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☆ Sen. Mark Kelly, one of the most vulnerable freshman Democrats, faces off against Blake Masters in Arizona for a seat that could decide control of the Senate
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sen. Mark Kelly is running against Republican Blake Masters in Arizona's high-profile Senate race. A Masters win could help Republicans win control of the currently 50-50 Senate. Arizona Senate candidatesKelly, a former NASA astronaut who is also married to retired Democratic congresswoman-turned-gun-control advocate Gabrielle Giffords, has jumped into a variety of issues during this first term in Congress. Masters is a first-time candidate vying to reinsert some red into the battleground state after voters handed control of the Senate delegation to Democrats Kelly (2020) and Kyrsten Sinema (2018). A Masters win would tip the balance of power to Republicans, ending the 50-50 split that's been in effect since January 2021.

☆ Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's wife told Sen. Kelly Loeffler she didn't 'deserve to be in elected office' in text after 2020 election: report
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tricia Raffensperger chastised Kelly Loeffler for endangering her life in 2020 for political gain. The wife of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger slammed Loeffler in heated text messages. Loeffler called for Brad Raffensperger’s ouster to further Trump’s 2020 election denial scheme. "I hold you personally responsible for anything that happens to any of my family," Tricia Raffensperger wrote, adding, "You do not deserve to be in elected office." And that's all we did," Brad Raffensperger said.

☆ Trump calls Colorado GOP Senate nominee Joe O'Dea a 'RINO character' and warns his supporters against voting for 'stupid people with big mouths' in the crucial race
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Donald Trump lashed out at GOP candidate Joe O'Dea for listing others he wants to see run in 2024. O'Dea is running for Senate in Colorado, a race that could break the 50-50 Senate stalemate. O'Dea said he would do his best to prop up candidates like Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, Florida Gov. The Trump-O'Dea feud only benefits incumbent Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet, who pollsters at FiveThirtyEight predict will clinch a fourth term. Recent polls have shown O'Dea making that re-election bid more interesting than expected, keeping Bennet's lead to just single digits in a state where President Joe Biden beat Trump by 13 points.

☆ Kevin McCarthy says it's 'not God's plan for me to be speaker' if Republicans win the House in November but reject his leadership bid: report
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Kevin McCarthy's mission in life is to become speaker of the House. Regaining control of the chamber this fall would help him stake a claim for the leadership gavel. If GOP colleagues still deny him the speaker post next year, McCarthy says it wasn't meant to be, he told Punchbowl News. If dissatisfied colleagues still deny him the gavel after that, it's clearly "not God's plan for me to be speaker," the California Republican told Punchbowl News of the prospective political gut punch. "If I'm not going to be acceptable to the body having that scenario this time, no one's acceptable," McCarthy estimated.

☆ Mike Pence says his relationship with Trump 'broke down' after the election and describes facing down the president's pressure campaign to overturn the 2020 results in new autobiography
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former Vice President Mike Pence dumps on Donald Trump for stoking Jan. 6 in his new book. Pence notes how Trump "pressured him to overturn the election" and rioters yelled "Hang Mike Pence!" In the jacket description of his memoir, "So Help Me God," Pence says his once "tight bond" with Trump "broke down after the 2020 election." A slide shown at the January 6 select committee's October 13 hearing highlighting a threat against former Vice President Mike Pence calling him a "dead man walking." "If you watched our hearings closely, you understand that Vice President Mike Pence was essentially the president for most of that day," she told a think-tank audience in September.

☆ Subpoenaing Trump to testify about Jan. 6 is the only way to fill in the blanks left by the 30-plus Trump aides who pleaded the Fifth to investigators: Democrats
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Jan. 6 committee members unanimously voted to subpoena Donald Trump on Thursday. Members said interviewing Trump is the only way to fill in gaps from uncooperative Trump aides. Members said there was no need to subpoena Mike Pence because they know he "did his job." "We have collected enough evidence that former Vice President Pence did his job," Thompson told reporters after the committee's ninth and most likely final public hearing. The latest breakouts include that Trump began plotting during the summer of 2020 to falsely claim victory in that fall's election.

☆ Josh Hawley says Republicans should ban congressional stock trading as their top priority in 2023 after Democratic efforts falter
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Hawley says GOP leaders should make banning congressional stock trading their top priority. Congressional Democrats have floated various trading bans but haven't found a unifying fix. How about Congress pass an actual stock trading ban?" Fellow stock trading ban advocate Sen. Jeff Merkley announced a few weeks earlier that Senate Democrats were punting their own compromise bundle into the lame-duck session. Hawley's stock trading proposal, which only applies to congressional members and their spouses, currently has no cosponsors and is less comprehensive than many of the languishing Democratic proposals.

