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☆ White House Condemns G.O.P. Demands in Impeachment Inquiry
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Luke Broadwater | More About Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The White House on Friday condemned House Republicans’ wide-ranging impeachment inquiry into President Biden, saying that there was no legitimacy to the investigation and that recent subpoenas and demands for congressional testimony from the former White House counsel, White House aides and Biden family members were “irresponsible.”“You appear so determined to impeach the president that you have misrepresented the facts, ignored the overwhelming evidence disproving your claims and repeatedly shifted the rationale for your ‘inquiry,’” Richard Sauber, a special counsel for Mr. Biden, wrote to Representatives James R. Comer, a Kentucky Republican who leads the Oversight Committee, and Representative Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican who heads the Judiciary Committee. Mr. Sauber’s letter came after House Republicans demanded to interview Biden family members and issued a subpoena to Dana Remus, a former White House counsel under Mr. Biden. It was perhaps the strongest rebuke of the inquiry the Biden administration has issued. House Republicans are investigating myriad aspects of the Biden administration and have accused the president of accepting millions of dollars in bribes and altering U.S. policy to enrich his family, but they have not produced proof to back up their boldest claims. Their investigation has focused heavily on the president’s son, Hunter Biden, and work he did for companies and partners in Ukraine, China and other countries.

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☆ Republicans still don't know how to talk about abortion
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The 2023 elections show Republicans still don't know how to talk about abortion. (Never mind the fact that abortion rights advocates have now won seven times when abortion has explicitly been on the ballot.) "If pro-life Republicans want to actually save lives, they have to learn to LISTEN TO WOMEN and talk about abortion AND contraception." As Vance described, many Republicans abandoned their decades-long commitment to traditional exceptions to abortion bans in the cases of rape, incest, or the mother's health. "As much as I'm pro-life, I don't judge anyone for being pro-choice, and I don't want them to judge me for being pro-life," Haley said.

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☆ Ohio shows abortion is still haunting Republicans
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In Ohio, a mostly red state, voters explicitly wrote into their state constitution a right to an abortion up until the point of fetal viability. An exit poll of Ohio voters found that 6 in 10 voters were still angry about the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson. But in its absence, they have created an electoral albatross that abortion rights advocates have hung on GOP candidates up and down the ballot throughout the nation. The Virginia legislative races were defined by abortion rights, as Democrats seemingly rejected the GOP push to institute a 15-week abortion ban in the Commonwealth, which currently allows abortions through the second trimester — or approximately 26 weeks. Beshear, who supports abortion rights, sought to paint Cameron as out of the mainstream on the issue.

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☆ Takeaways from Election Day 2023 in America
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Gregory Krieg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Here are the key election night takeaways on a strong night for Democrats:As Ohio goes, so goes the nation? Tuesday night’s election results probably won’t change the equation for Biden in 2024, given Ohio’s recent presidential electoral history. Other state Republican parties might not be so lucky. Andy Beshear won a second term on Tuesday in a state that Trump carried by more than 25 points in 2020. Endorsed by Trump but often described as McConnell’s protégé, Daniel Cameron’s defeat will stir a lot of finger-pointing within the Republican Party.

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Ohio voters overwhelmingly approved a state constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights, delivering a landslide-sized message Tuesday night to politicians that the near-total ban GOP lawmakers support is unacceptable to the voting public. President Joe Biden, who has made abortion rights a central theme of his struggling 2024 reelection effort, praised the vote. Nebraska's proposed referendum would ban abortion, while the remaining states are considering initiatives to protect reproductive rights. Advocates believe the abortion rights referendum was a driver of that vote. Broken down, that includes 46% of Democrats, 23% of independents and 20% of Republicans, suggesting Democrats are more likely to make abortion rights a defining factor in their votes.

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☆ Biden impeachment inquiry end game comes into focus, but moderate Republicans still not sold
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Annie Grayer | Melanie Zanona | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

In recent days, Comer has said in media appearances that subpoenas for Biden family members are “imminent.”The end of the inquiry is still likely months away. They did, however, secure an interview with the special counsel overseeing the Hunter Biden criminal probe, David Weiss, for Tuesday, which is unprecedented given that the case is ongoing. At every turn, House Democrats and the White House have dismissed the allegations against the president and poked holes in the Republican-led investigation. “The subpoenas to Hunter Biden and other members of the Biden family should have already happened,” Gaetz told CNN. “We’ll see what comes out.”Even members involved in the inquiry know that the evidence doesn’t clear the key hurdles needed to move forward.

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☆ Kevin McCarthy floats proposal returning him to power and making Jim Jordan assistant House speaker
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Ali Vitali | Scott Wong | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. Republican Representative from California Kevin McCarthy speaks with Republican Representative from Ohio Jim Jordan as the U.S. House of Representatives continues voting for new speaker at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, January 4, 2023. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is floating a plan that would reinstall him as House speaker and make conservative Trump ally Rep. Jim Jordan the assistant speaker, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The proposed alliance aims to unite warring factions of the House Republican Conference, which has been leaderless since McCarthy was ejected from the speaker's office. A source briefed on the proposal likened it to the arrangement Democrats had when Rep. Nancy Pelosi was speaker and Rep. Katherine Clark was assistant speaker. "Kevin speaker, Jordan assistant speaker," the source said.

