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Top Rules Committee staffer heads to the private sector - Roll Call

Committee staff director Jennifer Belair will soon become senior vice president of government affairs at lobbying firm Atlas Crossing.

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Roy, a vocal critic of spending deals, seeks Rules gavel - Roll Call

Texas Republican Chip Roy has added his name to the crowded list of applicants to chair the powerful Rules Committee in the next Congress.

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Sessions throws hat in ring for encore performance at Rules - Roll Call

Rep. Pete Sessions, who chaired the House Rules Committee from 2013 through 2018, wants to reclaim the gavel in the 119th Congress.

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Exit interview: Michael Burgess on leaving Congress, how the Texas delegation has changed and the path forward for health care

The North Texas Republican and former OB-GYN is leaving office after 22 years having made his mark on health insurance and energy policy.

The Texas Tribune

DNC Rules Committee To Discuss VP Harris Nomination Timing

Get insights into the DNC's process of potentially nominating Kamala Harris as the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee in a transparent and orderly manner.

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Spy reauthorization bill would give lawmakers special notifications - Roll Call

A bill to renew a powerful surveillance authority for two years would afford notifications to members of Congress, but not to the public.

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Voters won’t get chance to weigh in on Chicago’s sanctuary city status, City Council decides

Ald. Anthony Beale’s proposed referendum would have asked voters in the March 19 primary: “Should the city of Chicago limit its designation as a sanctuary city by placing spending limits on its public funding?”

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Beale to try again Thursday to push through advisory referendum on sanctuary city status

Beale tried briefly to suspend the rules Wednesday for immediate consideration of a new version stating: “Should the city of Chicago limit its designation as a sanctuary city by placing spending limits on its public funding?”

Chicago Sun-Times

House GOP adds Biden to list of presidents to face formal impeachment probe - Roll Call

House Republicans on Wednesday voted to formalize their impeachment inquiry into President Biden, who contends he has done nothing improper.

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House hesitates over votes on spy authority renewal bills - Roll Call

A plan to vote on two competing House bills that would reauthorize a powerful surveillance authority ran into trouble Monday evening.

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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.

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Shouts, tears, boos from crowd force recess of City Council committee meeting during heated migrant debate

Several people in the gallery were escorted out by security after an observer singled them out as supporters of welcoming migrants. Later, the full Council voted to accept donated land at 115th and Halsted streets that will become the temporary site of a winterized tent camp for migrant.

Chicago Sun-Times

House conservatives torpedo rule on Defense spending bill - Roll Call

Five GOP lawmakers joined with Democrats to tank a move to bring up the $826.4 billion fiscal 2024 Pentagon bill on the House floor.

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U.S. Rep. Chip Roy helps bend powerful House committee further to the right

With help from two other ultraconservatives, the Texas Republican’s seat on the Rules Committee has let him press for red-meat priorities, even in traditionally bipartisan legislation.

The Texas Tribune

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Jonathan Bernstein: Radical Republicans continue to hold the House hostage

House Freedom Caucus Republicans have temporarily halted their blockade of the House floor, ending for now a nearly weeklong shutdown of business in the chamber. The small group of rebels was pledging to block all significant legislation from passing until Speaker Kevin McCarthy agreed to their demands.

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Republicans agree to some changes to border bill for farmers - Roll Call

House Republican leaders have agreed to revise a border security package to address concerns over provisions on the E-verify system.

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House Speaker McCarthy's powers are still strong – but he'll be fighting against new rules that could prevent anything from getting done

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy is already facing the limits of his power. A single member of the House – from the far-right Freedom Caucus to a progressive on the far left, or any member in between – can threaten his speakership. And at least one Democrat already is…

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GOP hardliners reap benefits of McCarthy speaker deal

The plum postings for Republican rebels fulfill a key concession McCarthy made.

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Jonathan Bernstein: The concession McCarthy shouldn’t have made

Rep. Kevin McCarthy made many concessions in his bid to become speaker of the House. But his offer to allow the hard-line House Freedom Caucus to select three of the nine Republicans on the powerful House Committee on Rules stands out for its ability to diminish the influence of the…

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House Republicans in the dark on McCarthy’s shadow document

“Do you really want to see how the sausage is made? I’m not sure.”

Tribune News Service

House adopts rules package for the 118th Congress

WASHINGTON — The House on Monday adopted its rules package for the 118th Congress, which includes the return of a controversial rule that would allow a single member to force a vote on ousting the speaker.

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House adopts rules package for the 118th Congress - Roll Call

The House adopted its rules package for the 118th Congress, allowing a single member to force a vote on ousting the speaker.

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GOPer slams McCarthy's "backroom deals"

"We don't have any idea what promises were made or what gentleman's handshakes were made," said Rep. Nancy Mace

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois Rep. Mary Miller, 20 other hardliners gain power in deal to back Kevin McCarthy for speaker

“I look forward to working with the House Republican Conference to stop Joe Biden’s destructive, radical, leftist agenda,” Rep. Mary Miller said in a statement.

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McCarthy wins speaker election, finally - Roll Call

Kevin McCarthy officially secured the speaker’s gavel, elected on the 15th ballot with 216 votes, after four days of unsuccessful House votes.

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