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House Panel Rejects Bid to Boost Ukraine Funding by $500 Million in US Defense Budget

June 22, 2023
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The House Armed Services Committee on June 22 rejected a proposed amendment within the proposed U.S. defense budget calling for a $500 million boost in a fund that allows the Pentagon and Biden administration to dispatch assistance to Ukraine without Congressional approval. The measure was among 800 amendments approved by the committee in moving the…

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Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd Launches 2024 GOP Presidential Run

June 22, 2023
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Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd, a fierce critic of former President Donald Trump, announced Thursday that he’s running for president in 2024 as a Republican, entering an already crowded GOP primary field dominated by Trump. Hurd, a one-time CIA officer before entering politics, represented the state’s 23rd Congressional District—a massive district that stretches across the…

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Chaos Erupts on House Floor as Democrats Protest Republican Censure of Adam Schiff

June 21, 2023
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Chaos erupted on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on June 21 as Democrats contested House Republicans’ vote to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.). The House voted to censure Schiff a week after an initial resolution brought forward by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) was tabled. An earlier clause fining Schiff $16 million—half…

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Republicans Must Be the Party of Small Business

June 21, 2023
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Commentary A recent Wall Street Journal lead story reported that “Republicans and big business broke up.” The amount of corporate donations to Republicans was cut sharply in the last election cycle to a lower amount than in nearly a decade. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has backed many Democrats running for Congress in close and…

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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs Vetoes Republican’s Maricopa County Bill on Infrastructure Funding, Strategy

June 21, 2023
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Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed Senate Bill 1246 on Tuesday which aimed to extend a transit sales tax of half a cent that has funded transportation projects in the state’s largest county for almost 40 years. While Maricopa residents must vote to again approve the tax, Republican and Democratic lawmakers have failed to reach…

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House Republican Leadership Hold Weekly Press Conference

June 21, 2023
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The House Republican leadership, Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), and others hold a weekly press conference at 10:00 a.m. ET on June 21. …

LIVE 10:15 AM ET: House Republican Leadership Hold Weekly Press Conference

June 21, 2023
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The House Republican leadership, Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), and others hold a weekly press conference at 10:00 a.m. ET on June 21. …

LIVE 12 AM ET: House Republican Leadership Hold Weekly Press Conference

June 21, 2023
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The House Republican leadership, Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), and others hold a weekly press conference at 10:00 a.m. ET on June 21. …

‘I Will Carry Out My Duties’: Texas Sen. Angela Paxton on Husband’s Pending Impeachment Trial

June 21, 2023
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Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton said she was elected to uphold the laws of the state constitution when the Texas Senate meets for the impeachment trial of her husband, Attorney General Ken Paxton. The senator said in a statement on June 19 that she will do her duty in the historic impeachment trial of her…

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Former Virginia State Sen. Glen Sturtevant Projected to Defeat Amanda Chase in Republican Primary

June 21, 2023
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Former Virginia state Sen. Glen Sturtevant is projected to narrowly defeat incumbent state Sen. Amanda Chase and challenger Tina Ramirez in the GOP Virginia state senate primary for the District 12 seat on June 20. The Associated Press called the race in favor of Sturtevant at around 8:55 p.m. ET. According to the state Department of Elections,…

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