The speaker’s decision to hold a vote on the stalled legislation was a bid to pressure far-right Republicans to drop demands for steeper cuts — or risk public ire for voting against military funding.
Tag: Republican Party
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Behind Paxton’s Impeachment, a Republican Battle for Control of Texas
The impeachment was the latest fight in an ongoing struggle between an emboldened hard right and the party’s more moderate old guard.
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Why Does the Republican Field All Sound the Same?
The claustrophobic reality of Ron DeSantis and the other Republicans is that they constructed their identities as Trump alternatives and ended up all the same.
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Lauren Boebert Apologizes for Vaping in a Denver Theater
The Colorado congresswoman previously denied vaping during the performance, but could be seen doing so on surveillance video.
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Democrats Visited the Roosevelt Hotel Sheltering Migrants. It Got Ugly.
After New York City’s mayor begged for help from the federal government, Congressional Democrats, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, came to visit the city’s main migrant shelter.