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Thin House majorities, current and future, color spending talks

WASHINGTON — House Democrats’ current two-seat majority — and Republicans’ narrow edge they will claim in January — is casting a shadow over fiscal 2023 omnibus negotiations as next Friday’s deadline to reach an agreement nears.

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Gold medal cold shoulder — Congressional Hits and Misses - Roll Call

Hits and Misses highlights this week include Congressional Gold Medal honorees snubbing Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy, and more.

Roll Call

Thin House majorities, current and future, color spending talks - Roll Call

House Democrats’ current two-seat majority — and Republicans’ narrow edge they will have in January — is casting a shadow over spending talks.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene's MAGA power play

Greene's taking a page from the Jim Jordan playbook.

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Right-wing demand list further complicates McCarthy's speaker bid

The letter comes from 7 Republicans who haven't made their positions on McCarthy known.

Axios

Why getting Whelan freed from Russia is proving harder than Griner

WASHINGTON — For the second time this year, the family of Michigan's Paul Whelan was left "devastated" that Russia agreed to swap an American prisoner for the return of a Russian inmate, and that, again, that American wasn't Paul.

Tribune News Service

Knives out over Trump's mail voting war

RNC, Fox News pundits and Trump's allies in the GOP all agree: the attacks on early and mail voting is killing them

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Republican Gallagher to lead new U.S. House China select committee

Republican U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher was named on Thursday to lead a select committee being created in the U.S. House of Representatives to focus on economic and security competition with China.

Reuters

Ways and Means chair contenders hone closing arguments - Roll Call

The race for the House Ways and Means Committee chairmanship remains close as contenders prepare to make their final pitches.

Roll Call

Rep. Gosar deletes tweet supporting Trump's call to "terminate" parts of Constitution

"I support and agree with the former president," the tweet from Gosar's official House account said.

Axios

‘Trump running again — it’s unreal’: Capitol Police know where they stand now

On the same week deceased Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick’s family refused to shake the hands of Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy, Masada Siegel interviews officers who were there on January 6 about Trump, the death of their colleague, and what they think of people who still sympathize with the…

The Independent UK

Will the GOP's razor-thin House majority empower its shrinking centrist wing?

WASHINGTON — Even before Republicans take control of the House in January, their narrow majority is exposing the long-standing rift between the party's right-flank Freedom Caucus and its dwindling center-right.

Los Angeles Times

Officer's family snubs Mitch, McCarthy

"No one should shake hands with insurrectionist sympathizers," advocacy group says

Salon

Editorial: Recite the Constitution or ‘terminate’ it? GOP, make up your mind

Kevin McCarthy said that if he becomes the next speaker, members of the House of Representatives will take turns reciting the Constitution in its entirety on Jan. 3, the first day of the new session. It’s a stunt apparently calculated to promote GOP members as the true constitutional guardians, as…

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Congress set to rescind COVID-19 vaccine mandate for troops

The COVID-19 vaccine mandate for members of the U.S. military would be rescinded under the annual defense bill heading for a vote this week in Congress

Tribune News Service

Jan. 6 Gold Medal ceremony gets awkward

WASHINGTON — A Congressional Gold Medal ceremony Tuesday honoring Capitol Police and Metropolitan Police officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was not without awkwardness.

The Guardian - US

January 6 officers and relatives snub top Republicans at gold medal ceremony

Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy denounced as ‘two-faced’ by Brian Sicknick’s mother at Congressional Gold Medal event

The Independent UK

Family of Capitol officer who died after Jan 6 attack refuse to shake hands with GOP leaders during medal ceremony

‘I’m just tired of them saying how wonderful the Capitol police is, and then they … go down to Mar-a-Lago and kiss his ring’

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Rep. Andy Biggs challenges McCarthy for House speaker

Biggs called McCarthy a "creature of the establishment status quo" in an op-ed.

Roll Call

Jan. 6 Gold Medal ceremony gets awkward - Roll Call

Congress honored police officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, at a Gold Medal ceremony in the Capitol.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Republicans' silence on Trump's anti-Constitution screed violates their oaths

Upon taking office, every member of Congress must swear an oath to “support and defend” the United States Constitution. America is currently watching most congressional Republicans — including Missouri Sens. Roy Blunt and Josh Hawley and the state’s entire GOP House delegation — violate that oath in real time. What…

Tribune News Service

Final NDAA expected to rescind Pentagon vaccine mandate

WASHINGTON — The final version of the fiscal 2023 defense authorization bill is likely to rescind Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III’s August 2021 memo ordering COVID-19 vaccines for most troops, a source familiar with the matter said Monday.

Axios

"Don't want to be held hostage": GOP braces for chaotic speaker fight

Moderates are floating an "agreeable Republican" if McCarthy goes down.

Roll Call

Final NDAA expected to rescind Pentagon vaccine mandate - Roll Call

The fiscal 2023 defense authorization bill is expected to rescind a Pentagon order requiring COVID-19 vaccines for most troops.

Axios

"Saboteurs": House Republicans opposing McCarthy face severe conservative blowback

The unusual right-wing defense of McCarthy is the result of his multi-year courtship of the right.

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