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Trumpers want Texas to boost GOP maps

The plan would shift voters from safely red districts into blue ones. Members of the GOP delegation aren't sold

Salon

Trump aides want Texas to redraw its congressional maps to boost the GOP. What would that mean?

The plan would shift voters from safely red districts into blue ones. Members of the state’s Republican delegation aren’t sold on the idea.

The Texas Tribune

Republicans use LA protests to push holdouts to pass Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

House Speaker Mike Johnson says ‘it's those men and women, the federal law enforcement officers who deserve our support right now’

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Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill' Overcomes Major Hurdle, Moves to House Rules Committee

The GOP's "big, beautiful bill" was approved by the House Budget Committee late Sunday despite continued concerns overs Medicaid cuts.

Latin Times

John Cornyn says tax and spending bill must reimburse Texas $11 billion for border security

Texas Republicans are pushing the federal government to pay the state’s costs of Operation Lone Star, Gov. Greg’s Abbott’s border security initiative.

The Texas Tribune

House Speaker Optimistic About Spending Negotiations Progress

House Speaker Mike Johnson expresses optimism and determination in ongoing spending negotiations, emphasizing collaboration and positive discussions.

Top News

Food stamps, environmental safeguards and denying Ozempic: The ways Republicans could pay for Trump’s tax cuts

Incoming administration is expected to cut federal spending to federal programs they don’t prioritize like environmental regulations

The Independent UK

A Bipartisan Tax Hike Won't Fix This Deficit

The government needs to cut back on spending—and on the promises to special interests that fuel the spending.

Reason

Congress Is Trying To Avoid Taking Responsibility for the Debt Crisis It Created

A fiscal commission might be a good idea, but it's also the ultimate expression of Congress' irresponsibility.

Reason

Texas Republicans unite to elect Mike Johnson as U.S. House Speaker

All Texas Republicans in the U.S. House voted for Louisiana’s Mike Johnson to be speaker, ending a stalemate that has left the chamber leaderless for three weeks. Johnson is a deeply religious conservative who won the support of the party’s disparate factions.

The Texas Tribune

U.S. Reps. Jodey Arrington, Roger Williams decline House speaker bid

Only one Texan, Rep. Pete Sessions, remains in the race for House Speaker. Republicans will hear from the candidates Monday night as they try to fill the job following U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan’s failure to win a majority.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Reps. Jodey Arrington, Pete Sessions and Roger Williams are making moves to become U.S. House speaker

Arrington and Williams expressed their interest after the House Republican Conference voted in a closed door meeting to drop Jim Jordan as their nominee for speaker. Sessions announced his run shortly after.

The Texas Tribune

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The Independent UK

Texas Republicans invoke Noah’s Ark to defend Greg Abbott’s floating Rio Grande border wall in DoJ lawsuit

Texas is being sued in state and federal court over floating border wall plan

The Texas Tribune

U.S. House Republicans from Texas target federal funding unless Homeland Security chief is removed

Escalating their fight over Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ handling of immigration at the southern border, far-right representatives say they will oppose any appropriations for his agency.

Axios

House GOP dysfunction fuels Democrats' hardball budget tactics

Democrats stick to strategy of not negotiating until GOP has a budget plan.

Axios

McCarthy faces GOP blowback after N.Y. Times leak

“The members I've spoken with are just stunned," one Republican told Axios.

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Los Angeles Times

Doyle McManus: Biden's budget was an opening bid. Where's the Republican plan?

President Joe Biden unveiled his $6.8 trillion budget proposal last week, and it drew the customary jaded responses: a work of fiction. A party platform with price tags. And, of course, dead on arrival.

The Independent UK

Biden's upcoming budget part of 2024 political messaging

President Joe Biden has decided to get out of the White House to unveil his proposed budget this week in Pennsylvania, a must-win state in 2024

The Texas Tribune

Texas defense hawks urge Congress away from military funding cuts to raise the debt ceiling

Texas Republicans in the U.S. House are working with their divided party to eke out a path forward on raising the debt limit.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Republicans tapped to chair four committees in new GOP-led U.S. House

The Texans are poised to chair some of the most important committees, including the appropriations and budget panels.

The Texas Tribune

After suspending political donations post-insurrection, AT&T and Valero fund election-deniers in the midterms

AT&T and Valero were among a handful of political action committees that donated to candidates this cycle who have denied the legitimacy of the 2020 election results.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: GOP promises to gut your Social Security, Medicare if it takes power

It used to be a truism that no elected office-holders would dare to tamper with Social Security if they wished to keep their jobs.

The Texas Tribune

Beto O’Rourke championed bipartisanship in Congress. It wouldn’t be that easy as governor.

Democrats were in the minority the entire time O’Rourke was in Congress. He says that experience working across the aisle prepares him to be governor of a red state.

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