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McCarthy concessions raise stakes on budget, debt limit

WASHINGTON — The deal between Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his conservative detractors lays a foundation for the massive spending cuts that some want, but also sets up a daunting challenge for GOP lawmakers who want to keep the government functioning after winning control of the House.

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Rep. Jason Smith wins three-way contest for Ways and Means gavel - Roll Call

Rep. Jason Smith, a self-proclaimed “firebrand” preaching a populist image of the GOP, won the nomination to be Ways and Means chairman.

Roll Call

Boebert's "confusion" led to GOP fight

Boebert's move may have led to the standoff between Reps. Mike Rogers and Matt Gaetz

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McCarthy Era Begins As The GOP Leader Squeaks Out A House Speaker Victory

GOP leader Kevin McCarthy finally won election early Saturday morning as Speaker of the House in a historic 15-ballot battle.

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McCarthy concessions raise stakes on budget, debt limit - Roll Call

The House Republican deal lays a foundation for the spending cuts that some want, but also a challenge to keep the government functioning.

Roll Call

McCarthy vows to repeal IRS funding

The proposal has little chance of passing in the Senate, but could be used as leverage by the GOP later this year

Salon

McCarthy House rules package includes ban on taxpayer-funded abortion - which already exists

The Hyde amendment already prohibits federal dollars going toward abortions.

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Trump news - live: Trump stays silent on Brazil attack by Bolsonaro supporters mirroring Jan 6

Over a weekend of multiple posts on Truth Social, Donald Trump has remained silent regarding the attack on the Brazilian presidential palace and national Congress that mirrored the events of 6 January 2021 when supporters of the former president stormed the US Capitol.

The Independent UK

Trump news - live: Fulton County election fraud grand jury concludes probe as Trump silent on Brazil unrest

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Finally Approved as House Speaker, McCarthy Aims To Cut IRS Funding

Plus: More documents showcase government pressure on social platforms, appeals court to reconsider ban on nonviolent felon gun ownership, and more...

Reason

GOPer slams McCarthy's "backroom deals"

"We don't have any idea what promises were made or what gentleman's handshakes were made," said Rep. Nancy Mace

Salon

Time for Senate Democrats to step up

House GOP is promising all kinds of unhinged investigations — but Senate Democrats have subpoena powers too

Salon

Even Lauren Boebert’s supporters want her to stop ‘nasty rhetoric’

Voters who support Lauren Boebert are hoping the firebrand Republican congresswoman from Colorado tones down her brash style

The Independent UK

Kevin McCarthy's fast start: Big Tech is a top target for GOP majority

He plans a quick spate of red-meat actions and announcements to reward hardliners who backed him

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Salon

Welcome to the creepiest Congress ever

With Kevin McCarthy as Speaker, House Republicans gear up to wage a two year war on reality itself

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Will Bunch: Exhuming McCarthy: How minority rule could implode US democracy in 2023

In the end, he couldn’t even get 218 votes, a simple majority. The GOP’s Kevin McCarthy gained the House speakership in the dead of night early Saturday, but the last winner of a 15-rounder who emerged this battered and bloody was Muhammad Ali, who told reporters after 1975′s “Thrilla in…

Los Angeles Times

Doyle McManus: The real winner from the House fight? Mitch McConnell, the Senate's indispensable man

The television split screen told the story.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Kevin McCarthy limps over the finish line to a job that he weakened

The only good thing about Kevin McCarthy scheduling his supposedly triumphant 14th House roll call vote that would finally make him speaker for 10 p.m. Friday, is that it wasn’t a school night. McCarthy, of course, lost that 14th vote and 15th-round balloting went well past midnight. When McCarthy said,…

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Mark Z. Barabak: Kevin McCarthy 'won' the House speakership. Now the country will pay the price

For years, Kevin McCarthy wanted to be speaker of the House in the worst possible way, and that's precisely what he accomplished by winning the leadership post after 15 humiliating rounds of voting and days of give-away-the-store negotiations.

The Independent UK

Lauren Boebert appears to hurl obscenity at Marjorie Taylor Greene in video of tense speaker vote exchange

Videos appear to show Colorado representative responding to her Republican colleague with expletive

The Independent UK

Lawmaker held back by the mouth apologises to Matt Gaetz over House speaker row

Alabama Republican publicly apologises to Matt Gaetz for ‘briefly’ losing temper

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois Rep. Mary Miller, 20 other hardliners gain power in deal to back Kevin McCarthy for speaker

“I look forward to working with the House Republican Conference to stop Joe Biden’s destructive, radical, leftist agenda,” Rep. Mary Miller said in a statement.

Tribune News Service

GOP Rep. Scott Perry of Penn. won’t step back from House probe that could involve allegations against him

As the newly Republican-controlled House of Representatives readies to push back against recent federal investigations, one GOP lawmaker says he won’t sit things out in spite of a potential conflict of interest.

Tribune News Service

Lawmakers grapple with aftermath of Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s messy ascent to House speaker

After a chaotic start to the new Congress, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are playing nice with new House Speaker Kevin McCarthy — for now.

The Independent UK

McCarthy's next big task: Win GOP support for House rules

After an epic 15-ballot election to become House speaker, Republican Kevin McCarthy faces his next big test in governing a fractious, slim majority

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