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☆ Johnson looks to unify GOP with crack down on college campus protests
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Annie Grayer | Melanie Zanona | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“Anti-Israel protests on college campuses threaten Jewish students,” says the ad, which was shared first with CNN. While supporters of the legislation say it will help combat antisemitism on college campuses, opponents argue it overreaches and threatens to chill free speech. Some Democrats see the new investigative effort into college campuses and Johnson’s recent visit to Columbia University as a divisive political ploy. “Clearly it’s a very high priority for him,” GOP Rep. Frank Lucas of Oklahoma, the chairman of the House Science Committee, told CNN. House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik, who sits on the Education panel, is also expected to play a prominent role in the effort.

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☆ Lauren Boebert's fundraising took a huge plunge after she switched districts
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Lauren Boebert just had her worst fundraising quarter in years. But some of her House GOP colleagues are donating to her. George Santos even gave her $400. AdvertisementRep. Lauren Boebert just had her worst fundraising quarter in years, bringing in roughly $462,000 in the first three months of 2024. Former Rep. George Santos and Rep. Lauren Boebert before the State of the Union last month.

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☆ DOJ officials reject Republicans' demands for audio recordings of Biden's classified documents interview
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Jordan and Comer subpoenaed the tapes after Hur released his report in February. AdvertisementSpecial counsel Robert Hur questioned Biden in October about classified documents found in 2022 at his Deleware home and an office he used after leaving office. AdvertisementBiden's handling of classified documents is unlikely to be a major campaign pillar for Republicans and GOP frontrunner former President Donald Trump in the coming election, Schmidt predicted. "That's why Republicans think it's so important they get ahold of these tapes," Schmidt said.

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☆ Trump won't get to hand-pick McConnell's successor — just look at what happened to Jim Jordan
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Mitch McConnell is stepping down, and Republican senators have months to decide who succeeds him. The end of his reign marks a shift in the GOP, but Trump won't get to fully decide the next leader. But one thing's for sure: Trump's not going to hand-pick the next Senate GOP leader. House Republicans first chose House Majority Leader Steve Scalise to be their candidate, only handing the nomination to Jordan after Scalise dropped out. It will be important for the eventual GOP leader to demonstrate that he or she could work with Trump if he's elected, but it won't be the only thing.

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☆ From doubter to devotee: How New York’s Elise Stefanik emerged as a top Trump ally
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Gregory Krieg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Stefanik has often explained it herself: She saw Trump’s popularity in her upstate New York district and got on board. That first impeachment proceeding made her a “Republican star,” as Trump himself said at the time. When there was a nationwide baby formula shortage in 2022, Stefanik blamed the “White House, House Dems, & usual pedo grifters” on social media. One upset donor told CNN in 2023 that he gave to Santos “because of Elise Stefanik’s endorsement.” Stefanik frequently denied any previous knowledge of his Santos’ history. “The American people stand with President Trump,” Stefanik wrote, “against the unethical, unconstitutional, and unprecedented weaponization of the judicial system.”CNN’s Alayna Treene contributed to this story.

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☆ US Capitol Police investigated more than 8,000 threats against lawmakers in 2023, up from the previous year
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Adrienne Winston | Rashard Rose | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —US Capitol Police said it investigated more than 8,000 threats against members of Congress last year – an increase of about 500 cases from the previous year, according to data released Thursday by the department. In 2023, the USCP’s Threat Assessment Section investigated 8,008 cases, Capitol Police said, an increase from the previous year’s 2022 assessment of 7,501 threats against lawmakers. The 2023 cases include investigations into concerning statements and direct threats, according to a release from Capitol Police. The number of threats against lawmakers typically surge in an election year, according to the USCP. “These are the people who keep this country going in the public spaces and protect us and keep us secure.

