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GOP Lawmakers Want Elon Musk to Be Speaker of the House
There is no requirement that the Speaker of the House be an elected member of Congress. After Elon Musk all but killed a bill to fund the government, lawmakers now propose to cut out the middleman.Wired - 1d -
Trump backs House GOP accusation Liz Cheney tampered with Jan. 6 committee witness
She called the allegation "a malicious and cowardly assault on the truth."ABC News - 1d -
12:30 Report — A merry little funding fight
{beacon} 12:30 REPORT Happy Friday! All I want for Christmas is for Congress to figure out a funding plan so everyone can relax. Is that too much to ask!? Here’s the latest: House Republicans are ...The Hill - 8h -
The GOP's little House of horrors
The GOP majority in the U.S. House of Representatives is fragile and ineffective, with a tiny majority and deep divisions within the caucus, making it difficult for Speaker Mike Johnson to pass ...The Hill - 8h -
House GOP eyes plan C that cuts Trump debt ceiling demand
House Republicans are eyeing a new spending proposal that would tee up votes on three separate measures: to fund the government, appropriate disaster relief and allocate farm assistance, three ...The Hill - 9h -
White House blasts GOP funding bill ahead of vote
The White House on Thursday bashed a newly released Republican funding bill as a “billionaire giveaway” ahead of the vote on it on the House floor. “Republicans are doing the bidding of their ...The Hill - 1d -
House GOP reaches Trump-backed funding deal
House Republicans are planning to vote on a new short-term funding measure after a previous plan collapsed Wednesday night due to pushback from President-elect Donald Trump. CBS News' Scott ...CBS News - 1d -
House GOP drops PBM reforms in scaled-down spending bill
House Republicans have abandoned language to rein in the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) industry from a new government funding bill released late Thursday. Leaders earlier this week agreed to PBM ...The Hill - 1d -
Top House Republican lays out new GOP plan to avert government shutdown
Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) joins Meet the Press Now to discuss the newly minted plan from House Republicans to avoid a government shutdown that's been signed off on by President-elect Donald Trump.NBC News - 1d -
Trump blesses internal House GOP deal to avert government shutdown
President-elect Donald Trump came out in support of the new funding deal reached by House Republicans. NBC News’ Sahil Kapur, Garrett Haake, David Ingram and Chuck Todd explain the latest ...NBC News - 1d -
House GOP eyes plan B stopgap with separate 2-part debt limit commitment
House Republicans are eyeing an alternative government funding stopgap that excludes a debt ceiling increase, and are instead working on a commitment to raise the borrowing limit twice next year in ...The Hill - 1d -
Trump joins Elon Musk in opposing House GOP's government funding bill
President-elect Donald Trump came out against a government funding bill backed by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson.CNBC - 1d -
Musk and Trump put House GOP in a bind
With time running out, Speaker Mike Johnson's attempt to avoid a government shutdown now faces a battery of new nearly impossible-to-deliver demands from the right.Politico - 1d -
White House blasts Trump, GOP over spending threats
The White House on Wednesday blasted President-elect Trump and Republicans for sinking a proposed government spending deal, raising the possibility of a shutdown. “Republicans need to stop playing ...The Hill - 2d -
House conservatives revolt over GOP-backed spending bill
House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing a revolt from fellow Republicans over a last-minute measure to keep the government funded and avoid a shutdown.CBS News - 2d -
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Musk says House GOP shouldn't pass stopgap funding deal
Tech billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk came out against a stopgap deal as he pushes for the government to reduce spending. The bipartisan legislation was released Tuesday night in a last-minute ...The Hill - 2d -
House GOP fumes at Johnson
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Johnson faces backlash over shutdown negotiations House Speaker Mike Johnson’s ...The Hill - 3d -
Bipartisan energy talks collapse, say Manchin, Carper, blaming House GOP
A bipartisan effort to speed up the buildout of the nation’s energy projects has failed — or at least will not be attached to a stopgap funding bill — say two key lawmakers who were involved with ...The Hill - 4d -