☆ Democrats are downplaying Biden's history-making 80th birthday, and insist that voters only care about what he 'is going to do to make their lives better'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Joe Biden will make history on his November 20 birthday as the first 80-year-old US president. "Like President Biden has said, anyone with questions about his age should just watch him," a spokesperson told Politico. Biden's birthday comes amid intense scrutiny of his age, especially as he weighs whether to run for re-election in 2024. But some Democrats have called for a new generation of leaders while Republicans have questioned Biden's mental acuity. Jim Messina, President Barack Obama's campaign manager in 2012, told POLITICO, the average voter doesn't care about Biden's age, but instead "wants to know what Joe Biden is going to do to make their lives better."

☆ Cassidy Hutchinson, who delivered bombshell testimony about Trump's conduct on Jan. 6, agrees to cooperate with Georgia prosecutor investigating 2020 election tampering: report
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson is cooperating with Georgia district attorney Fani Willis. Hutchinson told January 6 investigators about Donald Trump's efforts to undo the 2020 election. Willis is looking into Trump's alleged interference in Georgia's election results. Top editors give you the stories you want — delivered right to your inbox each weekday. Willis has been trying to get Meadows to testify for months, but the former Trump White House chief of staff has yet to cooperate.

☆ Warnock asked about Walker allegations. Hear his response
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-08 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) responds to reports that his GOP challenger, Herschel Walker, allegedly paid a woman to have an abortion and asked her to end a second pregnancy two years later. CNN's Michael Warren reports.

☆ Republicans use Biden gaffe about dead congresswoman to bash the aging president and his White House aides
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Biden asked if late Rep. Jackie Walorski was in attendance during a Wednesday press conference. Biden said, referring to an Indiana Republican you died in August. Republicans are demanding apologies, questioning Biden's awareness and dunking on White House aides. Sign up for our newsletter to receive our top stories based on your reading preferences — delivered daily to your inbox. "To be fair, this is no less truthful than everything else from this White House," the likely 2024 presidential contender wrote on Twitter.

☆ Biden seeks out dead Indiana Republican during White House news conference: 'Jackie, are you here?'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Biden mistakenly sought out the late Republican Rep. Jackie Walorski of Indiana at a news conference. Where's Jackie?," Biden said, in a slip-up that's sure to fuel Republican attacks. Biden was speaking at a White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health when he thanked bipartisan elected officials who introduced legislation to convene the conference. Where's Jackie?," Biden said, looking to the side and saying in a soft voice, "she was going to be here." Biden had already planned to welcome her family to the White House on Friday, when there will be a bill signing in her honor, she said.

☆ Rep. Debbie Dingell suspects Trump posed as a Washington Post reporter in a 2019 call with her: book
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( John L. Dorman | Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. Debbie Dingell suspects Trump may have posed as a reporter to call her, per a forthcoming book. In "Confidence Man," NYT reporter Maggie Haberman detailed how Dingell thought the caller sounded like Trump. In late 2019, Trump suggested that Dingell's late husband, the veteran Rep. John Dingell of Michigan who died in 2019 at age 92, was in hell. Thank you so much sir," Trump said of Debbie Dingell's supposed reaction, before slipping in the dig, "Maybe he's looking up, I don't know." That same day, Debbie Dingell voted to move forward with Trump's first impeachment trial.

☆ Jan. 6 committee postpones Wednesday hearing as Hurricane Ian bears down on Florida
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The panel cited Hurricane Ian, which is set to hit Florida on Wednesday, as reason for the delay. Chairman Bennie G. Thompson and Vice Chair Liz Cheney released a Tuesday statement announcing that the panel's next public hearing, which was scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, will be postponed. "In light of Hurricane Ian bearing down on parts of Florida, we have decided to postpone tomorrow's proceedings," the lawmakers said. Sewing up 'loose ends'January 6 committee member Rep. Jamie Raskin told reporters that the goal of the ninth – and presumably last – public hearing was to sew up "some loose ends." "People understand that the former president wouldn't take no for an answer," Raskin told reporters outside the US Capitol on September 22.

☆ Republicans Louie Gohmert and Paul Gosar 'may have had serious cognitive issues,' Jan. 6 committee advisor says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Republican Denver Riggleman says Reps. Louie Gohmert and Paul Gosar are in their own little worlds. They harbor "wild, dramatic fantasies about Democrats, the media and big tech," Riggleman says. "I came to believe Gosar and Gohmert may have had serious cognitive issues," Riggleman writes of his former colleagues in his new book, "The Breach: The untold story of the investigation into January 6th." Reps. Gohmert and Gosar did not respond to requests for comment about Riggleman's remarks. Republican Reps. Perry and Biggs have both been subpoenaed by the select committee investigating the deadly siege at the US Capitol.

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☆ Wisconsin Republican fights off Jan. 6 committee's weekend subpoena to avoid being part of 'a multimedia show': report
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Jan. 6 committee investigators subpoenaed Wisconsin speaker Robin Vos over the weekend. Vos fought off testifying in a countersuit denouncing "the Committee's public relations scheme." Investigators want to talk to Vos about an election-related call he had with Trump in July. January 6 committee staff didn't respond to requests for comment about the Vos subpoena. But two of its senior members said over the weekend that they believe Trump was responsible for the deadly siege at the US Capitol.

