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House Republican unity around McCarthy's debt ceiling plan forced Biden to the table and got new federal spending cuts, McConnell tweeted Wednesday night. Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., who floated forcing a vote to remove McCarthy as speaker over the debt deal this week, also known as a "motion to vacate," said tonight that the discussion will happen "in the next week or two." The House just voted to approve legislation to create an independent and bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
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On a House Freedom Caucus call Monday night, Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., floated using the motion to vacate, a rule that would allow any House member to force a vote to remove the speaker, two sources familiar with the call said. Buck, speaking toward the end of the call, referred to it as the “elephant in the room,” a source said. The bipartisan deal struck by Biden and McCarthy would extend the debt limit for two years, alongside modest federal spending cuts and a series of policy provisions. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., said she will vote "no" on the debt deal, which the House is set to vote on tonight. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said on the floor that his colleagues should be prepared to move quickly on the debt ceiling bill. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said he will vote against the debt ceiling bill but praised Biden for doing the "best he could" in negotiating the deal.

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We depend on support from people like you to do this vital work and more. Donate today to ensure that trustworthy news and analysis are here for you when you need it. Stay up to date with our Politics newsletter and listen to The NPR Politics Podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. The former speaker told reporters he did not punch Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., in the kidneys.
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"I am also very happy that our ranking member was able to do a bipartisan and get some concession from the Democrats. That's why I voted for this." "That's one of the great things about our party and the leader in particular. I have been able to break ranks with my party on a number of issues unlike the Democrats who don't break ranks at all," Gimenez said. "Arizona is a place where Republicans outnumber Democrats and where independents really matter. That's the hurdle for both incumbent Kelly and Masters," Montanaro writes. You can read Montanaro's full story, which covers other key Senate races, here. "If Lt. Gov. John Fetterman can hold on against celebrity TV doctor Mehmet Oz, then Republicans would need to win two of three [races in] Georgia, Nevada and Arizona.
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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. A few, including Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, could not suppress a slightly sardonic tone even in expressing relief. NATO allies that feel more directly threatened by Russia, including the Baltic states and Poland, have long viewed the conflict with a sense of crisis and urgency, and were at times incredulous as U.S. support appeared to flag. European allies, for their part, had watched the drawn-out aid drama with mounting anxiety and exasperation. U.S. and Ukrainian officials said resupply efforts could take place relatively quickly, because of supply chains and logistical networks established early in the more than two-year-old conflict.
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"History judges us for what we do. This is a critical time right now." If the Senate votes to approve the TikTok legislation, it heads to the desk of Biden, who endorsed the prior version of the bill and may quickly sign any foreign aid package that includes similar language targeting TikTok. The Problem Solvers Caucus today endorsed the debt ceiling legislation, which the House is set to take up tonight. "I cannot stress enough that we have no margin — no margin — for error," he said. "Either we proceed quickly and send this bipartisan agreement to the president's desk or the federal government will default for the first time ever." Federal student loan borrowers face a reckoning as a result of the debt ceiling deal the House will vote on today.
Kelly has sided with his party on abortion rights, Medicare and social security, but he says he has also pushed back and criticized President Biden when he feels it's necessary. Of course, elections aren’t won nationally, and in some key contested states, gas prices are still high. Nevada, one of Republicans’ top Senate race targets, has had the second-highest prices in the country for months. Arizona and Pennsylvania, two hotly contested states, are also above the national average.
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I hope we can move the bill quickly here in the Senate and bring it to the president’s desk as soon as possible," Schumer said. "I think it’s wonderful that they voted for it, because they are now on record, so they can’t sit there and yell, 'This isn’t good.' So I’ll bring something back. Katko, who was one of 10 Republicans to vote to impeach then-President Trump over the events of Jan. 6, clarified that the commission would hire "as a team." "How can you have a bipartisan commission with an all Democrat staff?" Bishop asked. Pelosi strongly suggested today that she would approve a select committee in the House to investigate what led to the Jan. 6 insurrection if a vote to form the commission fails in the Senate.
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Kemp is beloved by Republicans for notching four years of conservative priorities and respected by some moderates for standing up to former President Donald Trump’s pressure to overturn the results of the 2020 election. “Whenever over 100 million people do something, something will go wrong. It does not mean there is a conspiracy,” tweeted Michael McDonald, a political science professor at the University of Florida.
Biden sounded an optimistic tone that the deal he struck with McCarthy would be “one step closer” by the end of the week, despite growing opposition from Democrats’ left flank. “For anyone to say it hasn’t been reviewed and we bypass any process as far as the environmental concerns, it’s been through everything multiple times,” Manchin said. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said he got into a "robust debate" with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., in front of Democratic senators at a private lunch today about a provision in the deal that would expedite the approval of a natural gas pipeline. Ahead of the vote, McCarthy declared that passing the Fiscal Responsibility Act would deliver hope to American families and warned lawmakers against voting against it.
Republican Karoline Leavitt, 25, is running in New Hampshire's 1st district — where the race is has not been called. She's challenging incumbent Democrat Chris Pappas in a competitive race. A Maricopa County judge held a hearing on Tuesday evening and denied the request, according to ABC15 and other outlets.
As we headed into the final week of voting, it looked like some of the Democrats' key bases were less enthusiastic about voting than the Republicans' bases, according to an NPR/PBS Newshour/Marist poll. Election officials say there are no credible cyber-security or polling place threats, but nonetheless, they're working with state and local law enforcement to ensure ballots will be secure. Snow began falling in western Montana early Monday and was expected to continue to fall in eastern parts of the state through Tuesday night, the NWS office in Billings said. NPR's senior political correspondent Domenico Montanaro writes that these outside groups, which have little-to-no donor transparency, are actually spending more for less if you factor in the ad rates. Hassan has distanced herself from President Biden, saying he was too slow to respond to inflation. She argues her opponent is an extreme Republican who opposes abortion rights.
That's about the same as it was in the immediate aftermath of the June Dobbs ruling. With 2.7 million Wisconsin voters expected to cast ballots, it could take until the wee hours Wednesday to get results. This year, there are a record number of women who are major-party nominees in races for governor and state legislative seats, according to the Center for Women and Politics at Rutgers University. Republican women have continued a steady increase in running for state legislative seats. Although women have made up a majority of the electorate for decades, they are still underrepresented in elected office.