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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.

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☆ One of Marjorie Taylor Greene's top priorities in a new speaker is advancing a bill to restrict trans children and adults from receiving gender-affirming care
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said that the next speaker needs to support a restrictive bill of hers. The bill would prohibit any "taxpayer-funded gender-affirming care" as well as care for minors. Introduced in June 2023, Greene's "Protect Children's Innocence Act" does far more than simply limit children from accessing gender-affirming care. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn actuality, according to a press release from her own office, it prohibits any "taxpayer-funded gender-affirming care," forbid "institutions of higher education" from teaching about gender-affirming care, and restricts any foreigner who's performed any form of gender-affirming care on a minor from entering the United States. Greene's interview on Sunday with Fox News wasn't the first time she's brought up her legislation in relation to the House speaker vote.

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☆ 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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☆ Israel could eventually divide the left — while Ukraine divides the right
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

If the conflict in Israel drags on for weeks, Democrats in Congress may eventually split over it. It would showcase a divide that echoes — but doesn't exactly mirror — GOP discord over Ukraine. It's a divide that might echo — though not exactly mirror — Republicans' divisions over Ukraine. When the invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, lawmakers were relatively united in levying harsh sanctions against Russia and approving billions in aid to Ukraine. That arguments has in turn driven opposition to Ukraine aid among GOP voters; 71% of Republicans said that the US should not authorize any new funding for Ukraine in an August poll from CNN.

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☆ How $6 billion in Ukraine aid collapsed in a government funding bill despite big support in Congress
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

The collapse of Ukraine aid in Congress was months in the making, and exactly what Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell had feared. "But I know there are a majority of members in the House and Senate — both parties — who have said that they support funding Ukraine." But the GOP senators left McConnell with the understanding the support for Ukraine funding overall would be lacking. The next day, McCarthy was ousted from the office over long-simmering complaints about his leadership, leaving any fix for Ukraine funding uncertain. Biden's speech about Ukraine aid is coming.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The collapse of Ukraine aid in Congress was months in the making, and exactly what Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell had feared. "But I know there are a majority of members in the House and Senate — both parties — who have said that they support funding Ukraine." McConnell, R-Ky., had been trying to build support Ukraine for months, ever since he met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv in May. But the GOP senators left McConnell with the understanding the support for Ukraine funding overall would be lacking. Biden's speech about Ukraine aid is coming.

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Trump, the front-runner of the GOP presidential primary, reportedly discussed sensitive information about U.S. nuclear submarines – including the number of warheads they routinely carry and how close they can get to Russian submarines without being detected – to an Australian businessman. Earlier this week, the House ousted Kevin McCarthy – a stunning scene put in motion by a handful of far-right, MAGA lawmakers and one that marked the first time in history that the maneuver has been used to successfully oust a House speaker. Trump himself considered filling the role of speaker after being nominated by Texas Rep. “I have been asked to speak as a unifier because I have so many friends in Congress,” Trump told Fox News Digital on Thursday. Trump is still considering a Tuesday visit to the Capitol, timed to when the GOP conference is set to hold a forum for the Speaker candidates.

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☆ Republicans are asking their Twitter followers to help them decide who should replace Kevin McCarthy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

House Republicans are set to choose a new speaker next Wednesday, and it's unclear who that will be. Some of them have apparently turned to Twitter to help their decision-making — or to make a point. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . As House Republicans try to settle on a candidate to take the reigns after Kevin McCarthy's sudden defenestration this week, some of them are polling their Twitter followers on who they'd like to see in the top job. "That said, who would you like to see as the next Speaker of the House?," wrote LaLota.

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☆ Opinion: McCarthy’s downfall offers a clear lesson for Republicans
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Stuart Ross | Opinion Geoff Duncan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —As the dust settles on the tenure of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, there are lessons the Republican Party should learn. As the Republican caucus considers its next steps, they must choose a leader whose stewardship signals a clear break from the past. Here are the ways that Trump triggered the events that fueled McCarthy’s downfall. In 2022, Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker, a former football star whose controversial candidacy was fueled by his connection to the former president, met the same fate. Fast forward less than a year and Trump was nowhere to be found when McCarthy’s fate as speaker hung in the balance.

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☆ Some vulnerable Republicans aren't cashing Marjorie Taylor Greene's $2,000 checks
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Marjorie Taylor Greene sent $2,000 checks to 18 of her colleagues' campaigns in March. But spokespeople for two of those vulnerable Republicans — Rep. Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin and Rep. Michelle Steel of California — now say that their campaigns didn't end up cashing the checks. Though the March 29 contributions appear in Greene's campaign filings with the Federal Election Commission, they never appeared in Van Orden or Steel's filings. Greene's campaign, which did not respond to Insider's request for comment, has not amended its filings with the Federal Election Commission to reflect that the checks were never cashed. Van Orden represents a swing district, and Democrats are eager to tie more vulnerable Republican candidates to the party's electorally toxic far right.

