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Photos of the week ending February 10, 2023 - Roll Call

The State of the Union dominated this week on Capitol Hill, along with the ongoing Rep. George Santos saga.

Roll Call

Will Biden let the heckler's veto stand?

Liberal schadenfreude does nothing to change the fact that Republicans control the House of Representatives

Salon

Don't buy GOP cheers for Social Security

"Republicans have told us over and over again that they want to cut Social Security," advocacy group warns

Salon

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New measure introduced to expel Rep. George Santos from House

Rep. George Santos is facing a new push for his expulsion from Congress over his serial lying.

Tribune News Service

Carville calls MTG antics "white trash"

"The level of white trashdom in the Republican Party is staggering," the Southern Democratic strategist said

Salon

Since 2000, The Republican Party’s Share Of Seats Won Exceeded Its National Vote Share In 11 Of 12 U.S. House Of Representatives Elections

Since 2000, the Republican Party’s share of seats won exceeded its national vote share in 11 of 12 U.S.

Zenger

Kevin McCarthy's Medicare face-plant

The new Republicans House speaker may not be the negotiation ninja that he thinks he is

Salon

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Adriana E. Ramírez: Joe Cool

Tuesday night, President Joe Biden delivered the best State of the Union address I've heard in my lifetime. He turned what is usually a boring exercise in partisan clapping and mutual back-patting into a riveting combination pep rally, poetry slam and real-time legislative session. I was entranced the entire 72…

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GOP vs. GOP: Sen. Mitt Romney scolds Rep. George Santos, ‘You don’t belong here’

The Utah senator and 2012 GOP presidential nominee exchanged sharp words with the freshman GOP congressman from New York: ‘He shouldn’t be in Congress.’

Chicago Sun-Times

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Cut in animal enclosure found at Houston Zoo, after Dallas Zoo crimes

Tribune News Service

McCarthy admits Republicans ‘took bait’ and let Biden turn speech heckling into political gold

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy admitted Wednesday that Republicans “took the bait” by allowing President Joe Biden to turn GOP heckling at his State of the Union address into political gold.

Tribune News Service

George Santos is a ‘sociopath’, fellow New York Republican congressman says

Nick LaLota is one of a growing bipartisan number of people to call on Santos to quit over made-up résumé and investigations

The Guardian - US

What Biden’s billionaire tax means for everyday Americans

President Biden is urging lawmakers to pass a tax proposal that would raise taxes on the top 0.01%.

Fortune

Joe Biden plays the nice guy with rowdy, rude House Republicans

Despite the childish and disruptive antics of the rude Republicans, Biden was unflappable and undeterred, refusing to meet them in the gutter and instead killing them with kindness.

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Carl P. Leubsdorf: Will Biden's opening pitch for a second term work?

Like prior presidents, Joe Biden used his State of the Union speech to build on his achievements and to lay the basis for what quite clearly is a plan to seek a second term.

The Independent UK

Mitt Romney doubles down attacks on Santos and calls him a ‘sick puppy’

‘I didn’t expect he’d be standing there trying to shake hands with every Senator,’ Romney says

Roll Call

Meet the Freedom Caucus' new insiders on House Appropriations - Roll Call

Freedom Caucus duo is moving the Appropriations Committee to the ideological right as spending battles loom.

WEKU

Romney tells Santos 'you don't belong here' in a tense State of the Union run-in

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said the embattled New York congressman, who faces continued questions about his biography and campaign finances, should've been "sitting in the back row and staying quiet."

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Zenger

Freshman Congressman George Santos Faces Probe From The House Ethics Committee

The George Santos Probe Was Confirmed By House Leader Kevin McCarthy Where He Will Be Face Possible Investigations

Salon

Heckler MTG whines about SOTU "yelling"

“Part of the time we couldn’t really understand what he was saying because he was yelling at people," Greene said

Salon

Biden's SOTU rope-a-dope: GOP hissy fit

Nevertheless, this State of the Union speech was one of Biden's best moments as president

Axios

Biden goes off script to challenge Republicans

He baited Republicans on Medicare and Social Security.

The Conversation

State of the Union: 'bipartisan' Biden's landmark speech sounds like a campaign launch for 2024

The US president Joe Biden delivered his second State of the Union address with a message of optimism, declaring – as is customary – that “the state of the union is strong”. With newly elected Republican speaker Kevin McCarthy and Democrat vice-president Kamala Harris sat behind him, Biden launched what…

WEKU

5 takeaways from Biden's State of the Union address

The president drew a clear distinction with House Republicans, baiting them into several moments of hectoring, while seemingly getting them to agree to not cut Social Security or Medicare.

The Independent UK

George Santos – latest: GOP Rep Nick LaLota sides with Mitt Romney and brands Santos a ‘sociopath’

Follow for updates on the latest lies and scandals swirling round the Republican congressman

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