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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Multimillionaire Republican businessman Eric Hovde is planning to launch a bid for U.S. Senate against Democratic incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin next week. Hovde campaign spokesperson Ben Voelkel said Thursday that Hovde, 59, will get into the race next week after months of preparation. Hovde previously ran for Senate in 2012, describing himself then as a free-market conservative, losing in the Republican primary to former Gov. Photos You Should See View All 22 ImagesIn that race, Hovde ran as a supporter of overturning the Affordable Care Act, the national health care law signed by former President Barack Obama. Baldwin has already said she plans to highlight abortion rights in this year's Senate race.

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Now Republicans are making similar arguments in calling for her to not hear the congressional redistricting challenge. The current congressional maps in Wisconsin were drawn by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and approved by the state Supreme Court. The U.S. Supreme Court in March 2022 declined to block them from taking effect. The Wisconsin Supreme Court is under an extremely tight deadline to consider the challenge.

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☆ Speaker Mike Johnson just did the same thing that triggered Kevin McCarthy's ouster — but the hard right's not calling for his head
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Speaker Mike Johnson just passed a "clean" government funding bill with mostly Democratic votes. But no one's eager to go through another speaker fight, and the hard right's cutting him some slack. If so, that's because it's essentially the same thing that triggered the end of Kevin McCarthy's speakership in October. But that hasn't been enough to mollify critics on the hard right, including one who described it as "[perpetuating] the very system my constituents sent me here to oppose." And hard right Republicans are at least somewhat optimistic that they can keep that process going, despite the passage of a temporary government funding bill that they philosophically disagree with.

Persons: Mike Johnson, That's, Kevin McCarthy, —, it's, Kevin McCarthy's speakership, McCarthy, Matt Gaetz, Johnson, Chip Roy, Tim Burchett, Andy Ogles, who's, Tom Tiffany of, it'll, Patty Murray Organizations: Democratic, Service, Republicans, Republican, Caucus Locations: Florida, Tennessee, Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin

☆ Republicans are already trumpeting their opposition to accepting Palestinian refugees, even before Israeli forces enter Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementThe conflict between Israel and Hamas has only been raging for 10 days, but Republicans are already preemptively declaring that they oppose accepting Palestinian refugees. "No Gaza refugees in the United States," Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida wrote on Twitter on Monday. Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona claimed on Twitter that Democrats are pushing to "take in a million Palestinian refugees," calling the notion "absurd." AdvertisementAdvertisementDemocrats writ large have not discussed the prospect of accepting refugees from Palestine, aside from some progressive lawmakers. Some Republicans have argued not just that the US doesn't have the capacity for more refugees, but that the Palestinian refugees themselves are undesirable.

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☆ Steve Scalise's cancer becomes 'the elephant in the room' as House Republicans struggle to unify behind their speaker nominee
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Rep. Steve Scalise, the GOP nominee to the next speaker of the House, has a rare blood cancer. "I guess it's the elephant in the room," said Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee, who supports Scalise's speakership bid. Scalise was diagnosed in August with multiple myeloma, a form of cancer that's treatable but not curable, and is currently undergoing chemotherapy. "I will admit it's a concern," said Rep. Keith Self of Texas, who's among the Republicans who have yet to support Scalise. Burchett also suggested that Greene was getting more attention for her remark about Scalise's cancer because she's a woman.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans want to make it a crime to be naked in public for any reason and for a child to attend any event, like a naked bike ride, where people don’t have clothes on. “This is a pretty serious, especially in today’s society.”The World Naked Bike Ride has been happening in cities across the world for more than 20 years. Political Cartoons View All 1199 ImagesA photo from the Madison event posted on Facebook showed that a girl under age 18 participated. Under current law, being naked is only a crime if the public exposure is indecent. Jeff Weigand, a Dane County Board supervisor who complained to police about the naked bike ride, testified in favor of the proposals Thursday.

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☆ House passes bill to improve wildfire prevention accountability after NBC News report
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Adiel Kaplan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A wildfire burns on the island of Maui near an intersection in Lahaina, Hawaii, August 9, 2023. A bill to improve how the federal government tracks wildfire prevention work passed the House in a near-unanimous 406-4 vote on Wednesday, a month after the nation's deadliest wildfire in over 100 years killed at least 115 people in Hawaii. A 2022 NBC News investigation found that the United States Forest Service had overstated how much land it treats to reduce wildfire risk by an estimated 21% over a 15-year period. Tiffany, chairman of the House Natural Resources committee's federal lands subcommittee, cited NBC News' reporting when he introduced the bill. The bill applies to hazardous fuel reduction done by federal land management agencies, which mostly work on federally owned land.

Persons: Tom Tiffany, I'm, Tiffany, Sen, Joe Manchin, John Barrasso Organizations: NBC, United States Forest Service, Natural Resources, Service, Interior Department, Senate Energy, Natural Resources Committee Locations: Maui, Lahaina , Hawaii, Hawaii, Lahaina, California, Paradise

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A second Republican with little name recognition is entering the U.S. Senate race to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, whose 2024 push for reelection is expected to be one of the most closely watched Senate contests in the nation. Trempealeau County Board Supervisor Stacey Klein filed to run on Tuesday and said she would make a formal announcement on Saturday. "Definitely not being naive about that.”Klein, 41, grew up on a dairy farm in western Wisconsin and works as a financial adviser. Klein joins Rejani Raveendran, a 40-year-old college student and chair of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point College Republicans, as the only announced Republican candidates. Political Cartoons View All 1154 ImagesSeveral other higher-profile Republicans have decided against taking on Baldwin next year.

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☆ Republicans are still content with Twitter, despite months of tumult under Elon Musk and a bizarre 'X' rebrand
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Republicans are still sticking with Twitter, despite the platform's challenges and the "X" rebrand. "He's got a vision that some share, and some don't," Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina said of Musk. But even Mace and Vance don't seem to know what to make of the "X" re-brand. "Seems fine, Twitter seemed fine, don't really care." "I didn't really like Twitter before, I don't really like Twitter now," said Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas, who described himself as "exhausted" with the platform.

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☆ These 6 House Republicans vote with Marjorie Taylor Greene more than anyone else, analysis shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A new analysis found that 92% of House Republicans have voted with MTG over 90% of the time this year. According to the report, 92% of House Republicans have voted with the Georgia Republican more than 90% of the time. "The House Republican shift toward this MAGA extremism has been led and overtly approved by Speaker McCarthy himself," concludes the report. CAP Action's analysis identified six House members who have voted with Greene 97% of the time — more than any other House Republicans. It's true that McCarthy voted with Greene 96% of the time, but it's also true that Greene voted with McCarthy 96% of the time — as did most House Freedom Caucus members.

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☆ The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Simone Pathe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

The GOP needs a net gain of one or two seats to flip the chamber, depending on which party wins the White House in 2024, and it’s Democrats who are defending the tougher seats. Jim Justice announcing his Senate bid in West Virginia – the seat most likely to flip party control in 2024. In a presidential year, the national environment is likely to loom large, especially with battleground states hosting key Senate races. Two businessmen with the ability to tap into or raise significant resources could be in the mix – Eric Hovde, who lost the GOP Senate nomination in 2012, and Scott Mayer. Still, unseating Cruz in a state Trump won by nearly 6 points in 2020 will be a tall order.

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