MAGA shivs McCarthy on gas stove bill "Fundamental commitments that allowed Kevin McCarthy to assume the speakership have been violated," says Matt Gaetz Salon · Jun 7, 2023
GOP hardliners tank vote to force McCarthy reckoning "I think leadership now understands it is a matter of some urgency." Axios · Jun 6, 2023
Kevin McCarthy’s victory lap over the debt ceiling bill could end early Hard-right Freedom Caucus members argued the deal should have enacted deeper spending cuts and shorter borrowing limits The Guardian - US · Jun 2, 2023
Meet the House members who voted against the debt limit deal - Roll Call Much of the debt limit bill opposition came from the far right and left wings of Congress, but there were some surprising “no” votes. Roll Call · Jun 1, 2023
MAGA threatens McCarthy's speakership Growing number of House Republicans threaten to use McCarthy's key concession to become speaker to remove him Salon · May 31, 2023
Debt bill dissatisfaction threatens deeper GOP rift - Roll Call Ahead of debt limit bill action, opponents are warning the break in GOP unity could reverberate beyond the Wednesday night vote. Roll Call · May 31, 2023
DeSantis launches attack on Trump over crime Florida governor portrays Trump as soft on crime for signing 2018 bill that freed some from prison. Axios · May 30, 2023
Two Republicans left House floor calling Ilhan Omar committee removal the ‘stupidest vote in the world’ Two conservative Republicans cricitised the House’s vote to remove Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota from the Foreign Affairs Committee. The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2023
Ilhan Omar’s removal from panel was ‘stupidest vote’, says Republican – report Ken Buck reportedly makes remark in Capitol Hill elevator as another Republican, Mike Simpson, agreed The Guardian - US · Feb 3, 2023
GOPers beg reporters not to tell on them Two House Republicans didn't want GOP leaders to know they slammed the vote to oust Ilhan Omar in an elevator Salon · Feb 3, 2023
House Republicans vote to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans have cited the Minnesota Democrat's past controversial comments about Israel. Omar, who herself has faced anti-Muslim bigotry since taking office, called the move "purely partisan." WEKU · Feb 2, 2023
Embattled Representative George Santos steps down from committees The Republican from New York faces ongoing scrutiny into his finances as well as falsehoods he made during his campaign. Al Jazeera · Feb 1, 2023
Kevin McCarthy's bid to oust Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs in peril as third GOP rep. objects "I think that we should not engage in this tit for tat," Colorado Republican Rep. Ken Buck said. Axios · Jan 28, 2023
Big tech antitrust push in Congress is blunted by GOP-led House The new GOP House majority is turning away from last year’s bipartisan efforts to rein in the dominance of the largest tech companies with a change in leadership on a key panel. Tribune News Service · Jan 27, 2023
The Independent UK · Jan 7, 2023 Chaos in the House: McCarthy's plea, and begging for votes Just one vote short of becoming speaker of the House, Republican leader Kevin McCarthy stood up from his chair and asked the defiant Matt Gaetz to change his vote from “present” to “McCarthy.”
Tribune News Service · Jan 7, 2023 McCarthy overcomes GOP rebellion to be elected House Speaker WASHINGTON — Republican Kevin McCarthy achieved his long-held ambition of becoming House speaker early Saturday after quelling a rebellion by GOP conservative hardliners, but at the cost of further weakening his precarious position within a sharply divided party.
Axios · Dec 1, 2022 Musk reignites debate over Apple's power Twitter owner's complaints about the App Store echo those by other business leaders and some lawmakers.
Reason · Sep 23, 2022 Let States Issue Immigration Visas—a Federalist Response to GOP Governors' Migrant Busing Stunts GOP governors' ploy highlights the value of giving states the power to issue their own migration visas. It can simultaneously ease labor shortages, reduce disorder at the border, enable more migrants to escape poverty and oppression, and help restore the original meaning of the Constitution.
Axios · Sep 22, 2022 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.
Tribune News Service · Jun 9, 2022 Congress’s big tech crackdown quickens with rare show of unity A bipartisan group of lawmakers defended a bill to rein in big technology companies, signaling that momentum is building for the first major piece of legislation to curb the power of giant online platforms.
Tribune News Service · May 10, 2022 He got Congress to care about antitrust again. Now time is running out, Rep. David Cicilline says WASHINGTON — David Cicilline was late getting into antitrust, at least for him.
Axios · May 5, 2022 Tech antitrust's big foe: The calendar The clock is ticking down on the bipartisan effort in Washington as summer recess and then midterms loom.
Roll Call · May 3, 2022 He got Congress to care about antitrust again. Now time is running out, says David Cicilline - Roll Call If Democrats lose control in the midterms, as most election handicappers expect, it could spell trouble for the push to rein in Big Tech.
Salon · Apr 29, 2022 Boebert, Greene privately clash: report An onlooker reportedly feared it would “escalate beyond the verbal cage match” before another Republican stepped in
The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2022 Homeland security secretary hits back at Republican who compares him to Benedict Arnold: ‘It is so profoundly offensive’ Republicans are trying to portray the Biden Administration as wanting to abolish all immigration enforcement to benefit non-white migrants