Kevin McCarthy, the former GOP Minority Leader, has been elected Speaker of the House on the 15th attempt and set a new tone for the 118th Congress, making concessions to obstinate members of his own party. But what will the McCarthy Era accomplish? …
Sheriff McCarthy Is in Town
January 12, 2023
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Growing State Freedom Caucus Network Faces Resistance—From GOP ‘Establishment’
January 12, 2023
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The vote went quickly without a hitch and the incumbent was reelected House Speaker amid near-total bipartisan consensus and hand-shake pledges to work together in the legislative session to follow. The 145–3 tally to reinstall Rep. Dade Phelan (R-Beaumont) to a second term as speaker—the most powerful position in the Texas House—on Jan. 10 was…
McCarthy Considering Release of Jan. 6 Security Footage
January 12, 2023
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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) indicated during a Jan. 12 press conference that he would release all the Capitol’s security footage from Jan. 6, 2021. During the last Congress, Democrats’ Jan. 6 Committee left many crucial questions about the events of that day unanswered and unaddressed. Republicans have long expressed a keen interest in…
McCarthy Considers Release of Jan. 6 Security Footage
January 12, 2023
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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) indicated during a Jan. 12 press conference that he wants to release all of the security footage from the U.S. Capitol from Jan. 6, 2021. During the last Congress, many crucial questions about the Capitol breach were left unanswered and unaddressed by the Democrat-led Jan. 6 committee. Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers,…
‘Absolutely Unfair’: GOP Lawmakers Decry Alleged Double Standards Over Biden Classified Documents
GOP lawmakers have alleged a double standard that favors Democrats over Republicans in the wake of revelations this week that classified documents from the Obama-Biden administration were discovered in the Biden Penn Center in November. Their remarks came ahead of an announcement on Jan. 12 that more classified documents were since discovered in the garage of…
Court of Appeals Agrees to Expedite Kari Lake’s 2022 Election Case
January 12, 2023
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The Arizona Court of Appeals agreed to expedite consideration of Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s lawsuit alleging that the 2022 election was flawed. In a brief order, issued on Jan. 9 and made public the next day, the court ordered a reset of “the matter for conference on February 1, 2023,” and agreed with Lake’s arguments…
Second Amendment Groups Expect New House Majority to Stand and Fight For Gun Owners
Newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) tried to make hay with Republicans by starting the 118th Congress with a move to defund 87,000 new Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents, but Second Amendment groups see the new Congress as a mixed blessing at best. While McCarthy was touting efforts to rein in the IRS, Gun…
House Passes Bill Blocking Strategic Petroleum Reserve Exports to China
January 12, 2023
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The House of Representatives has greenlit a bill to block exports from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to China. H.R. 22, “Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act,” on Jan. 12 passed overwhelmingly, 331–97. On the Republican side there were 218 yeas, while on the Democrat side there were 113 yeas. All nays came…
House GOP’s Priorities Should be Biden Family, Weaponization of Government, Border Crisis: Heritage Oversight Project Head
January 12, 2023
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For the first time in four years, the Republican Party holds control of the House of Representatives, and with it, the crucial ability to conduct oversight of other branches of the federal government. But while Republicans undoubtedly have a laundry list of topics they would like to delve into, Mike Howell, director of the Oversight…
A Minority View
Commentary HONOLULU—If one discounts Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, Hawaii is about as far—geographically and politically—from Washington, D.C., as one can get. There are just six Republicans out of 51 in the State House of Representatives and two out of 25 in the Senate. One of them is Rep. Gene Ward, who has spent a total of…
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