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☆ House Republicans Announce Hunter Biden Deposition in Impeachment Inquiry
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Karoun Demirjian | More About Karoun Demirjian | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

House Republicans said on Thursday that they had set a deposition date of Feb. 28 to interview Hunter Biden, President Biden’s son, their latest bid to secure his cooperation in their impeachment inquiry after he refused an earlier subpoena to testify privately. The announcement by Representatives James R. Comer of Kentucky, the chairman of the Oversight Committee, and Jim Jordan of Ohio, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, came on the day when the House had initially been scheduled to vote to hold the younger Mr. Biden in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a previous subpoena. “His deposition will come after several interviews with Biden family members and associates,” Mr. Comer and Mr. Jordan said in a joint statement. “We look forward to Hunter Biden’s testimony.”Mr. Biden and the two committees have been at odds over the terms of his testimony for the last several weeks. The panels initially subpoenaed him to testify in November, weeks before the full House voted to authorize an impeachment investigation into the president.

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☆ Liz Cheney says Jim Jordan asked her to join the Freedom Caucus by pitching that the group needed a woman
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( John L. Dorman | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Liz Cheney didn't feel the need to join the Freedom Caucus when she first joined Congress. In her new book, Cheney wrote that Jim Jordan asked her to join the group by pointing to its lack of women. AdvertisementEven at the beginning of her first term in the House, Liz Cheney was skeptical of the Freedom Caucus. AdvertisementCheney's predecessor, now-Sen. Cynthia Lummis, was a member of the Freedom Caucus during her time in the lower chamber. "My voting record was more conservative than those of many members of the Freedom Caucus, a supposedly 'conservative' group," she added.

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☆ Republicans Insist on Deposing Hunter Biden, Saying Public Hearing Must Wait
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Luke Broadwater | More About Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

House Republicans on Friday demanded that Hunter Biden, the president’s son, sit for a closed-door deposition in their impeachment inquiry into his father, rejecting his request to testify only in public and suggesting he could face punishment if he did not agree to their terms. In a letter, Representatives James R. Comer of Kentucky, chairman of the Oversight Committee, and Jim Jordan of Ohio, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said they looked forward to Mr. Biden appearing publicly “at the appropriate time.” But they said his request to skip a private deposition and go straight to testimony in an open session amounted to a “demand that he receive special treatment.”“The subpoenas Mr. Biden has received compel him to appear before the committees for a deposition,” they added. “They are not mere suggestions open to Mr. Biden’s interpretation or preference.”Mr. Comer has suggested that House Republicans could attempt to bring contempt of Congress charges against Mr. Biden if he did not comply with a congressional subpoena.

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☆ A retiring Democratic congressman laments the 'absolute chaos' of the current session that he says contributed to his decision to forgo reelection
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. Dan Kildee of Michigan recently announced that he would forgo a reelection bid in 2024. The congressman, from a key swing district, said the "chaos" of the House weighed on him. While battling health issues, Kildee told The New York Times he thought about the sacrifice of being away from family. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementWhile many would expect a Democratic member out of power to make such a remark about the state of the House, Kildee has served in the minority before, from 2013 to 2019.

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☆ A GOP lawmaker frustrated by Nancy Mace's opposition to a recent spending bill texted colleagues a link to a video entitled 'How to talk to a Narcissist'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A GOP lawmaker texted colleagues a video he said described his feelings about her, WaPo reported. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . A GOP lawmaker was so frustrated with Mace during the process that the individual sent out a link in a group text to a video entitled, "How to talk to a Narcissist," according to The Washington Post. AdvertisementAdvertisementAnother House GOP lawmaker who was included in the text thread told The Post that the linked video encapsulated his feelings about the high-profile lawmaker. "I think he meant he supported the same policy ideas as David Duke, but he wasn't David Duke, that he didn't have the same feelings about certain people as David Duke did," Grace told the newspaper at the time.

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☆ Nancy Mace says she's 'actually surprised' her scarlet letter shirt got so much attention: 'It got way more than it should have'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. Nancy Mace recently walked into a party meeting wearing a giant "A" on her shirt. She said her "scarlet letter" symbolized how she'd been "demonized" for her vote to oust McCarthy. It was an obvious reference to Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter," a book published in 1950 in which a woman is forced to wear a red letter "A" in public as punishment for committing adultery. "I'm actually surprised it got the amount of attention it did," she said, later adding that "it got way more than it should have." Mace wearing a jacket with a message on the back at the Capitol in July 2022.

