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Top Trump targets Nancy Mace and Tom Rice face GOP voters - Roll Call

Rice, who voted to impeach, and Mace, who harshly criticized the former president, will test Trump's sway with GOP primary voters.

Roll Call · Jun 13, 2022

What to expect from the second Jan. 6 committee hearing

Two panels of witnesses will testify Monday, although the headliner witness, former Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien, will no longer appear "due to a family emergency."

WEKU · Jun 13, 2022

GOP Senate retirements could spell trouble for earmarks' future - Roll Call

The Senate Republican Conference will lose some prolific earmarkers to retirement next year, which may prompt a second look at the practice.

Roll Call · Jun 13, 2022

Hyperpartisan politics are hurting democracy, says outgoing NY lawmaker Chris Jacobs

NEW YORK — An upstate New York congressman who abandoned his reelection effort in a clash with fellow Republicans over gun control criticized on Sunday the nation’s polarized political climate as harmful to democracy, in what has become a familiar refrain from centrist GOP lawmakers.

Tribune News Service · Jun 12, 2022

Kinzinger vows to show evidence of GOP members of Congress asking Trump for pardons

Congressman’s statement could hint at release of more damning texts

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2022

What's next for the Senate's bipartisan gun deal

How the bill is ultimately written will be crucial.

Axios · Jun 12, 2022

Bipartisan Senate group strikes gun deal focused on school safety, mental health - Roll Call

A deal reached by 10 Democratic and GOP senators should have enough support to clear a filibuster, but doesn’t go as far as the House did.

Roll Call · Jun 12, 2022

Sun-Times/WBEZ Poll: Ken Griffin, Michael Flynn not helping GOP voters make up their minds in U.S. Senate, other statewide races

About two-thirds of likely Republican voters said they’re not sure who they’ll vote for in the U.S. Senate, attorney general and secretary of state races. Candidates backed by billionaire Ken Griffin were trailing, and the endorsement of former national security adviser Michael Flynn did little to…

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 12, 2022

Mike Madigan has left the building — but the former House speaker’s shadow clouds the 2022 election

Attacks on Madigan’s influence over state government have been part of the Republican campaign playbook going at least as far back as Bruce Rauner’s election in 2014. There’s no reason to think that’s going to let up now that Madigan has been charged with racketeering and bribery.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 12, 2022

Mixed results as South Dakota's Noem intervenes in GOP races

In South Dakota, Republican Gov. Kristi Noem has tried to shape the Legislature to her liking

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2022