Gaetz, Boebert and Biggs raised big bucks off their opposition to McCarthy
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Gaetz, Boebert and Biggs raised big bucks off their opposition to McCarthy

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo), who spent several thousand dollars on Facebook ads in January that touted the Speaker fight as having “fundamentally changed the direction of our country,” reported more than $760,000 in first-quarter receipts. That included just shy of $270,000 from small-dollar donors and $95,000 through a joint fundraising committee. The speaker fight produced… […]

House GOP plows ahead on risky immigration plan
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House GOP plows ahead on risky immigration plan

Though neither House GOP effort has a chance at success in the Democratic-controlled Senate, a failure to get border security measures through the one chamber of Congress they control would mark a significant stumble for Republicans on an issue highly important to their base. “I am confident leadership will not bring anything to the floor… […]

Biden is ignoring immigration issues, voters say in poll
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Biden is ignoring immigration issues, voters say in poll

The new poll — conducted on behalf of immigrant advocacy group Immigration Hub and Voto Latino, a political organization focused on Latino voter turnout — comes three weeks before the administration plans to end Title 42, the Trump-era policy that has allowed border agents to immediately expel millions of migrants on public health grounds for… […]

Senate Democrats turn on Menendez — even Cory Booker
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Senate Democrats turn on Menendez — even Cory Booker

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Lawmakers from the Democratic Women’s Caucus want committee chairs to add more women as witnesses.
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Lawmakers from the Democratic Women’s Caucus want committee chairs to add more women as witnesses.

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Here we go again: The House tees up a rule vote, while the Senate charts their own shutdown avoidance path.
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Here we go again: The House tees up a rule vote, while the Senate charts their own shutdown avoidance path.

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Pelosi: ‘Probably would be a good idea’ if Menendez resigned
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Pelosi: ‘Probably would be a good idea’ if Menendez resigned

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi is perhaps the most prominent political figure in the Democratic Party to endorse Menendez’s resignation. | Francis Chung/POLITICO House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi on Monday said Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) should resign, adding the weight of one of Washington’s most prominent Democrats to the lengthening list of party members urging the… […]

Are Senate Dems fumbling the Menendez scandal?
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Are Senate Dems fumbling the Menendez scandal?

Only three Democratic senators have called for his resignation: Freshmen John Fetterman (Pa.) and Peter Welch (Vt.), plus Sherrod Brown (Ohio), who is in-cycle in a red state. Most everyone else has been quiet since the indictment was unsealed Friday. But only today will those lawmakers return to Washington to face an inquiring Capitol press… […]

In hurricane-torn Florida, Biden urges Congress to shore up emergency funding
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In hurricane-torn Florida, Biden urges Congress to shore up emergency funding

“Every American rightly expects FEMA to show up when they are needed to help in a disaster,” President Biden said Saturday in Live Oak, Fla. | Julio Cortez/AP Photo Speaking from one of Florida’s regions hardest hit by Hurricane Idalia, President Joe Biden called on Congress to quickly boost FEMA’s disaster fund budget that a… […]

Fetterman marks Senate return with effort to ban stock trading in Congress
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Fetterman marks Senate return with effort to ban stock trading in Congress

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