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Kevin McCarthy is haunting Mike Johnson
  + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
House Speaker Mike Johnson can blame his problems on his predecessor, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Anyone may have struggled to wrangle this slim Republican majority. He offered three seats on the powerful House Rules Committee to more conservative members. The Rules Committee keeps the House moving, but Johnson has been forced to maneuver around it in the face of likely opposition to major bills. AdvertisementFormer House Speaker Newt Gingrich summed up Johnson's reality rather grimly.
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Read previewHomeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' historic impeachment trial will likely be over before you even notice. Conservative legal scholars and even three House Republicans have questioned Mayorkas' impeachment. Here's how Democrats will likely handle Mayorkas' impeachment. After failing to impeach Mayorkas on the first vote, House Republicans narrowly impeached the Homeland Security secretary on February 13. GOP Reps. Mike Gallagher, Tom McClintock, and Ken Buck GettyWhy are even some Republicans against Mayorkas impeachment?
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Before House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., can exhale, he will have to face the House Republican hardliners of the Freedom Caucus. Johnson is already in hot water with the Freedom Caucus for his concessions to pass the budget bill and avert a government shutdown. "I think Speaker Johnson — I've been public about this — made a mistake," said Roy. Compromising with Democrats was one of the central grievances that led to former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's ouster from his post. With the budget finally agreed upon, the Ukraine funding decision will be more challenging for Johnson to dodge.
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President Joe Biden on Saturday signed Congress' $1.2 trillion spending package, finalizing the remaining batch of bills in a long-awaited budget to keep the government funded until Oct. 1. The Senate passed the budget in a 74-24 vote at roughly 2 a.m. However, the White House said that it would not begin official shutdown operations since a deal had ultimately been secured and only procedural actions remained. Hours before the House passed the spending package Friday morning, hardline House Republicans held a press conference to lambast the bill. If ousting a House speaker for budget disagreements feels like a familiar story, that's because it is.
Persons: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Mitch McConnell, Mike Johnson, Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, Biden, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Johnson, Kevin McCarthy Organizations: White, Saturday, Department of Homeland Security, Republicans, Georgia Republican, Republican, Freedom Caucus Locations: Washington , DC
Like all presidential budgets, Biden's 2025 plan is more of a wish list than it is a policy document. "Do you really think the wealthy and big corporations need another $2 trillion in tax breaks? Biden's populist, progressive, tax-the-rich funding plan is not a novel proposal from his White House. House Republicans tried to preempt Biden's budget proposal last week, by passing their own 2025 budget resolution in a party-line committee vote. Back-and-forth disagreements in Congress have meant that six months into the fiscal year, lawmakers have still not settled on a permanent budget.
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Negotiators are working on an agreement for six funding bills, four of which expire Friday. But a partial shutdown is still not out of the question. A partial shutdown would impact several government agencies, including agriculture, Veterans Affairs, transportation and housing. What a partial shutdown looks likeIf the four funding bills do expire Friday, their corresponding agencies would shut down Saturday at 12:01 a.m. A partial shutdown would leave those agencies' roughly 100,000 federal employees without pay for any new work during the shutdown, whether they are furloughed or not.
Persons: Chuck Schumer, Mike Johnson, Joe Biden, Johnson, Athina Lawson, Bobby Kogan, Biden, Kogan Organizations: U.S, Capitol, Washington , DC, Lawmakers, Congressional, White, Congress, Veterans Affairs, Social Security, D.C, Department of Housing, Urban, Agriculture, Rural Development Locations: Washington ,
House Republican hardliners' efforts to stonewall a budget deal ahead of a looming government shutdown could risk triggering automatic spending cuts later this spring that may put pressure on the U.S. economy's already fraught recovery. A full-year budget deal to avert the FRA cuts appears increasingly unlikely, amid staunch opposition from the House's ultraconservative wing. Freedom Caucus derailmentMembers of the House Freedom Caucus, a coalition of hardline conservatives, have been working to derail a permanent budget. Instead, they want to extend the current temporary spending resolution through the rest of the fiscal year, ensuring the FRA's spending cuts are triggered on April 30. But if the FRA's automatic spending cuts take effect, they could rattle the broader economy's teetering recovery.
