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Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy still short on votes in bid to become speaker even after concessions

McCarthy has offered extraordinary concessions, including allowing members to easily fire him at any time, to secure the votes for speaker.

Axios

EXPLAINER: How the House of Representatives elects a speaker

The House will convene Tuesday to elect a speaker for the new Congress

The Independent UK

Adam Kinzinger raises fears for future of America if Trump isn’t charged over Jan 6

House select committee investigating January 6 recommended that the former president faces at least four criminal charges for his part in the insurrection

The Independent UK

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McCarthy releases House rules package, still short speaker votes - Roll Call

It's unclear if a new rules package includes enough olive branches to conservatives to win Kevin McCarthy support for speaker.

Roll Call

Republican says he ‘fears for the future’ if Trump is not charged over Jan 6 riot

Adam Kinzinger said in an interview the former president should be charged with conspiracy over the insurrection

The Guardian - US

House GOP targets federal "snoops"

It's part of the aggressive posture planned by the GOP, which takes the House majority when the new Congress opens Tuesday.

Axios

Adam Kinzinger blames Kevin McCarthy for Trump’s political staying power and ‘crazy elements’ in GOP

“Donald Trump is alive today politically because of Kevin McCarthy,” the congressman said on CNN this weekend

The Independent UK

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Jackie Calmes: Kevin McCarthy would do anything to be House speaker. That's the problem

Leave aside the opposition to House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy from a few right-wing lawmakers whom even far-right pundit Mark Levin calls "boneheads."

Los Angeles Times

Speaker race headed toward dramatic floor election

WASHINGTON — Whether or not Kevin McCarthy becomes speaker under the incoming House Republican majority, the Jan. 3 floor election to determine who will take the gavel from Nancy Pelosi is poised to be the most dramatic in a century.

Tribune News Service

Speaker race headed toward dramatic floor election - Roll Call

The Jan. 3 House election to determine who will take the gavel from Nancy Pelosi is poised to be the most dramatic in a century.

Roll Call

Editorial: Republicans were tested on values in 2022, and voters gave them a D-minus

The past year on the national scene was characterized as one test after another for Republicans — not just of their drive to retake control of Congress but of the value system that determined how far they would go to reach their goal. They were asked repeatedly to stand for…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Biden signs $1.7 trillion bill funding government operations

President Joe Biden has signed a $1.7 trillion bill funding government operations through September 2023, the end of the federal budget year

The Independent UK

Time of triumph for GOP turns into 'distraction' with Santos

Leaders of the incoming Republican-controlled House have tried for weeks to minimize the controversy surrounding Rep.-elect George Santos and the revelations that the New York Republican lied about various aspects of his resume

The Independent UK

Jonathan Bernstein: 5 big political questions for 2023

Political prognosticators are facing a mountain of unknowns for the coming year, starting with whether President Joe Biden will seek a second term. There are other cliffhangers, including whether former President Donald Trump will be indicted and whether Rep. Kevin McCarthy will succeed in getting elected speaker of the House.…

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Carl P. Leubsdorf: Some not-so-serious 2023 predictions

Last year’s column successfully predicted Democratic Senate gains and a smaller-than-expected Republican House takeover. Here is our not-totally-serious forecast for 2023:

The Independent UK

George Santos isn’t Jewish, an NYU alum or a former Goldman Sachs banker. Will he be a congressman?

George Santos was elected to Congress in New York as a Jewish grandson of Holocaust survivors who attended Baruch College and New York University before working at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. That man has now all but vanished, John Bowden writes

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Question remains unanswered of why the IRS failed to audit Trump's taxes

A gaping question remains to be answered following the House Ways and Means Committee’s decision to release Donald Trump’s tax returns: Why did the Internal Revenue Service fail to audit Trump’s taxes during the first two years of his presidency, as required by law? There’s a growing mountain of circumstantial…

Tribune News Service

Looking for votes, GOP leader McCarthy might have to look past Rep.-elect Santos' serial fabrications

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep.-elect George Santos’ serial fabrications about his life story sets up a key test for Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, who’s struggling to win next week’s vote for House speaker.

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Salon

Is McCarthy's speaker bid doomed?

McCarthy still doesn't have the votes, reports CNN — and the number of GOP defectors could be rising

Roll Call

Fellow New York Republican calls for Santos ethics investigation - Roll Call

Fellow Republican Nick LaLota's call for an investigation shows questions about Rep.-elect George Santos' background aren't going away.

The Independent UK

Andy Biggs becomes latest MAGA Republican to spar with Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘She’s crossed the Rubicon’

Tensions have escalated in MAGA-world as Ms Greene continues to clash with several one-time allies in her opinions about the House speaker role

Tribune News Service

Carl P. Leubsdorf: My forecast for 2023

Last year’s column successfully predicted Democratic Senate gains and a smaller-than-expected Republican House takeover. Here is our not-totally-serious forecast for 2023:

The Independent UK

After Jan. 6: Congress born of chaos ends in achievement

The 117th Congress opened with the unfathomable Jan. 6, 2021, mob siege of the Capitol

Al Jazeera

US House passes massive $1.7 trillion spending bill

Bill boosts military spending by 10 percent to a total of $858bn, alongside $772.5bn for domestic programmes.

Tribune News Service

Most members phone it in as House passes spending package

WASHINGTON — Whether it was because of holiday plans, a “bomb cyclone” or the fact that some of them won’t be doing this job in a few weeks, the House was definitely not packed for the final votes of the year as the chamber passed the fiscal 2023 omnibus spending…

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