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Gavels for top House committees don’t always come cheap - Roll Call

A study by a campaign finance advocacy group criticized big donations that leaders of top committees paid as “party dues.”

Roll Call

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.

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Biden says he’s Republicans’ ‘nightmare’ over social spending cuts – as it happened

President visits Tampa and denounces Republican proposals to cut spending

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Mitt Romney to mull Republicans’ ‘slide toward authoritarianism’ in biography

Biographer of Utah senator and former presidential nominee ‘astonished by his level of candor’ in cooperating with new book

The Guardian - US

George Santos fires back at Mitt Romney over SOTU snub: ‘Not very Mormon of him’

New York Republican has admitted to lying about virtually his entire background

The Independent UK

Don’t sleep on Rep. Mike Lawler - Roll Call

He toppled DCCC Chair Sean Patrick Maloney in one of the most shocking upsets of the midterms. Now the Republican is settling into Washington.

Roll Call

Kevin McCarthy's Medicare face-plant

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

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In Florida, Biden aims at seniors with Social Security message

U.S. President Joe Biden traveled on Thursday to Florida and positioned his Democratic party as the sole protector of Social Security and Medicare in an aim to reclaim the state, which has a large population of retirees who rely on the programs.

Reuters

Factbox-Abortion battles in U.S. state capitols to watch in 2023

Battles over abortion are heating up in state capitol buildings across the United States as lawmakers wrestle with how much to restrict or expand abortion access after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year.

Reuters

Mississippi’s statewide filing deadline passes, guaranteeing Republicans majorities

Welcome to the Thursday, February 9, Brew.

Ballotpedia

Republican identity politics

Their Orwellian newspeak version of "freedom, liberty and individual rights" belies a darker truth

Salon

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

The Independent UK

Marjorie Taylor Greene unapologetic over Biden heckling after State of the Union

Georgia Republican claims president talked ‘about communism and controlling private companies’

The Independent UK

Francis Wilkinson: Kamala Harris’s biggest problem is her boss

President Joe Biden is still old. That observation might not seem quite so relevant after Biden delivered a spirited State of the Union address Tuesday night that accomplished all the White House could reasonably have hoped for. Biden, 80, rattled off meaningful achievements, slathered on some bipartisanship with a salute…

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Editorial: State of the Union takeaway: Plenty to debate, but the debt ceiling is nonnegotiable

President Joe Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address was a mixed bag for congressional Republicans.

The Guardian - US

Nikki Haley presidential run would sink DeSantis and hand Trump victory – poll

Yahoo News/YouGov survey finds that an additional Republican candidate would split the vote in former president’s favor

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Trump’s escalating criticisms force early political dilemma for DeSantis

WASHINGTON — Ron DeSantis on Wednesday shot back at the latest barrage of criticisms from Donald Trump, arguing that he was focused on delivering results for Florida and not trying to “smear other Republicans.”

Chicago Sun-Times

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.’

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Hawley’s departure from Armed Services draws speculation

WASHINGTON — Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley was booted from his perch on the powerful Armed Services Committee last month as retribution for delaying the confirmation of numerous Defense Department nominees last year, and for his role in challenging Mitch McConnell’s hold as the chamber’s top Republican, sources tell CQ…

The Independent UK

Montana bill would allow students to misgender classmates

More than two dozen Republican Montana lawmakers are co-sponsoring a bill that would allow students to misgender and dead-name their transgender peers without punishment

The Independent UK

Florida GOP advances Disney district, migrant flight bills

Florida lawmakers have advanced proposals to strip Disney of its self-governing status, expand a controversial migrant transportation program and strengthen prosecutions tied to the state’s election police unit

Tribune News Service

House ‘weaponization’ hearing to take aim at Justice Department

WASHINGTON — The House special subcommittee probing the federal government’s “weaponization” will hold its first hearing Thursday with testimony from two Republican senators and a focus on the Justice Department and an alleged bias against conservatives.

The Independent UK

Lawmakers in GOP states target medical care for trans kids

Lawmakers in several conservative states are continuing to target transgender children with bills that prohibit gender affirming care for young people

The Independent UK

Arkansas Gov. Sanders proposes raises, vouchers in bill

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is proposing an education overhaul that includes a 39% increase in starting teacher pay and a new voucher-like program directing public money to private schools

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.

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