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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

If Republicans fail to retake the Senate, is Trump, McConnell or Scott most to blame?

WASHINGTON — If Republicans flounder in their effort to recapture the U.S. Senate less than two months from now, an inevitable blame game will commence over who’s most responsible for their midterm belly flop.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

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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McConnell's renegades: Graham and Scott's "freelancing" threatens GOP unity

Two of the highest-profile Republicans in the Senate are publicly defying McConnell on high-stakes issues.

Axios

Democrats get opponent they wanted in New Hampshire Senate race

Democrats appear to have gotten the Republican challengers they wanted in two competitive New Hampshire races on Tuesday, while the Republican winner of a third race was opposed by GOP super PACs.

Tribune News Service

Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 38

September 8, 2022

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After Roe, GOP runs to same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriage doesn't have "strong bipartisan support." Most Republicans in Congress reject it

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Senate leans toward Dec. 16 stopgap funding bill

Senate leaders appear to be on board with an interim spending measure that will keep the government operating until Dec. 16, which is also the preferred expiration date for House Democrats as they prep a continuing resolution for a vote as soon as next week.

Tribune News Service

Senate leans toward Dec. 16 stopgap funding bill - Roll Call

Navigating the evenly divided Senate to get 60 votes to advance the bill will likely require talks on pandemic funding and other issues.

Roll Call

Red wave crashing? GOP momentum slips as fall sprint begins

The great red wave is looming

The Independent UK

First it was Trump, now McConnell’s taking fire from Rick Scott over GOP Senate chances

WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell is used to getting trashed by Donald Trump.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Ramesh Ponnuru: Republicans need to get serious about Social Security

We’ve reached the point in the midterm election campaign where Democrats insist that Republicans are itching to destroy Social Security. The usual gambit is to take stray comments from one or two Republicans and pretend that they represent a secret and sinister plan.

Tribune News Service

At the Races: Summer’s last surprise - Roll Call

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

Roll Call

The Republican Party is having an identity crisis

WASHINGTON — The GOP is now acting like a party in search of itself with less than three months before U.S. elections that once favored Republicans to retake both chambers of Congress and set them up for 2024.

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Who are DeSantis’ new Broward School Board appointments? 4 Republicans, 2 with insider School Board experience

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In remaking the Broward School Board on Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis turned to four Republicans — two of whom have School Board experience and the kind of insider knowledge that could help them effect change in the problem-plagued School District.

Los Angeles Times

Jackie Calmes: Trump's latest grift — the Save America PAC $100 million hoard

Donald Trump says he's naming me "Patriot of the Month." But the defeated president has told me that month after month in fundraising emails, including every day this week.

The Guardian - US

Republicans thought they had midterms in the bag. Voters just rejected them again

Tuesday’s special election in New York state was more evidence that voters are furious about Republican attacks on abortion rights – and going to the polls to boost Democrats

The Independent UK

Senator holidaying on Italian yacht hits out at Biden for ‘governing from Delaware’

Rick Scott was reportedly on a swanky vacation in Italy when he took a dig at Joe Biden

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Axios

Rick Scott vacations in Italy amid Senate GOP's bleak midterm outlook

Scott is the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, whose job is to win back a GOP majority.

Los Angeles Times

Cha-ching! After a pandemic pause, California is again in the thick of campaign money chase

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has accused Gov. Gavin Newsom of treating California residents like "peasants." He has claimed California's policies on crime, homelessness and the pandemic have prompted residents to flee. He's crowed about California's population loss.

Tribune News Service

Trump FBI search riles GOP ahead of National Archives nominee’s hearing

WASHINGTON — The Yale Ph.D. who’s been nominated to lead the National Archives faces a hostile path to confirmation as GOP senators vow to “absolutely demand answers” after the agency prompted the FBI search of Donald Trump’s home.

The Guardian - US

GOP governors rebuke party members’ ‘outrageous rhetoric’ over Trump search

Larry Hogan describes comparisons of the FBI to Nazi Germany’s secret police, made by Florida senator Rick Scott, as dangerous

Orlando Sentinel

How Ron DeSantis consolidated his power over Florida government

TALLAHASSEE — With Renatha Francis joining the Florida Supreme Court, Gov. Ron DeSantis will cement a majority of his own appointees in line with his legal philosophy and thus more likely to rule in his favor on lawsuits challenging the many controversial laws he has signed.

Roll Call

Mar-a-Lago search focused on espionage, destruction of records - Roll Call

Trump is under investigation for violations of the Espionage Act, as well as obstruction of justice, according to documents unsealed Friday.

Tribune News Service

Republicans push oversight and politics after Mar-a-Lago search

In their defense of former President Donald Trump following an FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, congressional Republicans showed how close they remain to Trump and previewed how the next Congress could proceed under Republican control.

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