Right-wing Freedom Caucus threatens to shut down government unless DOJ lays off Trump Demands include Congress addressing the ‘unprecedented weaponisation of the Justice Department and the FBI’ The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2023
Group of House conservatives unveil demands to support spending bill and avoid shutdown House conservatives in a group known as the Freedom Caucus have unveiled a list of demands they want included in a stopgap spending measure to keep the federal government running after the end of September The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2023
House GOP hard-liners lay out stopgap funding demands - Roll Call The House Freedom Caucus will oppose the stopgap funding measure unless it includes conservatives' policy priorities. Roll Call · Aug 21, 2023
Once a conservative lawmaker, Mark Meadows now indicted - Roll Call Mark Meadows founded one of the most conservative groups in Congress and left early to be White House chief of staff for Donald Trump. Roll Call · Aug 15, 2023
House and Senate on a collision course toward a government shutdown (again) Some House GOP hard-liners say Speaker Kevin McCarthy shouldn't rule out a shutdown to achieve spending cuts and social policy changes sought by the far right of his party. WEKU · Jul 28, 2023
This year's debate over defense spending threatens to disrupt a tradition of bipartisan consensus-building over funding the military Each year for the past six decades, congressional representatives from both sides of the aisle have come together to pass the National Defense Authorization Act. Because the bill involves the military – a traditionally popular institution – it has historically received bipartisan support. The Conversation · Jul 20, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene doubles down on feud with Lauren Boebert after ouster from Freedom Caucus Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene isn’t backing down from her head-scratching “b-word” feud with fellow far right wing Rep. Lauren Boebert, even after it got her booted from the House Freedom Caucus. Tribune News Service · Jul 7, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene drama looms over House GOP's return from recess "There's certainly no love lost," one source familiar said of the situation. Axios · Jul 6, 2023
HFC boots Greene over Boebert spat "The straw that broke the camel's back was publicly saying things about another member in terms that no one should" Salon · Jul 6, 2023
Granger sets fiscal 2024 funding targets below debt limit deal With House GOP leaders under pressure from hard-right lawmakers, Republican appropriators in that chamber will write their fiscal 2024 spending bills to meet the tight budget caps that Freedom Caucus and other spending hawks have sought since January. Tribune News Service · Jun 13, 2023
Granger sets fiscal 2024 funding targets below debt limit deal - Roll Call House Republican appropriators will write their fiscal 2024 spending bills to meet the tight budget caps sought by the Freedom Caucus and other spending hawks. Roll Call · Jun 13, 2023
Is House logjam a one-time event, or the new normal for McCarthy? A revolt by about a dozen far-right House members is not holding up major bills, but could be a sign of change in the chamber. Roll Call · Jun 7, 2023
Debt deal's (surprising) biggest losers Has Kevin McCarthy somehow defanged the House Freedom Caucus? Salon · Jun 7, 2023
House conservatives block GOP bills, voice frustration in response to last week's debt ceiling vote Eleven House conservatives have staged a mini-revolt as part of the fallout from last week’s vote to lift the debt ceiling The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2023
The Texas Tribune · May 30, 2023 14 U.S. House Republicans from Texas vote against raising the debt limit Joined in opposition by four Texas Democrats, the “no” votes weren’t enough to sink the proposal, which next heads to the U.S. Senate.
Reason · May 30, 2023 Conservatives Rage Against Debt Ceiling Bill: 'Not One Republican Should Vote for This' But a lot of Republicans probably will.
Tribune News Service · May 25, 2023 Leadership dynamics explain why there’s still no debt limit deal WASHINGTON — Political calculations and concerns about legislative precedent within Congress and the White House have brought the government within a week of potentially failing to pay all of its debt obligations.
Roll Call · May 25, 2023 Leadership dynamics explain why there’s still no debt limit deal - Roll Call Political calculations and concerns about legislative precedent have brought the government to within a week of a potential debt default.
WEKU · May 6, 2023 Biden and McConnell have a debt limit past. Can they deliver another late-inning save? McConnell may well wish to wash his hands of this year's blood-letting over the debt limit and all it entails. But he knows it will not be that easy. He may know that better than anyone.
The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2023 Zooey Zephyr row spotlights rise of GOP far-right caucuses The banishment of transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr from Montana’s House floor has showcased the rising power of hard-line conservatives who are leveraging divisive social issues to gain political influence
The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023 Leaving drama behind, GOP warms to McCarthy in debt fight House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is working to round up the Republican votes needed to pass his debt ceiling package
The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023 McCarthy preps House GOP debt deal to draw Biden into talks Speaker Kevin McCarthy has convened House Republicans to unveil his proposal to raise the nation’s debt limit
Tribune News Service · Mar 29, 2023 Karl W. Smith: Insurance for all bank deposits is a manageable cost A group of conservative Republicans representatives known as the House Freedom Caucus came out last week against any proposal that would lift the cap on deposit insurance, currently set at $250,000. Members of U.S. Congress on both sides of the aisle are understandably cautious about taking such a dramatic step…