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☆ Donald Trump serving as House speaker would be chaos for the legislature and misery for the embattled former president
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Even if he gets immense GOP congressional support to become speaker, Trump also appears like the very last person who'd even want the position. US President Donald Trump speaks in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC on November 5, 2020. AdvertisementAdvertisementAs president, Trump was free to hire and fire staffers, counsel, and his cabinet at any point he wanted. As a speaker but not a member of Congress, Trump would have literally no ability to vote on any pieces of legislation. Let's imagine, for a minute, that Trump's both interested in the position and can somehow manage to convince GOP members to take McCarthy's spot.

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CNN —Former President Donald Trump endorsed Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan’s bid for speaker of the House Friday. The former president is not expected to go to Capitol Hill, a source close to Trump said Thursday night. Republicans are slated to hear from speaker candidates at a forum next Tuesday, setting up the next possible House-wide speaker vote on Wednesday, October 11. Trump is “entirely focused” on running for president, the two sources said, characterizing his public posturing on the narrative that he could be elected speaker as Trump relishing the attention. All I can say is we’ll do whatever is best for the country and the Republican Party,” Trump told reporters outside the courthouse in lower Manhattan on Wednesday during a break from his civil fraud trial.

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☆ These are the battle lines for the House GOP's chaotic future
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

House Republicans are offering competing demands for whoever wants to be the next speaker. AP Photo/Carolyn KasterBefore this week, no House speaker had ever been removed by the so-called "motion to vacate." His successor and House Republicans as a whole must now determine its future. Republicans vote amongst themselves — likely next week — behind closed doors for who should be the next speaker. Traditionally, Republicans would then vote for this candidate in the public vote on the House floor.

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☆ Trump is seriously considering pursuing a stint as House speaker
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Lloyd Lee | Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Rep. Kevin McCarthy was ousted as House speaker last week. There are no rules that dictate the speaker must be a member of the House. AdvertisementAdvertisementDonald Trump said he would begrudgingly accept the role of House speaker for a "short period of time" if necessary, days after Rep. Kevin McCarthy was ousted from the position. Politico reported on Wednesday that Trump is "considering" making a trip to Congress next week ahead of scheduled speakership votes. The road for Trump to join House leadership, however, is littered with obstacles, severely hampering any chance he has at becoming speaker.

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☆ ‘I’ve always made fun of the rules.’ John Waters has only ever been himself
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Marie Lodi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“I could keep all the money,” Waters once told culture website Flavorwire of the screenings. During a press preview for the exhibition, Waters revealed that one item he wished they had procured was Divine’s “cheater” — drag terminology for a prosthetic vulva with fake pubic hair. Whether it’s subverting a four-figure tub of moisturizer or Hollywood, Waters has always been true to himself. “I’ve always made fun of the rules of the world that I live in. That’s how you can have fun, by breaking some of them.”One rule Waters isn’t breaking, however, is his daily writing schedule.

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☆ Analysis: How America's broken information environment birthed the chaos wrought by Matt Gaetz
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Matt Gaetz is a product of America’s broken information environment. But as the media landscape has dramatically shifted, particularly in the right-wing information space, so have the power dynamics in Washington. The gravity actually rests in the hands of high-profile media personalities — many of whom are not incentivized by unity and compromise, but feed off conflict and division. And these media personalities have birthed and empowered people like Gaetz. The right-wing media machine — comprised of Fox News, talk radio, social media personalities, and a constellation of blusterous websites — have made stars out of attention-hungry politicians.

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☆ Republican blockade of Ukraine aid and Slovakia’s election play into Putin’s hands
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Fico anchored his campaign on his anti-US rhetoric, vows to stop sending weapons to Ukraine and a pledge to thwart Kyiv’s NATO ambitions. The GOP tide against Ukraine gathers strengthZelensky’s visit to Washington to shore up Ukraine aid last month looks prescient. At Republican campaign events, voters often voice antipathy to sending billions of dollars to Ukraine, and polls show rising public skepticism. Still, for now, there is a bipartisan Washington majority in favor of Ukraine aid, although the chaos in the GOP raises questions about how it will be delivered. So we’ve got to find a way that we can do this together.”But if McCarthy is toppled and replaced by a more radical speaker, Ukraine could run out of luck.

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☆ Ukraine aid left out of the shutdown funding package as MAGA wing moves GOP toward a more isolationist stance
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A new US bill to prevent a government shutdown omits further aid for Ukraine. Ukraine's President Zelenskyy told US politicans, "If we don't get aid, we will lose the war." AdvertisementAdvertisementUS Congress passed a bill to fund government services temporarily but suspended aid to Ukraine, The Associated Press reported. The funding was later approved, but Ukraine aid opponents are growing in numbers. Yesterday, Joe Biden urged Congress to continue aid provisions to Ukraine, Sky News reports.