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By a final tally of 67-32, senators voted to begin debate on a $95 billion aid package to fund Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and humanitarian aid in war-torn regions. The $95 billion bill was a stripped-down version of the Senate's $118 billion bipartisan funding package, which was released on Sunday. Ukraine aid was the centerpiece of a particularly dramatic saga in September. But Johnson's hatred for CRs might not be enough to outweigh his desire to torpedo the Senate's foreign aid bill. Even if senators can pass the $95 billion, border-less bill, House Republicans have not confirmed which way they will swing on it.
Persons: Chuck Schumer, Schumer, tanked, Kevin McCarthy, McCarthy, Mike Johnson Organizations: Democratic Caucus, U.S . Capitol, Republicans, Republican, CRs Locations: Washington , U.S, Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan
CNN —The federal budget deficit will balloon from $1.6 trillion this fiscal year to $2.6 trillion in fiscal year 2034, according to the latest Congressional Budget Office outlook released Wednesday. A major reason for the widening gap between revenue and spending: a spike in net interest payments on the federal debt due to higher interest rates. The nation’s debt held by the public is expected to rise to a record 116% of the economy by 2034. CBO’s deficit projection will likely add pressure to congressional lawmakers who have yet to agree on funding for federal agencies for fiscal year 2024. Budget experts called on Congress to take action to address the nation’s worsening fiscal situation.
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A key GOP senator raised the spectre that some in his party want to talk bipartisan immigration talks. Lankford has helped lead negotiations over a trade off of tougher immigration laws in exchange for Ukraine aid. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementRepublican Sen. James Lankford, the leading GOP lawmaker on bipartisan immigration talks, said that some conservatives want to tank a potential deal over concern that it could hand President Joe Biden a political win.
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Read previewHouse Republicans are plowing ahead toward a partial government shutdown amid conservative grumbling about Speaker Mike Johnson's dealmaking abilities. At the same time, the party is already juggling two potential impeachment pushes. The first potential shutdown would be on Jan. 19, covering roughly 20% of the federal government, per The Post. The top Republican's words are also a great reminder of why this current impeachment push is unlikely to go anywhere. AdvertisementEven if an official is impeached, some Senate Republicans have previously expressed unease about how commonplace impeachment is becoming.
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Rep. Garret Graves of Louisiana recently told Politico that Congress has become a "childish" place. "I mean, this isn't a place where you attract the cream of the crop," he told the outlet. The House in October ousted Kevin McCarthy as speaker, an act that continues to reverberate to this day. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. And even with McCarthy as speaker, he never earned the trust among a key bloc of conservatives, which eventually led to his downfall.
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A group of outside experts appointed by the Federal Aviation Administration called on Wednesday for “urgent action” to address safety risks in the nation’s aviation system, highlighting issues like staffing shortages among air traffic controllers and outdated technology. announced the formation of the group, the National Airspace System Safety Review Team, in April after a string of close calls at airports across the country, and the panel released a 52-page report on Wednesday laying out its findings. to address the shortage of air traffic controllers and improve its aging technology, the report also recommended changes in how the agency is funded, such as more broadly shielding it from government shutdowns. “The current erosion in the margin of safety in the N.A.S. caused by the confluence of these challenges is rendering the current level of safety unsustainable,” the report said, referring to what is known as the National Airspace System.
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Washington may be able to avoid a government shutdown by the upcoming Friday deadline, but that doesn't mean Congress — or the markets — are quite in the clear. House Speaker Mike Johnson said on CNBC's " Squawk Box " on Tuesday that he expects enough lawmakers on both sides to pass his two-step "laddered" continuing resolution. The continuing resolution plan would extend federal funding for some government agencies until mid-January, while other agencies would be funded through early February. The House is expected to vote on the continuing resolution around 4:30 p.m. That doesn't mean that you're not going to have the showdown — it just means that this is the prologue," Salisbury said.
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Congress now appears likely to avoid a government shutdown this week. The White House even weighed in over the weekend before House Democrats started to warm up to Johnson's plan. Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas didn't stop Obamacare. And Republican Sen. Rand Paul's colleagues tore into him after he forced a brief shutdown in 2018. As I was writing this story about how Johnson's plan is the dumbest thing Congress has done, Sen. Bernie Sanders had to stop one of his colleagues from throwing down with a union boss.
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The move could head off the Washington holiday-season tradition of shutdown dramas and mammoth all-encompassing spending bills. But the chances that a GOP majority that has trouble passing any bill could deliver on this intricate plan seem very low. Time is critically short given the need to muscle a funding measure through both the House and Senate in five days. Trump looms over the House – and the year to comeHouse Democrats are yet to solidify their position but did note Saturday that spending cuts weren’t included in Johnson’s plan. Johnson pleads for a break from his hardlinersAs with the White House, Johnson’s language explains his strategy.
