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☆ Matt Gaetz Tore the House GOP Apart. He Isn’t Sorry.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Molly Ball | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON—With the Capitol in chaos and the speaker’s position going on its third week of vacancy, Rep. Matt Gaetz surveyed the consequences of his actions and declared he had no regrets. “I have extreme confidence,” the Florida Republican said in an interview from his Capitol Hill office, “that we will have an upgrade at the position.”

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☆ Matt Gaetz blasts the House GOP secret ballot process that knocked off Jim Jordan as the party's speaker nominee: 'It's as swampy as swamp gets'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. Matt Gaetz on Friday expressed dismay at Jim Jordan's removal as the GOP speaker nominee. "It's as swampy as swamp gets, and Jim Jordan deserved better than that," Gaetz told reporters. The decision sank the House chamber into further disarray, more than weeks after Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California was ousted as speaker. "It's as swampy as swamp gets, and Jim Jordan deserved better than that." Democrats could potentially be in the mix to back a particular GOP speaker nominee if some sort of legislative deals are made, but it is unclear what those terms would look like or if it would actually happen.

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But those reports are now at odds with initial American intelligence, which subsequently concluded that the Israel Defense Forces were not responsible for the explosion. The dispute has laid bare long-standing and increasingly passionate disagreements among congressional Democrats over the party’s relationship with Israel – and, now, how to position the party as the deadly conflict in Israel and Gaza escalates. “That’s a vile position to take,” Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz told CNN, suggesting that Tlaib should review intelligence made available to House members. “That’s what’s been really painful – just continue to watch people think it’s OK to bomb a hospital, where children,” Tlaib said. “It’s truly disturbing that Members of Congress rushed to blame Israel for the hospital tragedy in Gaza,” Fetterman wrote.

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The anonymous text messages warned her husband – who has been a vocal holdout against Jordan – to back the Ohio Republican. Jordan on Wednesday condemned the death threats, saying “it’s just wrong.”“It should never happen,” Jordan said as he left his office Wednesday night. Womack derided what he called the “attack, attack, attack” tactics of Jordan allies against his Republican opponents. “Frankly, just based on what I’ve been through – I can only speak to myself and what my staff has been through over the last 24 or 48 hours – it is obvious what the strategy has been: Attack, attack, attack. There have also been pro-Jordan robocalls targeting voters in Rep. Carlos Gimenez’s district as well as other members’ district, according to the Florida Republican’s office.

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☆ 13 photos that show how divided Congress has become
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Talia Lakritz | Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Many Democratic women wore white to President Donald Trump's 2019 State of the Union address, creating a stark contrast in the House Chamber seating. President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address in the chamber of the US House of Representatives at the Capitol Building on February 5, 2019. At least one Republican woman, Rep. Elise Stefanik, also wore white for the event. However, party lines were clearly visible in the State of the Union seating arrangements. Rep. Dean Philips, a male congressman from Minnesota, also wore white to honor the cause.

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House Republicans appear to be warming to a novel proposal that would empower the speaker pro tempore, given their inability to elect a leader. The idea appears particularly popular among Republicans who opposed Jordan on the initial ballot. But the move would require the backing of a majority of the chamber, likely necessitating the support of Democrats. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has made clear that Democrats are open to a bipartisan path forward. “I have respect for Patrick McHenry, I think he is respected on our side of the aisle,” Jeffries said when asked about the possibility of empowering the North Carolina Republican.

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Here are key things to know about how Rep. Kevin McCarthy was ousted as House speaker:What happened to McCarthy? McCarthy had been House speaker since January, when he won the gavel after 15 rounds of balloting. Many House Republicans who share some of these ideological views, however, continued to support McCarthy. So many Democrats felt like they didn’t owe him anything, even if a future GOP speaker could be more conservative than McCarthy. Only four Republicans can break with the pack in order for a GOP speaker to be seated.

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CNN —Conservative Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio is bringing the House back to the floor Tuesday to vote on whether he will succeed ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy and finally end the chamber’s prolonged paralysis amid deep GOP divisions. But it’s not clear whether Jordan can be the one who unifies the fractured House Republican conference, with some lawmakers still opposed. Jordan can now only lose three votes, instead of four, but this is a temporary drop until the Florida congressman returns. “We need to get a speaker tomorrow,” Jordan said Monday after leaving a closed-door GOP conference meeting. Several Republicans – including from districts won by President Joe Biden – declined to say Monday evening whether they would vote for Jordan on the floor.

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☆ 20 Republicans oppose Jim Jordan for speaker, sinking his chances on the first ballot
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Republican Rep. Jim Jordan failed to win enough support on the first ballot, losing 20 Republicans. Jordan, who chairs the powerful House Judiciary Committee, received 200 votes on the first ballot with 20 Republicans voting for other candidates. With full Democratic attendance and united opposition, Jordan could only afford to have lost three Republican votes. By at least one measure, Jordan would be the most conservative Speaker compared to the average House Republican in recent years. The 20 Republicans that have voted against Jordan thus far:Seven Republicans voted for House Majority Leader Steve Scalise: Scalise was briefly the party's nominee to become speaker before he withdrew from the race.