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CNN —House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s allies are scrambling to head off a right-wing revolt to oust the California Republican from his job and turning to the constituency that now suddenly holds the cards: House Democrats. One Democratic lawmaker who supports ousting McCarthy told CNN, “I have no trust in, nor respect for, McCarthy. But House Democrats also acknowledge that they don’t know another Republican who can get the 218 votes needed to clinch the speakership. “My advice to my fellow Democrats is simple: Follow the leader,” former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Jake Tapper. But while Jeffries has maintained a more cordial relationship with McCarthy than his predecessor, there have been recent signs of strain.

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☆ Joe Biden has a decision to make about Julian Assange
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +26 min

A small group of lawyers and media executives gathered in a well-appointed back room to listen to Gabriel Shipton, Assange's half-brother. In the case of Vault 7, WikiLeaks' source turned out to be a disgruntled former C.I.A employee. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn New York, Gabriel Shipton, Assange's half-brother, declined to rule out the possibility of a plea deal. Every time the Australian government raises this issue, the Chinese government puts out a statement about Julian Assange. Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, right, was part of a delegation of Australian officials in the US to press for the release of Julian Assange.

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☆ Republicans are accusing a Democratic lawmaker of pulling a fire alarm to buy time before a House vote on the stopgap spending bill
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Republicans on Saturday said Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulled a fire alarm in a House office building. "Rep Jamaal Bowman pulled a fire alarm in Cannon this morning," Rep. Bryan Steil wrote on X.Steil, the chairman of the House Administration Committee, said an investigation was underway. AdvertisementAdvertisementHouse Republicans on Saturday said that Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulled a fire alarm in a congressional office building as Democrats sought to delay a vote on a GOP-authored stopgap spending bill. "Rep Jamaal Bowman pulled a fire alarm in Cannon this morning. The House did eventually pass the stopgap spending measure, which keeps the government funded for 45 more days, on Saturday afternoon.

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☆ McCarthy’s Centrist Path Out of a Government Shutdown
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Kaia Hubbard | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +9 min

But with a funding bill seemingly out of reach, all signs suggest that those entrenched positions will result in a long and painful government shutdown. And it may be enough to arouse a dormant group of centrists whose own interests favor a functional legislative branch. And adding to McCarthy’s bind is the pledge that conservatives will call for his ouster should he work with Democrats to avoid a shutdown. Moderate Republicans, flanked by House Democrats, seize upon the moment. Meanwhile, another possible path, however unlikely, appears open to willing Democrats and centrist Republicans.

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☆ How the Shutdown Holdouts Have Antagonized McCarthy Before
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Karen Yourish | Lazaro Gamio | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Notably, Representatives Wesley Hunt of Texas and Ken Buck of Colorado came back to Washington at Mr. McCarthy’s request to vote in his favor for speaker. And Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia aligned herself with Mr. McCarthy during the speaker fight and was ousted from the Freedom Caucus over the summer. With far-right members of his caucus in revolt over suspending the debt ceiling, Mr. McCarthy was forced to negotiate a deal with President Biden, further enraging the already volatile faction. In another blow to Mr. McCarthy, the bipartisan measure passed with more Democrats than Republicans. They did so to punish Mr. McCarthy for making a deal with Mr. Biden to suspend the debt limit.

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☆ House Democrat defends voting for bill that would slash Defense Secretary's salary to just $1: 'I'm not particularly concerned about him'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The House passed a defense spending bill on Thursday that cuts Sec. But Rep. Jared Golden, one of two House Democrats who voted for the bill, sees little issue. AdvertisementAdvertisementDemocratic Rep. Jared Golden of Maine voted for a bill on Thursday that would reduce Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's salary to essentially nothing. The provision was just one part of the Republican-led defense spending bill that passed the House on Thursday, which would fund the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2024. I served in Afghanistan and Iraq, and I'm a member of the Armed Services Committee," said Golden, explaining his vote for the underlying defense bill.

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☆ Marjorie Taylor Greene moved to slash Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's salary to $1, exposing a rift between MAGA Republicans and military officials under the Biden Administration
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Lloyd Lee | Sebastian Cahill | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Meanwhile, a faction of hard-right GOP members moved to cut Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's salary. AdvertisementAdvertisementAs Congress scrambles to drum up a plan to avert a government shutdown, hard-right lawmakers curiously proposed a move to cut the salary of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to $1. Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene proposed an amendment to slash Austin's salary on the House floor on Wednesday, putting the proposal to a voice vote. AdvertisementAdvertisementAustin, a retired four-star Army general, is the first Black secretary of defense and was confirmed 93-2 by a Senate committee in 2021. On September 21, several hard-right Republicans continued to stifle progress on a spending agenda after rejecting a defense bill that typically receives bipartisan support.

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