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☆ Kevin McCarthy's wild ride as US House speaker ends in historic fall
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( David Morgan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) walks back to the Speaker's office after a motion to vacate the chair of Speaker of the House and end McCarthy's continued leadership passed by a vote of 216-210, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. On Tuesday, eight members of his party joined 208 Democrats to oust McCarthy as speaker in a 216-210 vote. But as I walk out of this chamber, I feel fortunate to have served the American people," McCarthy, 58, told reporters. "Frankly, one has to wonder whether or not the House is governable at all," Republican Representative Dusty Johnson told reporters after McCarthy's ouster. But hardliners soon used their leverage to shutter the House floor in protest over the spending level that McCarthy had agreed to Biden.

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☆ House speaker succession battle heats up: Jordan, Scalise and Trump in the mix
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Christina Wilkie | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Reps. Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise are the top candidates to replace Kevin McCarthy, who was voted out as speaker in an unprecedented move Tuesday. "I think very highly of Steve Scalise. I would vote for Steve Scalise," Gaetz said this week. The third-ranking House Republican, Majority Whip Tom Emmer of Minnesota, mused that Scalise "would be a great speaker" on Tuesday. Should Scalise become House Speaker, Emmer hopes to replace him as Majority Leader.

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☆ Who leads the House now? The top Republicans who could be the next House speaker.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementFor the first time in American history, House lawmakers have ejected the Speaker of the House from power. 3 House Republican and formerly led the House GOP's campaign arm. Donalds, who is not in House leadership, did not speak on the floor before the historic vote. She was catapulted into House leadership after Republicans booted then-Rep. Liz Cheney from her post as the N0. Once a more liberal Republican, Stefanik has become one of the biggest Trump supporters in the entire House Republican conference.

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Republican Rep. Patrick McHenry, now the acting speaker, declared the House in recess until both parties can decide on a path forward. There is no obvious successor to lead the House Republican majority now that McCarthy has opted not to run for the job again. Immediately after the vote, McHenry, a close McCarthy ally, was named temporary speaker or speaker pro tempore. McCarthy turned over that private list to the House clerk in January when he was first elected speaker. Some members left the chamber Tuesday determined to renominate McCarthy and vote for him for speaker until it passes.

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☆ What’s Next as Kevin McCarthy Removed as Speaker? Key Takeaways
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The House has taken the unprecedented step of removing Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) as speaker. Here are four takeaways from Tuesday’s momentous events:Who wants to be speaker? : It isn’t clear who will want to stand for speaker now that the job is vacant—and that includes McCarthy. Any candidate—whether it is Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R., La. But with Democrats running the White House and Senate, those demands are basically impossible to meet.

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CNN —Following Kevin McCarthy’s historic ouster as House speaker, names have started to emerge as possible successors to take over the gavel. Jordan replied “yes,” when asked if he is running for speaker and said he had just talked to House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, the No. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/FILELouisiana Rep. Steve Scalise, who serves as House majority leader, announced on Wednesday his intention to succeed McCarthy. As he exited a GOP meeting, he told reporters, “Steve Scalise has been a friend for a long time. Kevin HernRep. Kevin Hern leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club on Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

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☆ US Aid to Ukraine May Hinge Partly on Who Takes Over as House Speaker
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

There was no immediate indication of who might succeed McCarthy, but the next speaker could quash more Ukraine aid before a proposal reaches the House floor if that person opposes the idea. A Ukraine "report card" by Defending Democracy Together's "Republicans for Ukraine" campaign rated the leading candidates on the strength of their support for past Ukraine aid. Representative Tom Emmer, the House Republican whip, got the highest rating, an A. 2 House Republican, has long been favored to take over as speaker after McCarthy and received one notch lower, a B. McCarthy, who got a B-minus grade, early this week denied accusations by Gaetz that he had cut "a secret deal" with Biden to allow the House to vote on Ukraine aid.

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☆ US House Speaker McCarthy braces for likely new Republican rebellion
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Richard Cowan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Rebellious Republican Representative Matt Gaetz on Sunday pledged to launch a bid to oust McCarthy as House speaker, just nine months after he struggled to win the job amid challenges from Gaetz and other hardline conservative Republicans. No U.S. House speaker has ever been removed from this high office that puts the holder second in line for the presidency after the vice president. The Republican speaker and his leadership team are hoping to spend this week passing more individual spending bills to fund government programs in the new fiscal year that began on Sunday. They would fund federal agencies that run transportation, veterans, housing and agriculture programs that clash with the lower-spending priorities of Republican versions in the House. That funding was stripped out of the stopgap funding bill passed by Congress over the weekend amid Republican objections.