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☆ Georgia deputy kills Black man freed from prison after exoneration
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Brendan O'Brien | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The officer pulled over Leonard Allan Cure, 53, on Monday morning along Interstate 95 in Camden County near the Florida border. An altercation ensued, and the deputy killed Cure, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). In Monday's incident, the GBI said the deputy had told Cure that he was under arrest but Cure failed to comply with the officer's requests and assaulted him. Before shooting, the deputy used a Taser and a baton in an effort to subdue Cure, the agency said. It said in a statement on Monday that Cure was traveling to see his mother in south Florida when the incident occurred.

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☆ Matt Gaetz dismisses the idea that Kevin McCarthy's ouster as speaker is fueling government dysfunction: 'The chaos narrative is a bit overplayed'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. Matt Gaetz rejects the notion that the lack of a speaker has halted lawmaker responsibilities. "I think that the chaos narrative is a bit overplayed, particularly in the Beltway," he told CNN. Gaetz, who led the conservative push against Kevin McCarthy, backs Jim Jordan's speakership bid. They had that in Kevin McCarthy," he said. "And it doesn't mean that we're in chaos because there were 10 days when the lights were off on the House floor.

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☆ Chaos in House GOP intensifies with Scalise’s speakership bid in peril
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

GOP lawmakers did select Steve Scalise as their nominee for the job that is second in the line of presidential succession on Wednesday. The worsening debacle in the House follows the ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week by eight Republicans voting with Democrats. But some GOP leaders are irritated that the jockeying is distracting from the imperative to find a speaker. He was still well short of the 217 votes – a majority of the current House – needed to claim the speakership on the floor. “He has no path to 217,” one top House Republican said on condition of anonymity.

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☆ Trump and Gaetz Are 'Re-Educating' Fans to Embrace Violence: Historian
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a historian at NYU, accused Trump on Wednesday of encouraging violence. Trump is "re-educating" his followers, she said, wanting them to see violence "in a positive light." Trump "has been re-educating Americans since 2015," Ben-Ghiat said, "using his rallies, using his events, to see violence differently; to see violence in a positive light." AdvertisementAdvertisement"That's why he went to Waco," she said, referring to where Trump rallied his followers in March. Violence, Ben-Ghiat argued, has indeed been normalized in MAGA politics.

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☆ Amid House leadership crisis, opinions of Republican Party and its congressional leaders have worsened among Americans
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Jennifer Agiesta Ariel Edwards-Levy | Jennifer Agiesta | Ariel Edwards-Levy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The public’s impressions of the Republican Party and its leaders in Congress have worsened amid a leadership crisis in the House of Representatives, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, with Republican-aligned Americans divided over how the GOP should govern. A 56% majority of Republican-aligned voters who back former President Donald Trump say they approve of McCarthy’s ouster, compared with just 37% of those not supporting Trump in the primary. That division is evident across multiple measures of the Republican Party’s performance or of views on its path forward. Asked about Republican leaders in Congress, 51% of Trump supporters approve of their work, while just 35% of other Republican-aligned voters feel the same. Among the public generally, impressions of the Republican Party are deeply negative.

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CNN —Rep. Steve Scalise announced he was dropping out of the speaker’s race Thursday after House Republicans failed to coalesce behind him in the aftermath of Kevin McCarthy’s historic ouster. And Republicans scheduled a second members-only conference meeting for Thursday evening. But the opposition to Scalise as the next speaker only grew Thursday, with roughly 20 Republicans publicly opposing him. Scalise needs a majority of the House to be elected speaker, meaning he can only afford to lose four votes. The deadlock is leading to intensifying frustration as the House GOP looks no closer to coalescing around a speaker candidate.

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☆ I entered a bidding war to land an apartment. It was way more brutal than I expected.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( James Rodriguez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Yet one of the enduring legacies of the COVID-era housing market may be the proliferation of bidding wars for rentals. Bidding wars have periodically reared their ugly heads during overheated stretches in New York City's housing market. And while things have cooled down since the mania of 2022, in places where available rental inventory remains low, the bidding wars just won't die. Still, it's hard not to worry that we've opened Pandora's box when it comes to bidding wars. Bidding wars may feel distasteful, embarrassing, and unfairly favor those with the means to drive up already exorbitant asking rents.

