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GOP lawmaker predicts shutdown will be avoided
Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) predicted on Friday that a government shutdown will be avoided as one looms. “Do you believe that Republicans will be able to avoid a government shutdown?” NewsNation’s Blake...
View ArticleCongress approaches fiscal new year with plenty of noisemakers
I was scrolling through various news apps last Wednesday when I came across a partial headline that read, “Speaker Mike Johnson stands down….” I made a mental note to come back to that after I had...
View ArticleJohnson’s government funding plan B disappoints conservatives
Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) move to bring a clean, short-term government funding stopgap — his plan B after his first gambit failed — is upsetting conservative House Republicans, who will be key in...
View ArticleCourtney Butcher: Member services director, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)
In a slim House Republican majority that has no shortage of public disputes and tight votes, one of the most important functions of the Speaker’s office is making sure the wide variety of the members’...
View ArticleSabrina Hancock: Chief of staff, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas)
Sabrina Hancock, the 29-year-old chief of staff to Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), says one of her proudest moments in the role was also among her most challenging. It was January 2023 and the House was...
View ArticleLawmakers race to avoid farm bill disaster
The stopgap farm bill is set to expire next week — and the congressional coalition that the massive legislation has relied on for half a century is on the verge of breaking down. Now congressional...
View ArticleMcCarthy says GOP 'playing defense' this election cycle: 'That's a problem'
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said in an interview on Tuesday that while he doesn't think Republicans will lose the House in November, he believes the GOP is "playing defense" against...
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