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Kevin McCarthy elected House GOP leader over objections from Chip Roy, Michael Cloud and other hard-liners

The California Republican still needs at least 218 votes to become House speaker. That vote will be on Jan. 3.

The Texas Tribune

McCarthy backed for speaker, but has work to do before January - Roll Call

Republicans nominated Kevin McCarthy to be the next House speaker, but he still must win over most of the 31 colleagues who opposed him.

Roll Call

McCarthy makes case for House speaker, but right flank balks

With control of the House still unresolved, Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is maneuvering to lock up support to become the next House speaker

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GOP prepares for leadership vote after disappointing midterms

How much House Republicans blame their current leadership team for a paltry midterm election performance will become clear Tuesday as the conference holds its leadership elections.

Tribune News Service

MAGA Republicans plot to shiv McCarthy

Freedom Caucus has a two-step plan to keep the Californian Republican from the most influential role in Congress

Salon

GOP prepares for leadership vote after disappointing midterms - Roll Call

House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy faces disappointment in his conference after an expected GOP wave did not materialize.

Roll Call

Congress faces leaders in flux, big to-do list post-election

Congress is returning to an extremely volatile post-election landscape

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McCarthy's dual threat: Conservatives, moderates flex new leverage

Republicans on both ideological ends of the conference are preparing to exercise considerable power.

Axios

Midterms likely to confirm MAGA's power

Like the Tea Party, Freedom Caucus House members have been loud and divisive. Why haven’t they paid the same price?

Salon

Doyle McManus: Voter beware: Divided government will be an unholy mess

With Election Day two weeks away, Republican prospects of taking control of the House of Representatives, already strong, appear to have solidified. Barring the unexpected, President Joe Biden's next two years will be shaped by challenges from a House led by some of his most zealous opponents.

Los Angeles Times

Republican ex-congressman suggests colleagues ‘had serious cognitive issues’

Paul Gosar and Louie Gohmert were eager to believe ‘wild, dramatic fantasies’, claims Denver Riggleman in new book

The Guardian - US

House Freedom Caucus plots return to relevance as GOP eyes majority

The ultra-conservative group is so far refusing to back Kevin McCarthy for speaker.

Axios

Conservatives’ ire over stopgap spending presages budget wars to come

WASHINGTON — Rising GOP pushback against a short-term stopgap funding bill into December that would pave the way for a lame-duck omnibus package is at minimum a political headache for party leaders, and at worst points to market-rattling brinkmanship around fiscal deadlines next year.

Tribune News Service

Conservatives' ire over stopgap spending presages budget wars to come - Roll Call

GOP pushback against a stopgap funding bill is a political headache for party leaders, and could point to fiscal brinkmanship next year.

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NC Democrats target ‘big lie’ supporters with Trump-inspired election law changes

RALEIGH, N.C. — As national hearings on the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on Congress continue this week, Democratic lawmakers at the N.C. General Assembly have introduced a bill that would crack down on future attempts to overturn election results here.

Tribune News Service

National term limits debate resurfaces at inopportune moment for Maryland Rep. Andy Harris

In Texas, an advocacy group displayed an oversized image of an unsmiling U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar on billboards with a message that the Texas Democrat doesn’t support term limits. In Utah, a primary challenger said Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Lee should end his campaign for a third term because he…

Mic

Apparently Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert almost got in a fistfight

Weird how two people brimming with hate for everything also reportedly hate each other.

The Independent UK

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert had to be separated during argument, report says

‘We were not designed to be an extreme outrage machine,’ former Trump chief of staff says of freedom caucus

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Salon

Boebert, Greene privately clash: report

An onlooker reportedly feared it would “escalate beyond the verbal cage match” before another Republican stepped in

Tribune News Service

Rep. Madison Cawthorn admits lying about cocaine and orgies after tongue-lashing from GOP leaders

Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., Wednesday walked back blockbuster drugs-and-sex claims about fellow lawmakers in a brutal tongue-lashing from GOP leaders.

Salon

Open seat in Texas spurs GOP proxy war

There are 11 contenders, but just two have attracted national attention: Morgan Luttrell and Christian Collins

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