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The House has been trying to get Johnson’s leadership to support foreign aid legislation
A member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, Ralph Norman, said the arrangement would mean the border bill was “set up to fail”. This comes after Thomas Massie said he is co-sponsoring a resolution by Marjorie Taylor Greene to vacate the post of Speaker of the House. Massie argued that Johnson should resign so that…
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9 Republicans are vying for the same position in the House
US Representative Sam Flood has said that his party, the House Freedom Caucus, was able to united behind Speaker Kevin McCarthy in January. “In a month we’ll expect whoever the speaker is todeliver votes for the National Defense Authorization Act or the Farm Bill,” Flood added. He further said that it was able to unite…
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The House approved a Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling bill
Majority leader Kevin McCarthy said that the US House of Representatives will vote on Friday on a bipartisan bill to raise the country’s debt ceiling. He added that he’ll put the bill on the floor “without delay” as it is the “only way to ensure that the government doesn’t default on its financial obligations”. Earlier,…
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The first struggle to have a speaker was 100 years ago.
An Arizona Republican, former chairman of House Freedom Caucus, is considering a challenge to Kevin McCarthy, as per a report. Earlier, Norman O’Neill left McCarthy’s office after he said he’d vote for Andy for speaker. Trump often called him ‘My Kevin’ in private and publicly backed McCarthy to lead House Republicans after they lost the…