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Biden, McCarthy unite on Ireland at St. Patrick’s Day lunch - Roll Call

President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy touted their heritage at a luncheon with Ireland's leader, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.

Roll Call

Q&A: New Majority Whip Tom Emmer is here to listen to colleagues, not bully them

WASHINGTON — Warm and cuddly is not the approach you’d expect from a former college hockey star who’s now in a position called “majority whip,” but that’s how the House Republican Conference’s new No. 3, Tom Emmer, describes his job.

Tribune News Service

More than a quarter of Republicans approve of Capitol attack, poll shows

Survey also reveals more than half of Republicans think January 6 was a form of legitimate political discourse

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New Majority Whip Tom Emmer is here to listen to colleagues, not bully them

House Republican Whip Tom Emmer says his duty as the party's No. 3 is to make sure everybody in his conference gets heard

Roll Call

DUP urged to restore powersharing institutions by US senate leader

Irish premier Leo Varadkar said that the Good Friday agreement was one of the most significant successes in American foreign policy.

The Independent UK

DeSantis scores 1st congressional endorsement over Trump, from Texas Rep. Chip Roy

WASHINGTON – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis scored his first congressional endorsement for president, as Texas Rep. Chip Roy, a leader in the far-right Freedom Caucus, urged conservatives Wednesday to look past Donald Trump in 2024.

Tribune News Service

Texas’ U.S. Rep. Chip Roy says Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis should be president

The Austin Republican is the staunch conservative who led 19 House members in blocking Kevin McCarthy’s bid for the speakership. “I believe it’s time for a new generation of leadership,” he said of DeSantis.

The Texas Tribune

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‘Watershed’ $1 trillion defense budget on the horizon

WASHINGTON — The $1 trillion American defense budget is in sight.

Tribune News Service

House, Senate members affected in DC Health Link breach total 21 - Roll Call

The DC Health Link data breach impacted 21 members across the House and Senate who get their insurance through the program.

Roll Call

‘Watershed’ $1 trillion defense budget on the horizon - Roll Call

As the Pentagon unveils its $842 billion budget request for fiscal 2024, the prospect of a $1 trillion defense budget looms.

Roll Call

Editorial: The budget and the debt: Speaker Kevin McCarthy must agree to raise the borrowing ceiling

President Joe Biden’s proposed budget for the federal fiscal year that starts on Oct. 1 would spend $6.8 trillion off revenues of only $5 trillion in taxes collected. The imbalance, a $1.8 trillion deficit, would get added to the national debt of $31.4 trillion that has been building since 1789.…

Tribune News Service

GOP takes up arms against Biden’s energy, climate spending plan

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s budget request would allocate billions of dollars for climate and low-carbon energy programs just as Republicans press for less environmental protection and more fossil fuel production, muddying the outlook for potential areas of agreement.

Tribune News Service

Justice Department shoots down claims that Tucker Carlson footage of QAnon Shaman exonerates Jan 6 rioters

Prosecutors say Fox News omitted incriminating footage from its four-minute clip of convicted rioter

The Independent UK

GOP takes up arms against Biden's energy, climate spending plan - Roll Call

Biden's budget request would spend billions on climate and low-carbon energy programs as Republicans press for more fossil fuel production.

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Candid Cameras in Congress

During the recent multiday battle over the next speaker of the House, media outlets were free to capture Congress members negotiating, debating, and even losing their cool.

The Guardian - US

Republican response to the January 6 Capitol attack divides party

Line are drawn between the extremist wing and those who distance themselves from portraying the rioters as ‘sightseers’

Salon

Double duds: Conspiracy bros bore MAGA

GOP propagandists believe MAGA buys whatever they're selling, so why put any effort into spinning lies?

Los Angeles Times

Doyle McManus: Biden's budget was an opening bid. Where's the Republican plan?

President Joe Biden unveiled his $6.8 trillion budget proposal last week, and it drew the customary jaded responses: a work of fiction. A party platform with price tags. And, of course, dead on arrival.

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Feds say Silicon Valley Bank clients will get funds as another troubled bank is shuttered

The Treasury, FDIC and Federal Reserve said clients of Silicon Valley Bank would be protected as the agencies sought to find a buyer and stop further bank runs.

The Guardian - US

McCarthy: January 6 tapes to be ‘slowly’ rolled out to networks besides Fox News

Republican House speaker has only let Fox News see the tapes so far, giving access to the primetime host Tucker Carlson

Axios

McCarthy says he will "slowly roll out" Jan. 6 footage to news agencies

"Let everyone see them to bring their own judgment," McCarthy said.

The Guardian - US

Mike Pence: history will hold Donald Trump accountable over Capitol attack

Former vice-president, speaking at Gridiron dinner, says it ‘mocks decency’ to portray January 6 as anything other than a ‘disgrace’

The National (Scotland)

David Pratt: It's a sensitive time for US-Sino relations

CHINA’S foreign minister Qin Gang is not a man to mince his words. At a news conference last week during the annual session of what’s been…

The Independent UK

Will it take market crash for Congress to raise debt limit?

What might it take to get President Joe Biden and Congress to reach a deal on raising the debt limit

WEKU

Why Biden is making moves to the middle, especially on crime

The White House is positioning the president to the middle on crime in an effort to blunt attacks in next year's presidential election from former President Trump and Republicans.

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