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politics1 month ago•24 min saved

GOP Shortens September House Calendar Ahead of Midterms

House Republicans will cancel the final two weeks of the September pre-election schedule, sending members home by Sept. 17 and leaving only a brief return week before a post-election recess. Speaker Mike Johnson says the move is to focus on district work amid stalled Senate action and midterm campaigning, while Democrats (via Hakeem Jeffries) call it chaos. The update stream also covers internal leadership jockeying, opposition responses, and related policy debates (AI regulation proposals, data-center concerns).

via politico.com|

#democrats-republicans #house-republicans #legislative-calendar

politics1 month ago•3 min saved

Greer Briefs GOP on Canada Tariffs Amid Beef Import Clash

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer met with House Republicans on Capitol Hill to discuss President Trump’s tariff war with Canada and a plan to expand beef imports, with lawmakers pressing for de-escalation and voicing concerns about price impacts as midterm politics loom and northern-border interests feel the effects.

via CNBC|

#beef-imports #canada #greer

politics1 month ago•5 min saved

GOP to Press Trump Trade Chief Over Canada Tariffs

Trump's top trade adviser Jamieson Greer is slated to meet with the Republican Study Committee as lawmakers press the Trump administration on its Canada tariff strategy, a dispute that has seen the U.S. and Canada impose steep tariffs and even included an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to 'Lake America'; the meeting's exact timing and whether questions will challenge the policy remain unclear.

via Fox News|

#canada #house-republicans #politics

politics1 month ago•124 min saved

GOP opens inquiry into DEA fentanyl policing tactic amid whistleblower claims

House Republicans are probing the DEA’s controversial tactic alleged to let fentanyl shipments slip through, a practice whistleblowers say helped fuel the fentanyl surge. An Associated Press investigation noted that while a 2025 operation seized about 3 million fentanyl pills, much larger quantities went unseized as drug couriers moved through hotels with backpacks. The disclosures prompted a nationwide review by the Justice Department’s inspector general of similar tactics across federal investigations, with the DEA promising cooperation as the probe continues.

via AP News|

#dea #fentanyl #house-republicans

politics1 month ago•3 min saved

House GOP aims for fast-track funding fix as deadline looms

House Republicans plan a quick floor vote on the Senate-passed stopgap continuing resolution to reset the Sept. 30 funding deadline to Dec. 11, potentially under suspension that requires a bipartisan two-thirds majority; Democrats may back the Senate version, and the White House supports the bill, which includes provisions the administration favors. The live updates also note Senate Democrats urging Netanyahu to curb West Bank violence and discuss the political impact of the current U.S. trade actions on November elections.

via Politico|

#bipartisanship #government-shutdown #house-republicans

politics2 months ago•3 min saved

Campaign trail looms as House heads home amid Iran and cost concerns

House Republicans head home for a five-week recess as they brace for a tough August campaign focused on Iran policy, rising living costs, and national security, while touting recent wins—funding through December, a $95 billion budget blueprint, and a defense policy bill—that the Senate is likely to block. Democrats counter with an affordability-focused message and monitor primary challenges that could sap unity; in the Senate, Trump’s push on the SAVE America Act faces resistance, while sanctions on Russia and Iran move toward a potential floor vote.

via Politico|

#affordability #budget #house-republicans

politics2 months ago•9 min saved

Grim summer looms for House Republicans as Iran war dominates the campaign trail

With a five-week recess ahead, House Republicans confront waning public concern about the Iran war, internal party tensions, and a push to showcase policy wins as Democrats frame affordability and accountability ahead of the midterms, all while Senate action on funding and the GOP budget blueprint creates a rocky path for their messaging.

via Politico|

#budget-and-legislation #campaign-trail #house-republicans

politics2 months ago•7 min saved

Johnson pushes Trump-backed election reforms through House using reconciliation

Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republicans advanced the SAVE America Act by using budget reconciliation to push election-integrity measures (including federal voter ID and citizenship proof) past Democratic opposition. The framework passed 216-214 with near-total GOP support and three GOP defections (Massie, Davidson, Kiley); Democrats opposed. The plan would channel roughly $95 billion in new spending, including about $10 billion for states to implement election reforms, amid fiscal hawks’ concerns over offsets. With a razor-thin majority, Johnson can afford few defections as he presses Trump’s top election priority through the chamber, with the Senate and a final bill still to go.

