January 5, 2023 GOP deadlocked over House speaker vote

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• Alabama Republican becomes the first House incumbent to lose a 2024 primary
• In Ukraine, relief over U.S. aid vote — and fear over what an angry Russia will do next
• Biden signs $95-billion military aid measure that includes path to ban TikTok
• Latest Politics
• Where Michiganders supported abortion rights and a Republican for governor
• Final Vote Count: How Each Member Voted on the House Rules Package

Whether they'll survive may not be known until November; California has an all-party primary where the top two vote-getters continue on to the general election regardless of party. Most recently, Representative Tom Emmer of Minnesota, the No. 3 House Republican, withdrew his bid for the speakership just hours after winning a closed-door vote. A week prior, Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio failed to win the speakership after three floor votes, facing increasing opposition from his own party in each vote. Before him, Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana withdrew his bid after winning a closed-door vote to become the nominee. The ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus has derided the legislation as the “America Last” foreign wars package and urged lawmakers to defy Republican leadership and oppose it because the bills do not include border security measures. The former speaker told reporters he did not punch Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., in the kidneys.

Alabama Republican becomes the first House incumbent to lose a 2024 primary

An endorsement by former President Donald Trump probably helped, too. While aid for Ukraine failed to win a majority of Republicans, several dozen progressive Democrats voted against the bill aiding Israel as they demanded an end to the bombardment of Gaza that has killed thousands of civilians. If the Senate were to proceed to an impeachment trial, it would be the third in five years. Democrats impeached President Trump twice, once over his dealings with Ukraine and a second time in the days after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

In Ukraine, relief over U.S. aid vote — and fear over what an angry Russia will do next

House tees up votes on Ukraine and Israel aid as Speaker Johnson defies his right flank - NBC News

House tees up votes on Ukraine and Israel aid as Speaker Johnson defies his right flank.

Posted: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 07:00:00 GMT [source]

Rep. Kevin McCarthy does not want another vote for speaker tonight. GOP House leader Kevin McCarthy has been defeated in the last six rounds of votes. The House is reconvening to potentially vote for a seventh time for speaker. If the motion passes, lawmakers will come back at noon on Thursday.

Biden signs $95-billion military aid measure that includes path to ban TikTok

The bill is widely expected to pass the Senate in the coming days, as it generally mirrors a $95.3 billion national security bill passed by the upper chamber in February. Don’t let the Democratic advantage among registered voters fool you; this is one of the most fiercely competitive congressional races in the country. In the June primary, the three Republican candidates in the race won a slim majority of the vote combined. Though the district leans blue, GOP strategists believe its many long-commuting, working-class voters might be gettable. Patti, a Republican county supervisor and former boxing coach to Mike Tyson, may be best known for earning a shiner while coming to the defense of a stranger in need. Since the beginning of the pandemic, he’s also raised his local political profile by challenging vaccine requirements.

Speaking on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday, Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said he was confident the U.S. would be able to resume shipments of equipment by the end of the week. Just as important in that initial reaction was what Zelensky did not say. Ukrainians heaved a collective sigh of relief Sunday after the U.S.

The company has good reason to think a legal challenge could be successful, having seen some success in previous legal fights over its operations in the U.S. In November, a federal judge blocked a Montana law that would ban TikTok use across the state after the company and five content creators who use the platform sued. The U.S. government has not publicly provided evidence that shows TikTok shared U.S. user data with the Chinese government or tinkered with the company’s popular algorithm, which influences what Americans see. Members of both parties, along with intelligence officials, have worried that Chinese authorities could force ByteDance to hand over American user data or direct the company to suppress or boost TikTok content favorable to its interests.