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☆ Cassidy Hutchinson says Ted Cruz told her not to be a 'tattletale' after she complained to Mark Meadows that Cruz crashed a Trump tarmac arrival in Texas
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Cassidy Hutchinson, in her new memoir, recounted her dismay with Ted Cruz over a 2020 incident. AdvertisementAdvertisementFormer White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, in her new memoir, said that Sen. Ted Cruz told her not to be a "tattletale" after she vented to Mark Meadows about him showing up to greet President Donald Trump at a tarmac arrival in Texas. In the memoir, Hutchinson described her plan to have Republican Gov. As a top aide to then-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Hutchinson said she wasn't impressed by Cruz's actions. "That was the last time I spoke to Ted Cruz," she added.

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Leading House Republicans dismissed the Senate stopgap measure out of hand, saying any short-term funding measure to pass Congress with their approval must address the flow of migrants across the U.S. border with Mexico. "The Senate bill really just continues to fund Biden's open border plan. The country wants to address the open border. We need to address the open border," said House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, the chamber's No. McCarthy said House Republicans would probably bring their own stopgap measure to the floor on Friday.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Steve Scalise, the No. 2 House Republican, returned to the U.S. Capitol on Thursday for the first time since being diagnosed with a blood cancer known as multiple myeloma and told reporters his chemotherapy treatment is underway. Scalise's cancer diagnosis comes at a fraught moment for House Republicans, who are trying to avert a government shutdown while also launching an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. He said the diagnosis was made quickly and his wife and he decided they wanted to be “very aggressive” in treating the multiple myeloma. Scalise was among those wounded in 2017 when a gunman attacked lawmakers at a baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia.

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☆ The week in pictures
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[11/40]House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) faces reporters after he won a majority of votes in the House Republican caucus to become their nominee for next Speaker of the House during a Republican meeting held behind closed doors in the Longworth House office building on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 11. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueWASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES

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☆ US House Republicans set to debate 2024 defense spending next week
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( David Morgan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to consider fiscal 2024 defense spending legislation next week, Majority Leader Steve Scalise said on Friday. The Republican-controlled House, which returns to Washington on Tuesday from its August recess, will consider an appropriations bill covering defense spending, according to Scalise's weekly floor schedule. Action on spending legislation would allow Republicans to demonstrate progress on government funding, after weeks of impasse over hardline demands that discretionary spending be cut to a fiscal 2022 level of $1.47 trillion. The spending level sought by hardliners is $120 billion lower than what House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Democratic President Joe Biden agreed to earlier this year. The two chambers are far apart on funding, with the Senate pursuing spending at the level set by McCarthy and Biden.

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☆ Steve Scalise Undergoes Treatment for Multiple Myeloma
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Tim Hanrahan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Steve Scalise Undergoes Treatment for Blood Cancer
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Tim Hanrahan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Representative Steve Scalise, Republican of Louisiana and the majority leader, said Tuesday he had been diagnosed with a rare form of blood cancer, but planned to return to Washington to continue working as he undergoes treatment over the next several months. Mr. Scalise, 57, said in a statement that he had begun treatment for multiple myeloma, which he described as “a very treatable blood cancer,” after feeling ill over the August congressional recess and having tests that led to his diagnosis. “I am incredibly grateful we were able to detect this early and that this cancer is treatable,” Mr. Scalise said in a statement. “I will tackle this with the same strength and energy as I have tackled past challenges.”Mr. Scalise was gravely wounded in 2017 when a gunman opened fire on members of the Republican congressional baseball team at a practice field in Alexandria, Va. Mr. Scalise was shot in the hip and underwent many surgeries to relearn how to walk.

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☆ House Majority Leader Steve Scalise has a 'very treatable' blood cancer
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Emma Kinery | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

U.S. House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) listens during a press conference following a House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., July 18, 2023. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, which he called "a very treatable blood cancer." The Louisiana Republican underwent tests after "not feeling like myself this past week," he said in a statement. Scalise, 57, said he intends to continue working as he receives treatment and will return to Washington, D.C., but did not say precisely when.

