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Why Mike Johnson Won’t Be Kevin McCarthy’d
The Wall Street Journal· 19 hours agoPOLITICS AND POLICY House lawmakers are bracing for another vote on removing the chamber’s leader this week, with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R.,...
Opinion: Absolute immunity with impunity is for dictators only
Visalia Times-Delta | Tulare Advance Register via Yahoo News· 5 days agoTrump’s legal team have cleverly twisted the Senate’s failure to impeach him in the...
Congress’ Odd Couple—Jeffries and Johnson—Mystifies Lawmakers
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoPhoto Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyWhen Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)...
Who could replace Mike Johnson? What to know about possible House speaker successors.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 day agoRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., is vowing call up a vote this week to oust Speaker Mike Johnson,...
Democrats Defang the House’s Far Right
The Atlantic· 5 days agoA Republican does not become speaker of the House for the job security. Each of the past four GOP speakers—John Boehner, Paul Ryan, Kevin McCarthy, and...
Maddow Blog | As Peter Meijer’s GOP Senate campaign ends, Trump celebrates
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 7 days agoAgainst a backdrop in which Republicans...House members voted with the Democratic majority in favor...
Colorado House Republicans Lauren Boebert, Doug Lamborn diverge on support for Johnson | TRAIL MIX
Colorado Springs Gazette· 3 days agoThe two House Republicans from Colorado, Doug Lamborn and Lauren Boebert, have both said they don't...
Hakeem Jeffries isn't speaker yet, but the Democrat may be the most powerful person in Congress
San Francisco Chronicle· 4 days agoWithout wielding the gavel or holding a formal job laid out in the Constitution, Rep. Hakeem...
A political race card for Kentucky Derby visitors, both real and virtual
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 4 days agoJames Comer, the House Oversight and Reform Committee chair, became performative after then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy surprised him with the assignment of ...
Hakeem Jeffries’s Mike Johnson Bear Hug
The Bulwark· 6 days agoHouse Democratic leaders are throwing Speaker Mike Johnson a lifeline, but ironically, the person they may end up helping most is Marjorie Taylor Greene. From the very beginning of this Congress ...