Little reason for the West to exult over Assad’s downfall
The fall of the Syrian regime has resulted in the rise of violent jihadist forces, which could impose enduring costs on Western security, as the West continues to engage with the victorious HTS ...The Hill - Dec. 12 -
No comfort and little shelter in Gaza as nightmare of winter sets in
Displaced residents face acute hardship, fleeing airstrikes and suffering from disease and hunger as temperatures plummet. Tens of thousands of people sheltering on Gaza’s exposed Mediterranean ...The Guardian - Dec. 12 -
GOP senators fear House chaos could derail Trump's agenda
Republican senators fear that the narrow House GOP majority in next year’s Congress could rain chaos on President-elect Trump’s agenda and are pushing to finish up work on the overdue annual ...The Hill - Dec. 12 -
Outgoing House committee chair pushed GOP's winning education issues
Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx has reached her final hours as the House's education policy leader. The education committee votes on its next chairman on Thursday.ABC News - Dec. 12 -
House GOP to choose chairs for influential committees: Who’s in the running
House Republican leaders will choose new chairs for a number of influential committees this week, people who will have the power to help deliver on President-elect Trump’s priorities in the GOP ...The Hill - Dec. 8 -
Walz says he was 'a little surprised' by election loss
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), Vice President Harris's running mate, reflected on the Democratic Party's loss in the presidential election, saying he was "a little surprised" by the outcome. “It felt ...The Hill - Dec. 6 -
Michigan Democrats move to protect reproductive health data before GOP takes control of House
Democrats in Michigan are pressing to pass reproductive health care legislation before the party loses its majority with the new legislative session next yearABC News - Dec. 6 -
Michigan Democrats move to protect reproductive health data before GOP takes control of House
Democrats in Michigan are pressing to pass reproductive health care legislation before the party loses its majority with the new legislative session next yearABC News - Dec. 6 -
How the slim House GOP majority could impact Trump's agenda
Republicans have insisted that November's election gave President-elect Donald Trump a mandate, but could their small House majority hamper that agenda? Andrew Desiderio, senior congressional ...CBS News - Dec. 5 -
House GOP braces for tiniest vote margin possible: 'We have nothing to spare'
House Republicans will have zero room for error in the 119th Congress — literally. Rep. John Duarte (R) conceded to Democrat Adam Gray in California’s 13th Congressional District Tuesday night — ...The Hill - Dec. 5 -
On Trump tax cuts, energy and immigration plans, clash emerges between House, Senate GOP leaders
Jason Smith, Chair of House Ways and Means, tells CNBC that his voting majority will be extremely slim for passing President-elect Trump's tax cut promises.CNBC - Dec. 5 -
The House GOP's math problem: From the Politics Desk
The final race of the 2024 election has been called, meaning Republicans will control 220 House seats to Democrats’ 215 next year, a slim majority.NBC News - Dec. 4 -
House GOP releases 2025 legislative calendar
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the schedule for the 119th Congress on Tuesday, unveiling adjustments under President-elect Trump. Next year, representatives will be in session ...The Hill - Dec. 4 -
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Fed Chair Jerome Powell Says Inflation Is a ‘Little Higher’ Than Expected
Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, said it was too early for the central bank to start reacting to the tariffs that President-elect Trump had been promising.The New York Times - Dec. 4 -
Watch live: House GOP leadership holds presser after Hunter Biden pardon
House Republican leaders will brief the press Wednesday morning, as the GOP prepares to transition to full leadership of Congress and the White House. Their presser follows President Biden's recent ...The Hill - Dec. 4 -
Top House GOP super PAC taps new president
Chris Winkelman, the current executive director of the House GOP campaign committee, will lead the super PAC.Politico - Dec. 4 -
Scientists dissect ‘world’s rarest whale’ for clues on little-known species
Only seven spade-tooth whales have ever been documented, now work is beginning on a specimen that washed ashore in New Zealand in July. A spade-tooth whale – thought to be the world’s rarest whale ...The Guardian - Dec. 3