☆ Pennsylvania Democrat says having all-octogenarian House leadership has put him at ease about the president running in 2024: 'To me, Joe Biden is young'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Democratic Rep. Brendan Boyle said he's fine with having an 80-plus year old Biden running in 2024. To me, Joe Biden is young," Boyle said, referring to aging House leaders. House Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, and Jim Clyburn are all in their early 80s. To me, Joe Biden is young," the 45-year-old Pennsylvania Democrat told CNN, gesturing towards the House chamber run by 82-year-old Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 83-year-old House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, and 82-year-old Majority Whip Jim Clyburn. —US Rep Brendan Boyle (@RepBrendanBoyle) November 1, 2020

☆ Mick Mulvaney, now a never-Trumper, still thinks NY AG Letitia James' civil fraud lawsuit is all wrong
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Warren Rojas | Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Mick Mulvaney, Donald Trump's former budget director, blasted NY AG Letitia James' Trump case. Now a never-Trumper, Mulvaney asks of James' lawsuit, 'Who's the victim here?' In August, Mulvaney called Trump the only Republican who could lose to a Democrat in the 2024 election. "They didn't lose money," Trump said. James' lawsuit alleges that Trump enriched himself by an undeserved $250 million by lying over the past decade to Deutche Bank and other lenders on financial documents.

☆ Rick Scott joins Mitch McConnell in rallying around Ron DeSantis' migrant flight stunt
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Sen. Rick Scott plugs Ron DeSantis' migrant trafficking project in a new fundraising pitch. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell hailed the migrant shuffling as "a good idea" on Tuesday. Exploiting migrants for political gain is the rare thing McConnell and Scott agree on right now. Scott is the second Senate GOP leader to climb aboard the DeSantis bandwagon this week. This spring McConnell threw cold water on Scott's self-styled midterm strategy blueprint, emphatically stating "that will not be part of a Republican Senate majority agenda."

☆ House Homeland Security chair Bennie Thompson calls for federal probe of Ron DeSantis over Martha's Vineyard migrants stunt
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. Bennie Thompson wants DOJ and DHS to investigate Ron DeSantis' migrant trafficking. Thompson urged both agencies to investigate the Florida governors' activities ASAP. Ron DeSantis might have broken while flying unsuspecting migrants around the country, Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson urged the Biden administration on Thursday. The chair of the House Homeland Security Committee called DeSantis' behavior into question in a letter to the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security leaders. Gavin Newsom has also urged Garland to investigate DeSantis.

☆ Ron DeSantis' Martha's Vineyard stunt gives Republicans the midterm fight they crave and takes focus off Trump 2024 and abortion rights, GOP operatives say
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

DeSantis' political stunt in Martha's Vineyard rocketed the issues to front-page news ahead of the midterms. Ron DeSantis orchestrated flights sending migrants and asylum seekers from San Antonio, Texas, to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, many observers saw a stunt aimed at raising the Republican's political profile ahead of a potential 2024 White House run. They've also been able to keep the spotlight on former President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly teased a 2024 White House run, is the subject of an FBI investigation over classified documents, and faces a $250 million fraud lawsuit. The flights carrying migrants injected immigration into the national discussion, forcing the White House to respond. Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty ImagesRepublicans play up illegal immigration issueCongressional Republicans have welcomed the shift in the national conversation to immigration and border security.

☆ Newt Gingrich, who 'broke' Congress, returns to raise support for Kevin McCarthy's midterm strategy on Capitol Hill but dodges questions about testifying in the January 6 probe
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Newt Gingrich referred reporters to his lawyers when asked about the ongoing Jan. 6 investigation. "I don't talk about it. House investigators have asked Gingrich to testify about advice he gave Trump's 2020 election team. "I don't talk about it. Others who have yet to appear for questioning or have fought against testifying publicly include former Vice President Mike Pence, former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, former Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone, as well as McCarthy and other House GOP subpoena dodgers.

☆ Rick Scott predicts the Trump civil fraud lawsuit won't hurt the GOP's chances of retaking the Senate much and says the Mar-a-Lago raid 'revved up the base'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Sen. Rick Scott downplayed the chances of a new lawsuit against Trump endangering the midterms. Scott said simmering outrage over the Mar-a-Lago raid could drive more MAGA voters to the polls. Sign up for our newsletter to receive our top stories based on your reading preferences — delivered daily to your inbox. Scott said what matters more to diehard Trump fans is how the former president is being scrutinized by federal investigators right now. "I think the FBI revved up the base — by doing the raid and not telling anyone why they did it," Scott said.

☆ Mitch McConnell calls Republican Govs. DeSantis and Abbott's ploy to fly migrants to Democratic enclaves like Martha's Vineyard 'a good idea'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Mitch McConnell on Tuesday agreed with moving migrants around the country to own the libs. "I personally thought it was a good idea," the Kentucky Republican said at the US Capitol. Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott are stirring up immigration fights before November. "I personally thought it was a good idea," the Kentucky Republican told reporters at the US Capitol on Tuesday when asked about the immigration-related stunts Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov.

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