via Fox News|

#budget-reconciliation #election-integrity #house-republicans

politics2 months ago•6 min saved

Hard-right NDAA passes House, signaling Trump-aligned defense push

House Republicans narrowly approved a $1.15 trillion National Defense Authorization Act along party lines, advancing a hard-right agenda that would rename the Pentagon the Department of War, curb gender-affirming care, ease firearms on bases, and attach the SAVE America Act; Democrats won some provisions, but Senate prospects are uncertain amid partisan fights over Trump-era defense priorities, the Iran war, and NATO troop levels.

via Politico|

#defense-spending #department-of-war #donald-trump

politics2 months ago•25 min saved

NASA Chief Says Moon-to-Mars Ambitions Are Funded Without a New GOP Request

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman told a GOP lunch he isn’t asking for more money as NASA pursues Artemis and other missions, citing a funding path that includes a roughly $25 billion topline for 2026 plus $10 billion from last year’s reconciliation package. With the White House proposing a 25% cut for 2027 and House appropriators aiming to restore the topline, lawmakers are hashing out funding as Artemis targets a 2028 Moon landing and broader space exploration; Isaacman stressed he has the cash to move forward and spoke to influential Republicans, including Rep. August Pfluger and Newt Gingrich.

via Politico|

#artemis-program #house-republicans #jared-isaacman

politics2 months ago•28 min saved

GOP pushes aggressive defense bill amid conservative amendments and Iran-war debate

The House narrowly advances the $1.15 trillion National Defense Authorization Act as Republicans attach conservative amendments and the SAVE America Act, while Democrats oppose the bill’s price tag and Iran-war posture; the package faces hundreds of amendments and a broader GOP push for a stopgap funding bill and a reconciliation framework to fund government and defense, with additional notes on committee changes and ethics rules.

via Politico|

#defense-bill #house-republicans #iran-war

politics2 months ago•8 min saved

Johnson Gains Ground as House Conservatives End Floor Blockade

House conservatives ended their weeklong floor blockade after Speaker Mike Johnson paired the SAVE America Act with the State Department funding bill, enabling a 215-211 procedural vote and setting up votes on spending and related measures; Rep. Anna Paulina Luna flipped to yes, with other holdouts backing the move to press the Senate to act on the election-integrity measure and border-security priorities.

via Fox News|

#anna-paulina-luna #house-republicans #johnson

$GOP fractures imperil Johnson’s leadership$

politics3 months ago•188 min saved

GOP fractures imperil Johnson’s leadership

Johnson’s hold on a razor-thin, fractious House GOP is fraying as hardliners led by Chip Roy threaten to block floor votes on border-security legislation (HR 2) and other priorities, demanding broad immigration concessions. With Trump pressuring allies and a looming midterm, Johnson is considering a reconciliation path to push an elections overhaul while trying to prevent a wider mutiny that could derail spending and defense bills. The chaos underscores a rare leadership test in modern Congress.

via CNN|

#border-security #floor-chaos #house-republicans

politics3 months ago•2 min saved

SAVE Act Stalls House GOP Agenda Yet Again

More than a dozen House Republicans blocked a procedural vote on the National Defense Authorization Act over the SAVE Act, prompting leadership to bundle the election measure with the NDAA in hopes of passage, though the Senate could still strip it. Conservatives resist alternative routes like a third reconciliation bill, and President Trump urged Republicans to stop blocking votes, but the stalemate persists as the path forward for the defense bill and other items before the July 4 recess remains unclear.

via Axios|

#house-republicans #ndaa #politics

politics3 months ago•2 min saved

Trump nudges GOP on SAVE Act as Johnson advances housing bill

President Trump publicly pressed House Republicans to stop stalling procedural votes, helping Speaker Mike Johnson push the SAVE America Act forward, as Johnson transmitted a bipartisan housing bill to the White House—signaling progress after Trump had previously refused to sign it—and drawing mixed reactions from GOP lawmakers about using procedural tactics that have slowed the House’s work.

via Axios|

#house-republicans #housing-bill #mike-johnson