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☆ Bidding wars over apartments are more ferocious than ever — and they're here to stay
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( James Rodriguez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

☆ Rep. Lauren Boebert is officially divorced after tense hearing where the congresswoman rejected a judge's plan for $1800 a month child support
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | Evan Linko | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rep. Lauren Boebert is now officially divorced from her husband Jayson. AdvertisementAdvertisementGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert on Tuesday finalized her divorce with her now ex-husband Jayson Boebert. As for her kids, Boebert's lawyer, Annie Le Fleur, announced that the initial plan for $1833.43 would be reduced to nothing. The congresswoman will not be changing her name, Boebert's lawyer said at the hearing. Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado carries her grandson next to her lawyer, Annie Le Fleur, in a Colorado court.

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While the impetus on Republicans to pick a new speaker escalated after the terrorist attack in Israel over the weekend, the House GOP conference remains bitterly divided over how it should proceed – and who can get the 217 votes needed to lead it. Republicans are preparing for the prospect that neither House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana nor House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio can get the votes to be elected speaker, leaving the conference with no clear path forward. In some corners of the conference, there was a push to quickly settle on a speaker. House Foreign Affairs Chairman Mike McCaul called for a new speaker by Wednesday to avoid appearances of weakness and dysfunction amid war in Israel. Until a new speaker is selected, the House can’t pass legislation to address the crisis, McCaul noted.

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The Hamas terrorist attack on Israel is reprehensible. Israel is under heavy attack right now by Hamas and taking action to defend itself and its people. Israel has every right to defend itself.”Sen. Jon Tester, Montana Democrat“I strongly condemn the terrorist attacks launched by Hamas against our ally Israel. I will continue to closely monitor the situation.”Sen. Maggie Hassan, New Hampshire Democrat“Hamas’s terrorist attack on Israel is nothing short of horrifying. Israel has every right to defend itself from this unjust war.”Sen. Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat“The terrorist attack on Israel is appalling.

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☆ Israel-Hamas war ratchets up pressure on Republicans to select House speaker in coming days
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

A senior Biden administration official indicated to reporters on Saturday that the paralysis in the House could complicate U.S. efforts to support Israel. McCarthy, of California, was ousted by conservative Republicans last week, the first time a House speaker was deposed in a no-confidence vote in U.S. history. McCarthy told Fox News on Saturday that there is nothing the House can do until the body elects a speaker: "I don't know if that happens quickly," McCarthy said. House Republicans are expected to vote for a candidate to replace McCarthy on Wednesday morning. The Florida Republican said House Republicans will coalesce around Scalise or Jordan this week: "I reject the premise that this is going to drag on for weeks," Gaetz said.

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CNN —A band of House Republicans made a historic move this week to punish their own leader, sending the House into chaos by ousting Kevin McCarthy as speaker. For Democrats, the House GOP drama puts them in a wait-and-see mode. Scalise, Jordan make their pitchesBoth Scalise and Jordan have spent the past several days making their pitches to different constituencies in the GOP conference. Democrats waiting on the sidelinesBiden jabbed at House Republicans on Friday while saying he was willing to work with whomever was ultimately elected by the House to be speaker. House Republicans, it’s time for you to do your job,” Biden said at a White House event touting the economy’s better-than-expected job numbers Friday.

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With an early morning social media post on Friday, Trump inserted himself into the chaotic race to replace Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker by backing Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan for the post. Jordan is facing at least one other candidate — House Majority Leader Steve Scalise — who is also on good terms with Trump. Political Cartoons View All 1202 ImagesRegardless of who becomes the next speaker, Trump has undeniable sway over House Republicans. All I can say is we’ll do whatever’s best for the country and for the Republican Party,” Trump told reporters at the courthouse Wednesday. Trump's agenda while in office was often thwarted by congressional leaders from his own party as he clashed with former House Speaker Paul Ryan and then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

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The House is set to elect a new speaker in the days ahead, following Kevin McCarthy’s historic ouster and announcement that he would not run again. Even so, a number of House Republicans are expected to jockey for the gavel, teeing up an eventful speaker fight to come. For now, Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, has stepped into the role of “speaker pro tempore” until a new speaker is elected. House Republicans are expected to meet on Oct. 10 for a candidate forum, setting up a vote the following day. These are the possible candidates for House speaker:Candidates Who Announced a Bid for Speaker:Rep. Steve Scalise, Louisiana Republican:The No.

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☆ Lauren Boebert said it would be 'childish, vengeful' for Republicans to remove Matt Gaetz after he led McCarthy's ousting
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As Matt Gaetz is criticized by various corners of the GOP, Lauren Boebert has risen to defend him. Gaetz had led the controversial charge to oust Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker. Boebert said Republicans retaliating against Gaetz would be "sorely mistaken." AdvertisementAdvertisementRep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado on Thursday warned her GOP colleagues about retaliating against Rep. Matt Gaetz for his role in ousting Kevin McCarthy. AdvertisementAdvertisementMeanwhile, McCarthy accused Gaetz of acting against him as personal payback for a House Ethics Committee investigation that looked into allegations of sexual misconduct against Gaetz.

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