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With control of both the House and Senate, Republicans would have more chance to impede Biden’s initiatives, an appealing move with a presidential election two years off. There would be pressure to introduce measures popular with the Republican base, even if Democrats employ the filibuster, the Senate rule that requires 60 votes to pass most legislation. The challenge for House Republicans is they still have eight more spending bills to pass including two that have been stuck in committee because of disagreements within GOP ranks. In his letter to colleagues, Johnson set out an aggressive time table for passing the bills, but the issue will be finding a way to pass the legislation in just a narrow GOP majority.
Vulnerable House Republicans praise Johnson for handling of foreign aid bills
"US security aid [to Israel] constitutes a dangerous escalation and aggression against the Palestinian people," Abu Rudeineh added. "You honor me with your enmity. You flatter me with this falsehood. You, who are the authors of a big lie about the last election, must condemn the truth tellers and I stand proudly before you," Schiff said on the House floor. Johnson alluded to the chaos that paralyzed the House and distracted from the GOP agenda.
Speaker Johnson will need Democratic support for two-step funding bill
Tuesday's failed vote also casts doubt on whether a potential effort to impeach President Joe Biden will succeed, Kinzinger, a CNN senior political commentator, argued. Despite rumors swirling that House Majority Leader Steve Scalise – who would be a key vote – could be back tomorrow, his office denies that. The surprise maneuver by House Democrats that sunk the Alejandro Mayorkas impeachment vote came at the last minute. The White House is calling Tuesday night's failed vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas a "baseless, unconstitutional impeachment stunt." Sponsored by Democratic Rep. Susan Wild of Pennsylvania, the resolution holds the Russian government "responsible for the wrongful and illegal kidnapping of children from Ukraine" and states that doing so "amounts to genocide."
House will bring Mayorkas impeachment back up when they have the votes, GOP leadership says
In March, House lawmakers approved a bill that would give TikTok roughly six months to sell or the app would be prohibited from US app stores and from “internet hosting services” that support it. Ahead of the vote, Schiff thanked his GOP colleagues for offering the resolution. Schiff, who gained national recognition during his participation in the Trump probes — including as lead manager during Trump's first impeachment trial — is a frequent target of Republicans and Trump himself.
GOP Rep. Bice considering running for Johnson's former leadership role
Republicans needed a net gain of five seats in the House to achieve the 218-seat majority and a net gain of one to seize control of the Senate. The Senate has been in Democratic hands because Vice President Kamala Harris can cast a tie-breaking vote, in what has been one of the longest stretches of a split Senate in modern times. He's already a lame duck, he can't raise money, everyone knows it,” Greene claimed. “When faced with the question of whether to provide offensive aid to further this conflict, we believe there is a moral imperative to find another path," the statement said. The statement also called for a ceasefire in Gaza, more humanitarian aid to be delivered, and peace talks to begin. Nineteen members of the House Progressive Caucus who voted against further aid to Israel said Saturday that “we make ourselves complicit in this tragedy” if Congress continues to supply military assistance amid the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Russian Foreign Ministry says US foreign aid package will "exacerbate global crises"
Senate Republicans are trying to use the fact that there is no pending business before the Senate — because they’re waiting for the House to pass this CR so they can start considering it — to try to force consideration of the House-passed Israel aid bill. The bill now heads to the Senate, which is expected to send it to President Joe Biden’s desk by Friday night to avert a shutdown. J Street, liberal pro-Israel group, also reportedly threatened to rescind their endorsement of any Democrat who did not support the resolution. It was the first legislative action that the House took after electing Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana as the next speaker of the House, ending the lower chamber's 3 weeks of deadlock. Three Republicans — Colorado Rep. Ken Buck, Wisconsin Rep. Mike Gallagher and California Rep. Tom McClintock — joined the Democrats in voting against the resolution to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Homeland Security Chair Mark Green said he is "frustrated" that House Republicans failed to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, but said Republicans will vote again when Majority Leader Steve Scalise is back and pass it.