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☆ The Conflict That Hurt Kevin McCarthy Is Still There for Mike Johnson - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Liam Donovan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

After spending three weeks plumbing the depths of a chaotic power vacuum, House Republicans seem to have finally found their man. And while the selection of Representative Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, as speaker offers immediate relief from an exhausting, internecine process, his elevation does little to address the underlying conflict that led to former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s demise. While far from a household name, even by congressional standards, Mr. Johnson is well situated to bridge a divided conference. Mr. Johnson is not your prototypical party leader, and his mere candidacy sent many in Washington scrambling for their Congressional Directory. And in some ways this was the point — a clean break from the Mr. McCarthy mold of speaker as pure political animal.

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Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio was removed as GOP nominee for speaker in a secret ballot after he lost his third bid. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the previous speaker, was ousted three weeks ago. Mike Johnson of Louisiana was chosen as House Republicans’ latest nominee for speaker in a conference vote late Tuesday, hours after the party elected and then derailed a different member in its search for the elusive candidate who can actually win the gavel. At the end of a marathon day of internal debate and votes, Johnson, the vice chairman of the House Republican conference, bested Byron Donalds of Florida, a Trump ally popular with many of the House’s most conservative lawmakers. In a shift, lawmakers left the Capitol on Tuesday night optimistic that Johnson could unite them after a series of failed attempts to find a successor to former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.), who was ousted three weeks ago.

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☆ Republicans nominate Mike Johnson for House speaker in latest attempt to break GOP impasse
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Scott Wong | Sahil Kapur | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) leaves a House Republican conference meeting in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill on Oct. 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. Rep. Mike Johnson, a relatively little-known Louisiana Republican and low-ranking member of the GOP leadership team, became the party's latest nominee for House speaker on Tuesday night after three other hopefuls fizzled out. It remains unclear if he can garner the 217 Republican votes — a simple majority of the full House — needed to win the coveted gavel. Johnson is seeking to achieve something that the last three nominees failed to do: win at least 217 of the 221 Republican votes needed to become speaker. Another wild card in the speaker's race is Trump, who knifed Emmer on Tuesday after he won the nomination.

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CNN —Rep. Mike Johnson is set to take his fight for the speakership to the House floor on Wednesday, a pivotal moment for House Republicans that comes amid uncertainty over whether the Louisiana lawmaker can secure the 217 votes needed to win the gavel. Johnson, who serves as the House GOP conference vice chairman, secured the nomination for the speakership late Tuesday evening. The day ended with a vote to elect a new nominee – this time, Johnson won out. The GOP conference is under increasing pressure as the House remains paralyzed without a speaker. Following the nomination vote, House Republicans took another vote to gauge the nominee’s support within the conference.

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☆ Meet Rep. Mike Johnson, the new speaker of the House who introduced the national version of Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' law and played a key role in Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana was elected to be the next speaker of the House on Wednesday. He's a staunch social conservative who introduced a bill similar to Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law. AdvertisementAdvertisementFollowing three failed GOP speakership bids in the three weeks since Kevin McCarthy's ouster, the House elected Rep. Mike Johnson of Lousiana on Wednesday to be the next speaker of the House. Emmer was ultimately the party's nominee for just over four hours before he withdrew on Tuesday. As the speaker, Johnson will be second in line to the presidency behind Vice President Kamala Harris.

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☆ Another Day of G.O.P. Chaos Winds Up With Speaker Nominee No. 4
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Carl Hulse | More About Carl Hulse | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Representative Tom Emmer of Minnesota, the No. 3 House Republican, lasted only about four hours on Tuesday as the party’s third speaker designate. After winning the nomination in a morning session, he was quickly brought down by conservatives questioning his right-wing credentials. Mr. Emmer was last seen fleeing the Longworth House Office Building with nary a word after he unceremoniously dropped out of the race. There was a momentary boomlet for Mr. Emmer as he emerged victorious from an internal party nominating contest with a narrow win.

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☆ Who Is Mike Johnson? One of the House’s Staunchest Conservatives.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Annie Karni | More About Annie Karni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Representative Mike Johnson, the little-known Louisiana Republican who was elected speaker on Wednesday, is both a leading election denier and one of the staunchest religious conservatives in the House. Mr. Johnson, a lawyer and former chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee, played a pivotal role in congressional efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Last year, Mr. Johnson introduced a bill that prohibited the use of federal funds for providing sex education to children under 10 that included any L.G.B.T.Q. topics — a proposal that critics called a national version of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law. Mr. Johnson called the legislation “common sense.”

