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Moderate Texas Republican sees off primary challenge from ‘neo-Nazi’

Tony Gonzales defeated Brandon Herrera, a gun rights advocate endorsed by Freedom Caucus, by a wafer-thin margin

The Guardian - US

U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales prevails in primary runoff over gun influencer Brandon Herrera

The race became a referendum on the San Antonio Republican’s vote to support a bipartisan gun control package after the Uvalde school shooting.

The Texas Tribune

Freedom Caucus chair loses Trump endorsement days after appearing at Manhattan hush money trial

Virginia lawmaker Bob Good’s support for Trump rival Ron DeSantis doomed his bid for ex-president’s endorsement

The Independent UK

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Foreign aid supplemental unveiled in House; Biden supports - Roll Call

Speaker Mike Johnson planned to push forward Wednesday with aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, along with a separate border security bill.

Roll Call

Alabama’s Black voters seek chance to be heard after years of being silenced

Montgomery, the state’s capital, is included in a new congressional district, and on Tuesday, a runoff will decide who stands in November

The Guardian - US

House Freedom Caucus Demands Conditions For Bridge Disaster Funding

President Biden's visit to Baltimore is overshadowed by the House Freedom Caucus' demands for strict conditions on supplemental funding for the Francis Sco...

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Biden signs a $1.2 trillion funding package, averting a partial government shutdown

The compromise funding package will keep the federal government running through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30.

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U.S. Rep. Randy Weber kicked out of House Freedom Caucus

Weber, who has disagreed with the hard-right caucus’ tactics during the House Speaker election last year, said Caucus Chair Bob Good expelled him after missing some of the group’s weekly meetings.

The Texas Tribune

State of suspension: Lawmakers gripe about fast-tracked bills under Johnson - Roll Call

Staring down another spending deadline, Speaker Mike Johnson is facing a fresh round of criticism in the House over his go-to move to pass bills.

Roll Call

Ultraconservatives criticize Turner over ‘threat’ statement - Roll Call

The intra-GOP argument was the latest sign of a split among competing subsets of the party on national security issues.

Roll Call

Congress to vote on Schumer-Johnson deal to avert government shutdown

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he will put the Continuing Resolution on the Senate floor on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Rule adopted on do-over vote after GOP rebels meet with speaker - Roll Call

House conservatives allowed leadership's floor agenda to get back on track after they buttonholed Johnson to try to get him to renegotiate a spending deal.

Roll Call

Liars, expulsions and near-fistfights: Congress plumbs the depths in 2023

From removing a House speaker and expelling an indicted member, it was not a great year for America’s representatives

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Framework appropriations deal elusive as session winds down - Roll Call

Speaker Mike Johnson is taking a hard line in talks over final spending levels for fiscal 2024, imperiling odds of a deal in the next week.

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Relatively smooth sailing seen for stopgap bill in House - Roll Call

House Democrats appear likely to provide enough support for Speaker Mike Johnson’s stopgap spending bill needed to keep the government open.

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Senate leaders give green light to Johnson stopgap funds plan - Roll Call

Senate leaders of both parties sent encouraging signals Monday for Speaker Mike Johnson’s bill to avoid a partial government shutdown.

Salon

MAGA women meet the GOP glass ceiling

GOP women are supposed to be sexy but chaste, aggressive but submissive. It is a conundrum that can't be beat

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‘Firebrand’: What does US Republican rebel Matt Gaetz want?

Congressman Gaetz led a group of Republican dissenters to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in a historic vote.

Reason

Thomas Massie: 'The Next Speaker Is Going To Go Back to the Old Testament'

The libertarian-adjacent Kentucky congressman says he's against the effort to depose Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Fortune

Top Democrat Mark Warner rips government shutdown: 'Nothing could be worse timing or more stupid than cutting off aid for Ukraine'

"I can't decide right now if we're seeing a playout of the Hunger Games or the battle of the Kens from the Barbie movie," Warner said about Congress.

The Guardian - US

McCarthy worked with Democrats to pause the US shutdown. Now his job is at stake

House Republican speaker passed a bill extending government funding at the risk of alienating hard right party members

The Guardian - US

What does a US shutdown mean? Seven things you should know

Funding for federal agencies will run out on 30 September, a crisis fueled by ideological divisions among House Republicans

Roll Call

Partisan House GOP stopgap funds bill on halting comeback trail - Roll Call

House Republicans were starting to move closer together on a revised stopgap with deeper nondefense spending cuts than an earlier version.

The Independent UK

Speaker McCarthy faces an almost impossible task trying to unite House GOP and fund the government

Speaker Kevin McCarthy is trying to accomplish what at times seems impossible

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