These 18 senators voted against Ukraine and Israel aid
That means its operations and funding don’t stop when the government shuts down. House Speaker Mike Johnson told CNN earlier Tuesday that he believed House Republicans had enough votes to impeach, but several Republican lawmakers voted against the resolution. After facing a stunning defeat on the House floor, GOP leadership is signaling they will try again to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas once they have the votes secured. The Republican votes against the resolution come as most of the party has gradually turned against providing further US military aid to the besieged eastern European country. A first attempt to impeach Mr. Mayorkas failed last week after the same three Republicans broke with their party and voted against the impeachment.
It will need to come up as a suspension vote — an expedited process that requires a two-thirds majority for passage. The members who ousted McCarthy also told reporters that they have no regrets now about ousting McCarthy. GOP Rep. Stephanie Bice of Oklahoma is considering a run for conference vice chair – the leadership role previously occupied by now-Speaker Mike Johnson, according to her spokesperson. Johnson ignored a question as he was walking out about whether he was committed to passing a supplemental aid bill for Israel and Ukraine before the next CR passes in early 2024.
Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., who voted to oust Kevin McCarthy, had an odd run-in with the former speaker in the halls this morning. Several conservative House Republicans who oppose the CR criticized the bill for not having any spending cuts, but most of them avoided putting the blame on Johnson himself. Then, Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., tried to start a physical fight with a committee witness, the president of the Teamsters union, Sean O’Brien.
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A tricky proposition for many Republicans, who have long argued that abortion rights is an issue that should be left to the states, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina proposed national legislation to ban abortions after 15 weeks and proponents could force a debate on the issue. Among the first could be allocating funds to finish the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, he said. “Republicans may just block it with the idea that they’ll come back and re-legislate everything in January if they win one or both chambers,” she said. The Jan. 6 committee’s mandate expires at the end of the current Congress and it would need to be re-convened to continue. The committee on Oct. 21 subpoenaed testimony and documents from Trump, but if Republicans win the House they could be expected to disband the committee and end the investigation into the attack on the Capitol. The House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy instead threatened telecommunications companies that complied with subpoenas of phone records.
House conservatives are signaling they’ll give the newly minted House Speaker Mike Johnson some runway and flexibility as the House barrels toward a November 17 spending deadline to fund the government. With a handful of conservatives rebelling against the stopgap funding bill, it means Johnson, R-La., must receive help from Democrats to get it through the chamber. After trashing the idea of a two-step strategy to fund the government, House Democrats signaled Monday that they are open to backing Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan, significantly lowering the threat of a painful shutdown at the end of the week.
But in October House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy cautioned against using impeachment as a political tool and said he did not believe any Democrats warranted such a step. Several swing-district House Republicans praised Speaker Mike Johnson for pushing forward with the foreign aid bills and attacked his detractors. Zakharova said that in addition to the package's "military aid to the Kyiv regime," the bills would support Taiwan's "interference in China’s internal affairs" and allow Israel to continue "a direct path toward escalating unprecedented aggravation in the region." The House on Saturday passed a key package that provides aid to Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific region, while also addressing GOP legislative priorities, such as sanctions on Iran and a potential ban on TikTok.
We've gone through a little bit of character building, and you know what has produced more strength, more perseverance and a lot of hope, and that's what we're about to deliver to the American people,” Johnson said. GOP Rep. Doug LaMalfa told CNN the threshold needs to be raised to at least 25 members so it's not just one member bringing forward a motion to oust the speaker like GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz did with McCarthy. "I think one that everybody would agree on is that if there is a vacate that the current speaker does not step down until a new speaker is elected," Crenshaw said.
The House is expected to vote on a resolution in support of Israel on Wednesday afternoon, according to a notice from the House Democratic whip. “The door to the speaker’s office now is open to the members and to the constituents, not just the lobbyists,” Rep. Matt Rosendale told reporters. “I have never been comfortable with CRs (continuing resolutions), but it … is going to be difficult for Mike and anyone who steps into that job, but I think he is going to do a great job,” Rep. Eli Crane, a Republican, told CNN.
Mr. Mayorkas is the first sitting cabinet secretary to be indicted by the House. Republicans have produced no evidence that Mr. Mayorkas committed a crime or acts of corruption. They accused him of willfully refusing to enforce border laws and breaching the public trust.
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