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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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☆ Nine Republicans are vying to become the next House speaker. These are the candidates
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Interim House Speaker Patrick McHenry of North Carolina said he wants the nominee to face a House vote as soon as Tuesday. His failure came after the party's original nominee, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana, bowed out of the race because he could not secure enough GOP votes. Meuser said Monday whoever wins the nomination needs to ensure that speaker's office is inclusive so the narrow GOP majority remains unified. The Pennsylvania Republican told Fox Business that Republicans' failure to elect a speaker has made the party "part of the dysfunction of Washington." US House Of Representatives | via ReutersRep. Gary Palmer is chairman of the House Republicans' policy committee.

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☆ House remains paralyzed with no end in sight for speakership battle after Jordan’s exit
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Clare Foran | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —There is still no end in sight for the high-stakes speakership battle after House Republicans ousted Kevin McCarthy more than two weeks ago. Frustrations and divisions have only intensified within the conference as Republicans search for a way to resolve the impasse. House Republicans are expected to hold a candidate forum Monday evening and more candidates are likely to throw their names into the running before then. Then, in the aftermath of McCarthy’s ouster, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise’s speakership nomination met a swift downfall when the conference failed to come together on his bid. The Ohio Republican fared worse in the vote than he had in previous failed rounds.

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CNN —Republican Rep. Jim Jordan is pressing ahead with his speaker bid despite facing stiff opposition from within his own party and no clear path to win the gavel. In a news conference Friday morning, Jordan made it clear he has no plans to abandon his bid. We can’t open the House until we get a speaker,” Jordan said. Some Republicans who oppose Jordan have decried what they described as a pressure campaign against them by allies of the Ohio Republican. There was also an emotional discussion over the threats some Jordan holdouts are facing.

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☆ 7 of the Republicans who voted to oust McCarthy are offering themselves up as human sacrifices to make Jim Jordan the next speaker
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

7 of the Republicans who voted to oust McCarthy are essentially offering themselves up as sacrifices. AdvertisementAdvertisementAs Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio continues to hemorrhage support in his quest for the speaker's gavel, a group of Republicans are essentially offering themselves as human sacrifices. Earlier on Friday, 25 Republicans voted against the Ohio Republican, giving him the lowest percentage of votes for the majority party's nominee for speaker since 1859 — before the Civil War. Last night, Republican Rep. Greg Murphy of North Carolina apparently blocked Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina — one of the eight — on Twitter after he said she should apologize for "causing this mess." House Republicans are set to vote behind closed doors at 1 pm on whether Jordan should remain the party's nominee.

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Rep. Jim Jordan was again decisively defeated in his bid to become speaker on Friday, marking his third failed ballot this week and by the largest margin yet as his support continues to erode. Yet it remained unclear whether the divisive lawmaker would yield in his strong-armed bid for leadership amid a growing urgency for House Republicans to resolve the crisis they created. Twenty-five House Republicans voted against the Ohio Republican, growing by three votes since Wednesday and two in the first vote a day prior, as things are trending in the wrong direction for Jordan. Unlike McCarthy, Jordan has the backing of most House conservatives. Still, Jordan faces opposition from a number of sides – from moderates, from appropriators and from McCarthy and Majority Leader Steve Scalise allies, among others.

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☆ These 25 Republicans voted against Jim Jordan on the third ballot — underscoring the doomed and futile nature of his ongoing speakership bid
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jim Jordan hemorrhaged even more votes during the third vote on his speakership bid on Friday. Here are the 25 Republicans who voted against him this time. AdvertisementAdvertisementBelieve it or not, Rep. Jim Jordan is still trying to become the next speaker of the House. Sure enough, 25 Republicans voted against Jordan on Friday, more than the 22 who voted against him on Wednesday and the 20 who voted against him on Tuesday. AdvertisementAdvertisementHere are the 25 Republicans who voted against Jordan on Friday:

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☆ House Republicans dumped Jim Jordan after he put up worst showing for a speaker nominee since before the Civil War
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

House Republicans overwhelmingly voted 112-86 to dump Jim Jordan as their speaker nominee. It was the worst showing for the majority party's speaker nominee in nearly 164 years. In a closed-door meeting immediately after the third failed vote on the Ohio Republican's embattled speakership bid, House Republicans voted overwhelmingly — by a 112-86 margin — to remove him as the party's nominee. It came after 25 Republicans voted against Jordan earlier on Friday and he garnered just over 45% of the vote among all members of Congress. That was the worst showing for the majority party's nominee for speaker since 1859, when the House took weeks to select a speaker on the eve of the Civil War.

