Members of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus refused to surrender control of the floor, forcing G.O.P. leaders to scrap votes for the week and leaving the speaker facing what he conceded was “chaos.”
Tag: House of Representatives
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Joe Biden Is a President Who Knows the Right Time to Shut Up
Politics at its best just isn’t necessarily all that entertaining.
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Hard Right Grinds House to a Halt, Rebuking McCarthy for the Debt Deal
Members of the ultraconservative Freedom Caucus effectively shut down the House floor for several hours, calling the speaker’s fiscal compromise with President Biden a betrayal.
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Republicans, Escalating Attacks on F.B.I., Vow to Hold Director in Contempt
F.B.I. officials briefed lawmakers on an unsubstantiated bribery allegation against Joe Biden when he was vice president, but did not let them leave a secure area with a document detailing it.
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Biden Signs Fiscal Responsibility Act, Ending Debt-Limit Crisis
Now that the bill is law, the nation will not risk running out of money to pay its obligations for two years.