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3 House Republican, dropped his bid only hours after securing the nomination. A social conservative, Mr. Johnson is a lawyer and the former chairman of the Republican Study Committee. This conference that you see, this House Republican majority, is united. Some on the right opposed to Mr. Emmer cited his vote in favor of codifying federal protections for same-sex couples. Mr. Emmer had attempted to mollify Mr. Trump by calling him over the weekend and praising him, according to the former president.

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☆ Mike Johnson elected House speaker, putting Louisiana Republican in the spotlight
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Republican Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana was elected speaker of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, ending a three-week leadership crisis that has paralyzed Congress. Vice chairman of the House Republican conference and a hard-right conservative, Johnson had maintained a low public profile until he was thrust into the spotlight this week after securing the party's nomination for speaker. Johnson voted against legislation in September that has kept the government running through November, and he has opposed assistance for Ukraine in the past. The Louisiana Republican said earlier this month that the House needs to take all necessary action to help Israel destroy Hamas. Correction: This article has been updated to reflect that Johnson did legal work for the Alliance Defending Freedom.

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☆ Meet Rep. Mike Johnson, the latest GOP speaker nominee who introduced the national version of Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' law and played a key role in Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana is the 4th GOP nominee for speaker in 3 weeks. He's a staunch social conservative who introduced a bill similar to Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law. He also moonlights as a Liberty University professor and spearheaded efforts to overturn the 2020 election. AdvertisementAdvertisementFollowing three failed speakership bids in three weeks, House Republicans have now chosen Rep. Mike Johnson of Lousiana to be their latest nominee for speaker of the House. Emmer was ultimately the party's nominee for just over four hours before he withdrew on Tuesday.

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Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio was removed as GOP nominee for speaker in a secret ballot after he lost his third bid on Friday. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the previous speaker, was ousted three weeks ago. Photo: Valerie Plesch/BloombergWASHINGTON—Republicans sought to end a three-week-old political crisis by picking a House speaker nominee who could finally garner a majority of the chamber, with plans to hold a party vote Tuesday morning and hopes to move to the floor as soon as later in the day. Weary from weeks of fighting and embarrassing setbacks, House Republicans will meet behind closed doors to choose from among eight Republicans currently running to serve as House speaker. Lawmakers are eager to get back to work, with many wanting to pass aid to Israel and address a looming government funding deadline, neither of which can be done until a new leader is approved by the full chamber.

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☆ GOP Senators Demand Changes to Biden’s Ukraine, Israel, Border Package
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Lindsay Wise | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio was removed as GOP nominee for speaker in a secret ballot after he lost his third bid on Friday. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the previous speaker, was ousted more than two weeks ago. Photo: Valerie Plesch/BloombergWASHINGTON—Senate Republicans want changes to the Biden administration’s request for $106 billion in emergency funds for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and to manage the flow of migrants at the U.S. border, setting up tricky negotiations that could imperil the bill even before it runs headlong into the currently paralyzed House. The administration’s proposal includes about $61 billion for Ukraine, another $14 billion for Israel for security needs, and about $9 billion for humanitarian assistance to both conflict theaters, among other requests. It also includes about $2 billion for security assistance in the Indo-Pacific and $14 billion for the border, which would pay for more efficient processing of migrants seeking asylum, more border patrol agents and asylum officers, and reimbursements to cities and private organizations that have set up shelters.

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Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio was removed as GOP nominee for speaker in a secret ballot after he lost his third bid on Friday. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the previous speaker, was ousted nearly three weeks ago. Photo: Valerie Plesch/BloombergWASHINGTON—House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R., Minn.) dropped his bid to serve as House speaker just hours after he was narrowly elected as the Republican nominee, as stiff resistance from hard-right conservatives reinforced by former President Donald Trump sank the party’s latest pick to run the chamber. His withdrawal put the Republicans back to square one for the fourth time, three weeks after hard-liners engineered the ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.). Republicans regrouped again late Tuesday to map out their next steps, assembling another slate of candidates and holding a fresh forum in the evening.

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