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☆ How 2020 election denialism greases the path to power in the Republican Party
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Johnson, who played a leading role in the effort to block the certification of President Joe Biden’s 2020 election win, benefited in his ascent to the speakership last week from the approval of pro-Trump lawmakers. His tortured explanations of his constitutionality correct decision – that he lacked power to overturn Biden’s 2020 election win in Congress – failed to convince grassroots Republicans bought into the ex-president’s false claims that he won the election. An alternative lesson that the ex-president’s rivals might draw is that forceful condemnations of Trump’s 2020 election denialism are likely to be fatal to their campaigns. There was evidence last week that Johnson’s maneuvering after the 2020 election helped secure his rise to the speakership. Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, for example, said that Emmer’s vote to certify the 2020 election “played a big role” in her vote against him.

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☆ McConnell fights for his legacy as he sells a divided GOP on Ukraine funding
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Mitch McConnell is making a very public push to support additional US support for Ukraine. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe White House has asked for $105 billion for Israel, Ukraine, and to fund border security efforts. While some Senate Republicans are skeptical of Ukraine support, there is much greater opposition in the House. Before former Speaker Kevin McCarthy's historic ouster, a conservative revolt forced leaders to strip Ukraine aid from the massive bill that funds the Pentagon. The measure failed but 93 Republicans voted in favor of it.

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A weeklong hearing on one lawsuit to bar Trump from the ballot in Colorado begins Monday, while on Thursday oral arguments are scheduled before the Minnesota Supreme Court on an effort to kick the former president off the ballot in that state. Whether the judges keep Trump on the ballot or boot him, their rulings are likely to be swiftly appealed, eventually to the U.S. Supreme Court. Then last year, it was used by CREW to bar the head of “Cowboys for Trump” from a county commission seat in rural New Mexico. The judge overseeing Greene’s case ruled in her favor, while Cawthorn’s case became moot after he was defeated in his primary. Free Speech For People filed the case in Minnesota, where challenges to ballot appearances go straight to the state supreme court.

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☆ Republicans are desperate for attention — and it's decimating their ability to govern
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

In the end, the only man who could unify House Republicans behind him was a relatively little-known and mild-mannered evangelical Christian from Louisiana. AdvertisementAdvertisementAs the speaker saga wore on, it provoked questions among some House Republicans: How could it be that they had failed to elect a speaker for so long? While Gaetz maintains otherwise, his angry GOP colleagues have plenty of evidence to make their case that it was an attention ploy. Rep. Matt Gaetz surrounded by reporters and cameras after the House voted to oust Kevin McCarthy from the speakership. The attention economy doesn't preclude an ability to govern — an effective politician might seek to harness their celebrity towards worthy ends.

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☆ Influencer model infects US political fundraising
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Ben Winck | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

In turn, leaders like former Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi or Republican Speaker Paul Ryan collected tens of millions of dollars to divert to politically valuable campaigns elsewhere in the party. Florida Republican Matt Gaetz has raised nearly $2 million this year, helped by fundraising emails sent in the lead-up to his successful effort to remove Republican Representative Kevin McCarthy as House speaker. Vocal conservatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert have raised $2.7 million and $2.4 million, respectively, for their 2024 House campaigns. McCarthy raised 2.9% of House Republicans’ cash in the 2022 elections. Republican Representative Garret Graves criticized Representative Matt Gaetz on Oct. 3 for using his vote to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as a fundraising opportunity.

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Johnson of Louisiana, a lower-ranked member of the House GOP leadership team, becomes the fourth Republican nominee in what has become an almost absurd cycle of political infighting since Kevin McCarthy's ouster as GOP factions jockey for power. “I made my decision based on my relationship with the conference,” he said, referring to the GOP majority. House Republicans returned behind closed doors, where they spend much of their time, desperately searching for a leader who can unite the factions, reopen the House and get the U.S. Congress working again. In the end, Johnson won 128 votes on the evening ballot, more than any other candidate. With Republicans controlling the House 221-212 over Democrats, any GOP nominee can afford just a few detractors to win the gavel.

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☆ GOP Rep. Tom Emmer voted for a gay marriage bill in 2022. It may have cost him his bid for speaker.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

On Tuesday, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer dropped out of the speaker race. Two representatives publicly said they wouldn't vote for him given his vote on gay marriage. In 2022, Emmer was one of 39 Republicans to support the Respect for Marriage Act. He dropped out of the race before the day even ended, with two GOP members saying he wasn't fit for the job due to his previous support for a federal gay marriage bill. Rep. Rick Allen, a Republican from Georgia, told reporters on Tuesday that he was "very concerned" about Emmer's same-sex marriage vote and would not be voting for him.