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☆ Analysis: The number one takeaway from President Joe Biden's Oval Office address
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“I know these conflicts can seem far away, and it’s natural to ask – why does this matter to America?” Biden said. Biden’s decision to combine aid requests for Israel and Ukraine will trigger a fierce political clash in Washington. Hell no.”Polls show that Americans do not necessarily buy Biden’s position that the threats to Ukraine and Israel are the same. Biden’s address, with the familiar backdrop of US and presidential flags in the Oval Office felt like a throwback to an earlier age — when presidents would interrupt primetime on the handful of TV channels at a moment of national crisis. Like President Harry S. Truman, Biden’s trips to the bully pulpit are marked more for simple truculence than linguistic eloquence.

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☆ Fashion police, brawls, and heckling: House Republicans' petty drama has no end in sight
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

House Republicans are stuck in an endless loop of infighting as they search for a new leader. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Cameras watching the floors have documented the now weeks-long effort to replace former Speaker Kevin McCarthy after his historic ouster. McCarthy, according to multiple reports, screamed at Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to sit down during a testy exchange on Thursday. The first time in January came as House Armed Services Chairman Mike Rogers had to be restrained from charging at Gaetz.

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Patrick McHenry and Jim Jordan consulted on speaker talks in the House Wednesday. Photo: Tom Williams/Zuma PressWASHINGTON—GOP speaker designee Jim Jordan is throwing his support behind a plan to put caretaker speaker Patrick McHenry in charge of the House until January, according to a person familiar with the matter, a plan that could reopen the House after a two-week impasse. Rank-and-file GOP lawmakers had started to lose patience with the Ohio Republican’s efforts to continue his campaign after losses on two consecutive ballots. There will be no third vote Thursday, but Jordan plans to stay in the race. The plan would give him several months to build support for his bid while allowing the House to move forward with key votes expected on Israel and Ukraine aid and keeping the government funded.

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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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☆ Welcome to the revenge of the Republicans you've never heard of before
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Rep. Jim Jordan's speakership bid has been thwarted — for now. Call it the revenge of the Republicans you've never heard of — the ones who aren't regularly featured on Fox News, who don't have massive social media followings, and who aren't known for styling themselves as right-wing crusaders. If Jordan's speakership bid ultimately fails, it will signify a stunning turnaround for a party that's been in thrall to its loudest voices since the ascent of Donald Trump in 2015. AdvertisementAdvertisement81 House Republicans — more than a third of the conference — voted for him anyway. 20 House Republicans voted against him on Tuesday, 22 voted against him on Wednesday, and even more were expected to vote against him on a potential third vote.

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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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☆ The GOP's congressional chaos deepens as Jim Jordan holds off on 3rd vote for Speakership
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jim Jordan won't hold a third vote to become Speaker of the House. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Twenty-two Republicans voted against Jordan, sending him below the 200-vote threshold that former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California always managed to surpass during his own marathon, 15-round speakership fight in January. Six of the 18 Republicans that represent districts President Joe Biden won in 2020 voted against Jordan. Jordan will almost certainly remain chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, a post from which he has led the GOP's efforts to impeach Biden.

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CNN —The House remains paralyzed with no end in sight to the Republican leadership crisis as GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio continues his bid for speaker despite facing stiff resistance. The House could hold a third vote for speaker as soon as Thursday afternoon, though no vote has been officially scheduled yet. Tensions are rising among House Republicans as pressure grows to find a way to resolve the standoff. Some of Jordan’s opponents have predicted that the Ohio Republican will lose even more support in Thursday’s speaker vote. There were four new Republican votes against Jordan and two that flipped into his column.

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U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) (R) talks to Speaker Pro Tempore Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) as the House of Representatives prepares to hold a vote on a new Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol on October 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio will back a plan to empower interim House Speaker Patrick McHenry until January, sources told NBC News and CNBC Thursday. The plan to temporarily empower McHenry to oversee the passage of legislation would act as a bridge until the deeply divided Republican conference can coalesce around a permanent replacement. Rep. David Joyce of Ohio said earlier this week that he plans to introduce a resolution to empower McHenry so the House can move forward with urgent business. But another source cautioned that the plan to temporarily empower McHenry may not have enough votes in the House.

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Rep. Jim Jordan again fell short on Wednesday in his bid to become speaker, his prospects growing dimmer as time wore on. Twenty-two House Republicans voted against the Ohio Republican, as his opposition grew from a day prior, spelling trouble for his path forward in the chamber. Adding to Jordan’s troubles was a pledge by lawmakers to support Jordan in the first round as a good-faith show of support to their party’s speaker nominee – but not necessarily beyond. “This is the fight – which Jim Jordan represents – to end the status quo, and it ain’t easy,” Perry said. A group of Republicans on Wednesday were reportedly eyeing moving forward with a motion to empower Rep. Patrick McHenry, who was designated speaker pro tempore when former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted.

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