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CNN —House Republicans are pursuing a two-step plan for funding the government, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN, as Congress barrels toward another spending deadline next Friday. While Johnson embraced the right wing of his conference by pitching the two-step approach, he didn’t fully cave to their wishes. The package does not include the deep spending cuts that his right flank pushed for but instead extends funding at its current levels. “This two-step continuing resolution is a necessary bill to place House Republicans in the best position to fight for conservative victories,” Johnson said in a statement Saturday. The second part of the bill, which would extend funding until February 2, would include funding for the rest of the government.
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Where are the 12 US gov't funding bills to avert shutdown?
  + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +7 min
But first, the House and Senate would have to agree upon the overall dollar amount of spending for the 12 bills combined. The Senate passed its version as part of a three-bill package on Nov. 1 with strong bipartisan support. DEFENSEOne of the largest of the 12 bills funds the Department of Defense - the Army, Navy, Air Force and the CIA. The Senate's version passed out of committee on July 27. The Senate's version passed out of committee on July 27.
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The uprising that began nearly three weeks ago with the toppling of Speaker Kevin McCarthy has now weakened three of the most powerful figures in the House GOP. Twisting colored squares together in the right order seems simple by comparison with attempts to unite a House Republican conference unable to comprehend how clownish it looks. “We need (a speaker) because the House can’t do anything without a speaker,” Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” Sunday. “This is probably one of the most embarrassing things I’ve seen because if we don’t have a speaker of the House, we can’t govern. “This is embarrassing for the Republican Party.
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Opinion: Uncomfortable reality for Biden
  + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +18 min
We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. He didn’t live to see the allies’ victory in World War II that year or the conference in San Francisco that month that established the United Nations. But his diplomatic efforts to meet with Arab leaders came undone after a devastating explosion at a hospital in Gaza. Biden himself initially supported the US 2003 war in Iraq only to end up as the president who ordered the US pullout of Afghanistan. “This is the politics that Donald Trump’s rhetoric has wrought among his supporters in the Republican Party,” wrote Avlon.
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Aside from McCarthy and Jordan, Republicans have also rejected their No. That plan would give more authority to Republican Representative Patrick McHenry, who is filling the speaker's chair on a temporary basis. He helped to engineer government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 and helped to push Republican Speaker John Boehner into retirement in 2015. Jordan's vote total of 194 was less than McCarthy netted in 15 grueling rounds of voting in January. Jordan's Republican opponents declined to celebrate in the wake of his defeat.
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I don't know if that's a newsflash for anybody here," Republican Representative Scott Perry said. Republican Representative Jodey Arrington, who has been floated as an alternative, said he was backing Jordan for now. That plan would give more authority to Republican Representative Patrick McHenry, who is filling the speaker's chair on a temporary basis. House Democrats and the White House have said they are open to the idea, but Republicans rejected it on Thursday. He helped to engineer government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 and helped to push Republican Speaker John Boehner into retirement in 2015.
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Republicans who control the chamber appear no closer to resolving a leadership battle that has paralyzed the House for more than two weeks. ET (1400 GMT) vote, Jordan said the House needed to install a speaker so it could take up aid for Israel and other matters, but he did not predict victory. Jordan has failed to win the 217 votes needed to claim the speaker's gavel in votes on Tuesday and Wednesday. Republicans control the House by a 221-212 margin, and Jordan has not gotten more than 200 votes so far. He helped to engineer government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 and helped to push Republican Speaker John Boehner into retirement in 2015.
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That was the discussion," Republican Representative Vern Buchanan told reporters. House Democrats and the White House have said they are open to that idea, but many Republicans rejected it. "At this point, we're not going to have any kind of other resolution on this," said Republican Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer. 2 House Republican Steve Scalise last week. One of those, Representative Drew Ferguson, said in a statement on Thursday: "The House Republican Conference does not need a bully as the speaker."
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Jordan, who has lost two votes for speaker this week, emerged from an hours-long closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans to say he would press ahead with a third vote. It was not clear when the House would vote again on a speaker. House Democrats and the White House have said they are open to that idea, but many Republicans rejected it. He told fellow Republicans on Thursday that he would drop out of the speaker's race if his opponents were unmoved after talking with him, two lawmakers said. One of those, Representative Drew Ferguson, said in a statement on Thursday: "The House Republican Conference does not need a bully as the speaker."
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