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Having dispatched their speaker then rejected two popular GOP figures as replacements, the House Republicans on Tuesday will be voting instead on a hodge-podge of lesser-known congressmen for speaker, a powerful position second in line to the presidency. No one is expected to emerge from first-round voting and Republicans are planning to stay behind closed doors until they can agree on a nominee. Launched over right-flank complaints about McCarthy's leadership in budget battles, it's no longer clear what the House Republicans are fighting for and if they will end up with a more acceptable speaker. Trump has intervened from the sidelines backing hard-charging Rep. Jim Jordan over Majority Leader Steve Scalise. “You’re gonna have to use persuasion.”Trump, brushing back suggestions that he take the gavel himself, suggested Monday that no one is capable of uniting the House Republicans.

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Asked what he expected as he entered a closed-door meeting with other Republicans, Jordan said only, "I'm not gonna know until I talk to my colleagues." "I can't believe we're going down this route," Republican Representative Jim Banks said. AFTERNOON VOTE POSSIBLEThe House could vote on that proposal in the afternoon, said Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who said she does not support it. "Right now the Republican agenda, conservative agenda, is totally derailed," said Republican Representative Mario Diaz-Balart, a Jordan opponent. 2 House Republican, won his party's endorsement last week but dropped out after he was unable to consolidate support.

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☆ Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: We need to unite behind a speaker
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: We need to unite behind a speakerCNBC's Emily Wilkins joins 'The Exchange' to discuss division among republicans about the best path forward for securing a new Speaker, proposals to temporarily empowering Speaker Pro Tempore McHenry to pass bills, and the need for Democratic support.

Persons: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Emily Wilkins, Pro Tempore McHenry Organizations: Pro, Democratic

Rep. Jim Jordan became the latest speaker nominee to bow to the unruly House Republican conference after a week of division and disagreement about how to move the chamber forward. After two failed speaker ballots, the Ohio Republican is not expected to pursue another vote on Thursday, instead backing a proposal to empower Rep. Patrick McHenry as temporary speaker, likely until the end of the year. Without a speaker, the House has been unable to approve a resolution supporting Israel or consider aid to the country. The Week in Cartoons Oct. 16-20 View All 6 ImagesThe move is expected to go to a House vote with a resolution introduced by moderate Republicans. It's outrageous.”Greene expressed disappointment in Jordan backing the resolution to empower McHenry as “some sort of a short term speaker,” saying “we voted for him to be our speaker nominee.”

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Rep. Jim Jordan is the new GOP speaker nominee following Majority Leader Steve Scalise’s exit from the race. Jordan has the weekend to continue to make his case and attempt to flip holdouts, but he faces a steep uphill battle. But it soon became clear that Jordan also faces a stiff wall of resistance. That vote, which was cast by secret ballot, was 152 to 55, laying bare the major challenge Jordan faces in his bid for the gavel. Jordan or any other Republican speaker candidate can only afford to lose four GOP votes when the full House votes for speaker if all members are voting.

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☆ Rep. Steve Scalise unexpectedly withdraws from House Speaker race
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

GOP lawmakers have been scrambling to pick their next House Speaker. In a secret ballot held Wednesday, House Republicans nominated Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana. AdvertisementAdvertisementRep. Steve Scalise is withdrawing his run for the House Speaker position, The Washington Post reported on Thursday, just a day after House Republicans nominated the Louisiana representative for the role at the GOP conference. The decision came after Scalise failed to secure enough votes to win the Speaker role on Thursday, The Associated Press reported. AdvertisementAdvertisementBut on Wednesday the pick came down to Scalise and Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio.

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Republicans can afford no more than four defections as they control the House by a narrow 221-212 margin. 'AT A STANDSTILL'Several Republicans said they would stick with Jordan, who lost to Scalise in a secret-ballot vote on Wednesday. Jordan has encouraged his supporters to vote for Scalise, according to a source who spoke on condition of anonymity. Democrats have backed their leader, Hakeem Jeffries, in past speaker votes and are expected to do so again. Trump in an interview with Fox News Radio on Thursday said he did not object to Scalise as speaker.

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Several Republicans said they would stick with rival Jim Jordan, who lost to Scalise in a secret-ballot vote on Wednesday. As they came and went from a closed-door meeting, Republicans appeared no closer to breaking the impasse. 'AT A STANDSTILL'Jordan has encouraged his supporters to vote for Scalise, according to a source who spoke on condition of anonymity. Democrats have backed their leader, Hakeem Jeffries, in past speaker votes and are expected to do so again. Trump in an interview with Fox News Radio on Thursday said he did not object to Scalise as speaker.

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And others, still, cited grievances with Scalise’s record or with maintaining the status quo by elevating the No. By Thursday afternoon, even lawmakers Scalise had previously flipped changed their minds, and his backing began deteriorating. And in a razor-thin GOP majority, Scalise needs the support of all but four of his conference to secure the gavel if every Democrat casts a ballot. “I love Steve Scalise,” Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee said heading into the conference meeting to determine the next steps. “I think we need to start voting.”Others said the disagreement should be fleshed out in private before proceeding to a floor vote.