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☆ House Majority Leader Steve Scalise says he has multiple myeloma. The rare blood cancer is treatable but often returns after going into remission.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said he has multiple myeloma. It's a rare blood cancer that can be treated for years but currently is not curable. The results uncovered some irregularities and after undergoing additional tests, I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, a very treatable blood cancer," Scalise said in the statement. The results uncovered some irregularities and after undergoing additional tests, I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, a very treatable blood cancer. "Unfortunately, if left untreated, myeloma cells can multiply and continue to grow in a person's bone marrow," he added.

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☆ No. 2 U.S. House Republican Scalise diagnosed with blood cancer
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

U.S. House Majority leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) speaks during a press conference following a Republican conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Aug 29 (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Republican leader Steve Scalise said on Tuesday he has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a common form of blood cancer. 2-ranking Republican in the House, was injured in a shooting in 2017, when a gunman attacked lawmakers practicing for an annual charity baseball game. Scalise underwent several surgeries to repair internal organs and broken bones following the assault. U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin, a Democrat, said in December that he had been diagnosed with a form of lymphoma.

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☆ Reactions to appointment of a US special counsel in Hunter Biden case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Weiss said Hunter Biden may be headed for trial on criminal charges after talks on a potential plea deal reached an impasse. If Weiss negotiated the sweetheart deal that couldn’t get approved, how can he be trusted as a Special Counsel? Garland appointing Weiss as a sham special counsel on Hunter is a way to block info from Congress while claiming they're investigating. The Biden Justice Department is trying to stonewall congressional oversight as we have presented evidence to the American people about the Biden family's corruption." REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE LAUREN BOEBERT ON X:"Merrick Garland just announced that he will appoint US Attorney Weiss as Special Counsel to look into Hunter Biden's matters.

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☆ Reactions to appointment of a special counsel in Hunter Biden case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

☆ Trump's GOP allies vent about Hunter Biden after latest special counsel indictment
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Special counsel Jack Smith's second indictment against Trump alleges he unlawfully tried to overturn his election loss to President Joe Biden in the 2020 election. One day earlier, a former business partner of Hunter Biden testified that the younger Biden put his father on the phone during business meetings about 20 times, according to U.S. House members. Numerous GOP lawmakers and other supporters of Trump were quick to link the timing of Archer's testimony to Smith's indictment. White House spokesman Ian Sams posted that Archer "appears to have actually testified that President Biden wasn't involved and didn't discuss their business dealings. As they did following his first federal indictment in June, Trump's defenders attacked Smith and questioned his credibility.

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Hardline conservatives, including members of the House Freedom Caucus, warned Republican leaders this week that they would not support appropriations bills without assurances on spending. But with hardliners pushing for lower spending, the House and Senate are at least $120 billion apart, with Senate appropriators aiming at the $1.59 trillion in fiscal 2024 discretionary spending agreed by McCarthy and Biden in June. Biden on Monday vowed to veto the House Republican spending bills if they make it to his desk, saying they backed away from the deal. The military and veterans bill would provide $155.7 billion in discretionary spending for military construction and veterans affairs. Democrats rejected the military construction bill, saying it would slash important programs and impose "a kitchen sink of culture wars" on the military and veterans.

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WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had received a letter from Special Counsel Jack Smith stating that he is a target of a grand jury investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election result. Officials have testified that during his final months in office, Trump pressured them with unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud. stating that I am a TARGET of the January 6th Grand Jury investigation," Trump wrote on his Truth Social media site. In his Truth Social post, Trump said Smith's office has given him "a very short 4 days" to appear before the grand jury in the probe. But he said the cumulative impact of the cases against Trump could deter some moderate Republicans and hinder his chances in the general election.

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"July is going to have a lot of late-night votes and a lot of really big issues being tackled," House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, the chamber's No. House Republicans are aiming to craft a series of 12 detailed spending bills covering every aspect of government funding, an intricate feat Congress has not pulled off on time since fiscal 1997. House Republicans last month voted on a lower target of $1.47 trillion, which would cut spending for the environment, public assistance and foreign aid. "House Republicans really are committed to shrinking spending. House Republicans are also trying to use the legislation to rescind key Biden priorities in areas such as climate change and tax collection.

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