Where Michiganders supported abortion rights and a Republican for governor

The House sent two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday, forcing a trial on allegations that he has “willfully and systematically” refused to enforce immigration laws. He said he thinks there could have been less restrictive ways to go after the company that wouldn’t result in a total ban or threaten free speech. Dozens of states and the federal government have put in place TikTok bans on government devices. Texas’ ban was challenged last year by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, which argued in a lawsuit that the policy was impeding academic freedom because it extended to public universities. The House has passed legislation that would ban TikTok in the United States if the popular social media platform’s China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake within a year, but don’t expect the app to go away any time soon. Many Democrats are expected to support the bill since the CR does not cut spending or attach other conservative policy riders, but they will formalize their position in a caucus meeting that's happening this morning.

Final Vote Count: How Each Member Voted on the House Rules Package

In 2020, he won again with the benefit of a blue-skewed district and high turnout during a presidential election. But things aren’t looking quite so easy for the incumbent this year. The state’s new electoral map dropped Levin into a true toss-up, and there’s no Donald Trump on the ballot to run against this time. From Dana Point to Encinitas, this coastal stretch of SoCal is bisected by the Camp Pendleton Marine base. That also marks a pretty good political demarcation, with voters in tony south Orange County leaning Republican and those in the coastal cities of north San Diego County skewing Democratic. Add them together and you have one of the swingiest swing districts in the state.

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As a result of his move, Johnson could face a vote on his ouster in the coming weeks. The GOP speaker, however, has grown more willing to confront the threat from the right, and Democrats have suggested that they're willing to protect him from an ouster effort if he allowed a vote on Ukraine aid. Saturday's vote marked the first time the House had approved billions of dollars in Ukraine aid since December 2022, when Democrats still controlled the chamber.

Still, even if these negotiations prove successful and 10 lawmakers do flip to McCarthy's column — which is far from certain — that doesn't get McCarthy to the 218 votes to win the speakership, so he would still have more work to do. Sources said the talks Wednesday between McCarthy allies and holdouts have been the most productive and serious ones to date. And in one sign of a breakthrough, a McCarthy-aligned super PAC agreed to not play in open Republican primaries in safe seats -- one of the big demands that conservatives had asked for but that McCarthy had resisted until this point. The House will continue to be paralyzed until this standoff is resolved. The situation has grown dire for McCarthy's political future as Republican allies are beginning to fear that the House GOP leader may not be able to pull off his gamble for speaker if the fight goes much longer.

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said last week he wasn’t sure what he would do if there were a move to dismiss the trial. “I think it’s virtually certain that there will not be the conviction of someone when the constitutional test has not been met,” he said. Some Republicans have said they would like time to debate whether Mayorkas should be impeached, even though debate time is usually not included in impeachment proceedings. Negotiations were underway between the two parties over whether Schumer may allow that time and give senators in both parties a chance to discuss the impeachment before it is dismissed.

That’s in part by pointing out his past as a delegate to the presidential campaign of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. But in a throwback appeal to the district’s anti-Communist roots, she’s also suggested that Chen, a longtime Navy reservist and the son of Taiwanese immigrants, would be soft on the Chinese Communist Party. Though the advantage is still probably Calvert’s, his opponent, Rollins ticks two important boxes for Democrats. First, he’s a former federal prosecutor who helped work on at least one Jan. 6 riot case. That resume likely inoculates him against the charge of being “soft on crime,” while also giving Rollins an extra reason to bash Calvert for his decision to vote against the certification of the 2020 presidential election.

One of the Capitol’s more business-friendly Democrats, Salas has represented Hanford and the I-5 side of Kern County in the Assembly since 2012. His claims to fame include being the lone Democrat to vote against a gas tax hike in 2017 and authoring an unsuccessful bill to increase penalties on shoplifters earlier this year. A nut and grape grower with farmland spread across multiple Central Valley counties, Duarte first achieved prominence in conservative circles for engaging in a lengthy legal battle with the federal government over water regulations. He ended up settling, but the experience has allowed him to run as a champion of drought-parched farmers and red tape-burdened business owners. The package includes several Republican priorities that Democrats endorse, or at least are willing to accept. The morning opened with a somber and serious debate and unusual sense of purpose as Republican and Democratic leaders united to urge quick approval, saying that would ensure the United States supported its allies and remained a leader on the world stage.