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Debt limit talks back on, this time with change of venue - Roll Call

House Republican and White House negotiators met midday Wednesday on President Joe Biden's home turf for a change.

Roll Call

Texas AG calls for GOP speaker to resign

AG accused Phelan of presiding over House while drunk. Phelan office called it “a last-ditch effort to save face"

Salon

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Red-state attacks on transgender Americans

A year after the murder of 19 students and two teachers at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary School, the Texas legislature could be trying to curb the state’s easy access to deadly firearms.

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Bice ponders family leave bill as she juggles multiple priorities - Roll Call

Rep. Stephanie Bice is one of the busiest lawmakers in Congress, whose current mission is a paid family leave bill.

Roll Call

Texas Republicans target state’s largest city with voting restrictions

Two laws approved by the house on Tuesday will affect Democratic stronghold of Houston

The Guardian - US

Trump won't leave E. Jean Carroll alone

Republican misogyny is already hurting them in the polls. Trump's big mouth will only make it worse for the GOP

Salon

Ballotpedia’s analysis of Wisconsin’s spring school board elections

Today, we’re bringing you a special edition of the Brew.

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The GOP's criminality goes international

America's democracy crisis is much bigger than any one person or group of people

Salon

Low-key Louisiana lawmaker tapped to help lead GOP debt negotiations

Rep. Garret Graves was critical in helping Kevin McCarthy get the votes to be elected speaker. Now, he's taking the lead at the negotiating table on how to avoid a historic debt default.

WEKU

AOC mocks Lauren Boebert over claim she had her third son because birth control was too expensive

Boebert has voted against expanding contraception access

The Independent UK

Debt ceiling talks aren't going well. Here's where they stand

House Republicans insist there's a gulf between them and the White House on key areas on how to resolve the looming debt ceiling deadline.

WEKU

Texas lawmakers set new standards to ban books from schools for sexual content

Texas would expand what can be defined as sexually explicit material or potentially harmful to children in order to ban books from public and charter school libraries, under a bill given final passage by the state Senate on Tuesday night and sent to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott

The Independent UK

North Carolina gerrymander ruling gives electoral gift to GOP in Congress

A North Carolina redistricting ruling has set up a possible electoral windfall for congressional Republicans in preserving their U.S. House majority next year, declaring that judges should stay out of scrutinizing seat boundaries for partisan advantage

The Independent UK

Texas governor sent bill abolishing position of Harris County elections chief

The Texas Legislature has approved abolishing a position Democrats in the state's largest county created to oversee more than 2 million voters around Houston

The Independent UK

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Marjorie Taylor Greene wins ChapStick used by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for $100K at GOP auction as debt ceiling crisis drags on

Republican campaign leaders on Tuesday auctioned off a ChapStick used by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy — and scored $100,000 from winner Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.

Axios

Trump's Mar-a-Lago danger: Special counsel nears end of classified documents probe

This is the investigation widely believed to pose the most serious threat to Trump's freedom.

Tribune News Service

Harlan Crow dismisses Senate panel’s questions about gifts to Clarence Thomas

WASHINGTON — A billionaire Republican donor brushed off questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee about his relationship with Justice Clarence Thomas, in a letter Monday that argues the panel did not have the authority to investigate the lavish gifts he provided to the member of the Supreme Court.

The Independent UK

Marjorie Taylor Greene pays $100k for chapstick used by Kevin McCarthy

‘They doing this insane chapstick s*** while the country teeters on default. Wild,’ Ilhan Omar tweets

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Another day, another pause in debt ceiling negotiations - Roll Call

Debt limit talks broke down again Tuesday as negotiators described disagreements over spending levels and other policy add-ons.

The Independent UK

Energy Dept. cancels $200M grant to battery maker after GOP criticism over alleged ties to China

The Biden administration has canceled plans to award a $200 million grant to a U.S. battery manufacturer amid criticism from Republican lawmakers over the company’s alleged ties to China

The Independent UK

Democrats sue for West Virginia GOP Gov. Jim Justice's calendar amid Senate run

The Democratic party’s U.S. Senate campaign arm is asking a Charleston-based judge to order the release of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice's work calendar

The Independent UK

Debt ceiling talks grind on, but Republicans say there's a 'lack of urgency' from White House

Debt ceiling negotiators for President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are holed up again at the Capitol

The Texas Tribune

Republican blitz on LGBTQ issues exposes fractures among Texas Democrats

The defections have sparked feelings of betrayal and promises of retribution, particularly as Republicans in the Legislature have presented a unified front.

Tribune News Service

Texas Senate votes to extend Medicaid for new moms after adding anti-abortion language

AUSTIN – The GOP-led Senate agreed to give a full year of health care coverage to low-income women who’ve just given birth, but tacked on anti-abortion language that could complicate the bill’s passage.

Roll Call

Appropriators face close votes on spending bills in committee - Roll Call

Rep. Steve Womack said Tuesday that lining up support from GOP panel members for appropriations markups remains “a work in progress.”

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