote for Jim Jordan ‘It is obvious what the strategy has been – Attack, attack, attack,’ Steve Womack says The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023
Jordan wants to back out as GOPers rebel "He's done," one Republican said after GOP moderates erupted over bullying and intimidation tactics Salon · Oct 19, 2023
Rep. Miller-Meeks received death threats over Jordan opposition - Roll Call A second-term GOP lawmaker said she's gotten death threats since her vote earlier Wednesday for a speaker candidate that wasn't Jim Jordan. Roll Call · Oct 18, 2023
Who are the 25 Republicans who took down Jim Jordan on third ballot? Total number of votes for Jordan drops from 199 votes on second ballot to 194 on third, while Jeffries gets 210 The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2023
Three Texas Republicans stand firm against Jim Jordan in second House speaker vote Jordan remained 18 votes away from becoming House speaker during a vote Wednesday. Meanwhile, activists in Texas are pressuring Republicans to fall in line behind Jordan’s effort. The Texas Tribune · Oct 18, 2023
Jordan loses ground on second speaker ballot - Roll Call Opponents of Rep. Jim Jordan’s bid for speaker gained ground Wednesday with a bigger margin voting against him on Wednesday. Roll Call · Oct 18, 2023
Three Texas Republicans help block Jim Jordan from becoming U.S. House speaker in first vote Reps. Jake Ellzey, Kay Granger and Tony Gonzales joined 17 other House Republicans to block the Ohio Republican from the gavel. The Texas Tribune · Oct 17, 2023
Jordan holdouts in open revolt ahead of Wednesday speaker vote - Roll Call Republicans on the House spending panel, among others, appeared to be in an all-out rebellion against a potential Jim Jordan speakership. Roll Call · Oct 17, 2023
Salon · Sep 13, 2023 Republicans move to slash CDC budget The HIV program launched in 2019 with the goal of cutting new infections nationwide by 90% by 2030
WEKU · Aug 31, 2023 Trump launched an ambitious effort to end HIV. House Republicans want to defund it Republicans in Congress back substantial cuts to the budget of the CDC, taking aim at one of former President Donald Trump's major health programs: a push to end the HIV epidemic in the U.S.
Roll Call · Jul 25, 2023 GOP conservatives' demands imperil House spending bills - Roll Call Even the supposedly easiest spending bill may be a heavy lift for House GOP leaders due to conservatives' demands.
Tribune News Service · Jul 18, 2023 LGBTQ-related earmarks stripped out by GOP during House markup WASHINGTON — House Republicans struck three Democratic projects that would provide services to the LGBTQ community during Tuesday’s fiscal 2024 Transportation-HUD Appropriations markup, enraging Democrats on the committee.
Tribune News Service · Jul 4, 2023 House, Senate majorities putting their stamps on earmarks WASHINGTON — The fiscal 2024 appropriations process has just begun, but some patterns in the distribution of earmarks by the majorities in their respective chambers are starting to emerge.
Roll Call · Jul 3, 2023 House, Senate majorities putting their stamps on earmarks - Roll Call Despite a push to hold down overall spending, earmarks in four House bills have grown from less than $1.6 billion to more than $1.9 billion.
Salon · Jun 16, 2023 GOP accused of breaking debt deal Republicans have already "walked away from this deal," says Rep. Rosa DeLauro
The Texas Tribune · Jun 13, 2023 In U.S. House, the far right gains a powerful spending-cuts ally in Texas Republican Kay Granger The chair of the House Appropriations Committee vows to hold spending bills to 2022 levels to counter “years of out-of-control spending.”
Tribune News Service · Jun 13, 2023 Granger sets fiscal 2024 funding targets below debt limit deal With House GOP leaders under pressure from hard-right lawmakers, Republican appropriators in that chamber will write their fiscal 2024 spending bills to meet the tight budget caps that Freedom Caucus and other spending hawks have sought since January.
Roll Call · Jun 13, 2023 Granger sets fiscal 2024 funding targets below debt limit deal - Roll Call House Republican appropriators will write their fiscal 2024 spending bills to meet the tight budget caps sought by the Freedom Caucus and other spending hawks.
Roll Call · May 23, 2023 Appropriators face close votes on spending bills in committee - Roll Call Rep. Steve Womack said Tuesday that lining up support from GOP panel members for appropriations markups remains “a work in progress.”