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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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An “American hero,” is how Republican colleagues describe Scalise after the 2017 shooting and on Wednesday, a narrow majority of them nominated him as their next House speaker following the unprecedented ouster of the former speaker, Rep. Kevin McCarthy. McCarthy rose to become Majority Leader, and Scalise the Majority Whip. One early morning three years later, Scalise and other Republican lawmakers gathered at a grassy park in the suburbs outside of Washington to practice for the upcoming congressional baseball game. When McCarthy seized the gavel in January once Republicans regained the majority, Scalise won the No. Late Wednesday, the speaker's office became a revolving door as holdout Republican lawmakers met with Scalise bringing their concerns, complaints and demands.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Having won the nomination to be the next House speaker, Rep. Steve Scalise is heading straight into a familiar Republican problem — skeptical GOP colleagues are reluctant to give their support, denying him the majority vote needed to win the gavel. “We did not hear that.”In a floor vote, Scalise would need to amass votes from almost all Republicans to overcome the Democratic opposition in the House that is narrowly split 221-212. Many Republicans want to prevent the spectacle of a messy House floor fight like the grueling January brawl when McCarthy became speaker. One-quarter of Republicans say they approve of the decision by a small group of Republicans to remove McCarthy as speaker. “Long live Speaker Scalise,” Gaetz said after the vote.

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☆ Steve Scalise does not appear to have votes to become speaker as GOP remains divided
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) waits to speak during a news conference after a caucus meeting with House Republicans on Capitol Hill May 10, 2023 in Washington, DC. The GOP majority leader from Louisiana does not appear to have the 217 Republican votes needed to win the speaker's gavel at this time given the tight margin in the closely divided House. The party remained divided after the internal ballot and the House adjourned Wednesday evening without a full floor vote on Scalise's candidacy. It is unclear when Scalise will face the House. Greene teased the prospect that Scalise will have to face multiple rounds of voting.

Persons: Steve Scalise, Scalise, Jim Jordan of, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Greene, Kevin McCarthy Organizations: Republicans, Capitol, Republican, GOP, Rep Locations: Washington , DC, Louisiana, Jim Jordan of Ohio, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia

☆ 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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☆ Republican Scalise struggles for votes after winning US House speaker nomination
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( David Morgan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"When we go to the floor, there'll be at least a relatively high expectation on the part of Steve Scalise and his team that he's got the votes," said Representative John Duarte, a Scalise supporter. Republican leaders initially scheduled a House meeting for Wednesday afternoon, should Scalise, now the No. 2 House Republican, quickly come up with the votes for election. Asked how long it could take to fill the speaker vacancy, Representative Richard Hudson, who chairs the House Republican campaign arm, told reporters: "No idea.". Before his nomination, Scalise and his allies worked to defeat a closed-door effort to require a candidate to win 217 Republican votes to become the nominee.

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CNN —House Republicans picked Rep. Steve Scalise as their nominee for speaker on Wednesday, but the Louisiana Republican lacks the votes needed to win the gavel and it remains unclear whether he will be able to win over holdouts. Scalise won out over Rep. Jim Jordan in a closed-door vote by the House GOP conference to pick their speaker nominee on Wednesday. House Republicans hold a narrow majority and Scalise can only afford to lose four GOP votes on the floor and still win the speakership. McCarthy’s ouster, which was driven by a group of hardline conservatives, has intensified deep divisions within the House GOP conference and escalated tensions. Scalise is a veteran of House GOP leadershipScalise has risen through the ranks of leadership during his time in Congress.

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☆ GOP Rep. Thomas Massie likely to oppose sending aid to Israel in the wake of Hamas attack: 'I don't believe in foreign aid'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"I don't believe in foreign aid," he said, indicating that it's not solely about Israel. "I am opposed to foreign aid," the Kentucky Republican told Insider in an interview at the Capitol. "Some people say my position on opposing all foreign aid is radical. AdvertisementAdvertisementMassie, an idiosyncratic libertarian, has long been opposed to both foreign aid and imposing sanctions on foreign countries. Israel has long been the top recipient of US foreign aid, totaling $158 billion to date and $3.8 billion annually since 2019.

Persons: Thomas Massie, —, I'm, I've, Massie, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Cori Bush, Rashida Organizations: Israel, Republican, Service, Kentucky Republican, AIPAC, Republicans Locations: Israel, Russia, Ukraine, United States, Missouri, Michigan

☆ House Republicans had their cell phones confiscated while they voted on a new speaker
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

House Republicans voted on Wednesday to nominate Rep. Steve Scalise to be the next speaker. As they left, lawmakers had to wave pieces of paper with numbers on them to get their phones back. AdvertisementAdvertisementHouse Republicans' cell phones were confiscated as they decided on who should be second in line to the presidency. During a conference meeting on Wednesday overseen by current House Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, Republicans nominated House Majority Leader Steve Scalise to be their party's choice for speaker of the House. The House is set to begin voting on a new speaker at 3pm Wednesday, and it remains unclear how long that will take.

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