McConnell defends past Trump comments: ‘We are all on the same team now’
Senate Minority Chief Mitch McConnell on Thursday defended feedback he made following the 2020 election the place he privately slammed Donald Trump as "silly" and "despicable." “No matter I could have stated about President Trump pales compared to what JD Vance, Lindsey Graham, and others have stated about him, however we're all on the identical crew now,” McConnell stated in an announcement to POLITICO. The almost four-year-old remarks have been…
Maine’s maverick Democrat prepares to wield new power — if he wins
RANGELEY, Maine — Democratic Rep. Jared Golden has been on the fringes of his social gathering. Now, he is on the cusp of turning into an influence dealer. Deep inside Maine's northern logging nation, throughout a soaked ATV trip to Quill Hill, a lookout about 3,000 toes above sea stage, Golden mentioned his political future this summer time. The fight veteran is operating for a fourth time period in Maine’s…
Johnson: Congress coming back early for hurricane relief would be ‘premature’
Speaker Mike Johnson stated Sunday that Congress will “do no matter is critical to cowl the wants of the folks” after Hurricane Helene and Milton, however that it could be “untimely” to come back again to Washington now earlier than assessing how a lot catastrophe reduction is required. “What occurs after each storm is that the states should assess and calculate the precise wants, after which they undergo Congress that…
Johnson doesn’t expect another Jan. 6. But he still has doubts about election integrity.
Home Speaker Mike Johnson stated Sunday he doesn't count on to see “something like” the violence on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — however reiterated doubts over the election ends in 2020 and stated he expects “dishonest” within the 2024 election. “I do not assume we'll see something like that. I definitely pray and hope that is true,” Johnson stated in an interview with Margaret Brennan on CBS’ “Face…
The five factions Johnson has to appease to keep the speakership next year
Mike Johnson has a few month left to resolve his speakership math drawback. He might have earned unanimous GOP help to steer the Home a 12 months in the past, after the divisive and chaotic ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, however he can’t rely on these numbers once more. Fierce critics turned in opposition to Johnson inside weeks of backing his bid for the gavel, taking concern with the…
Senate Republicans to save millions of dollars on ads — thanks to the FEC
Senate Republicans are making ready to considerably escalate their plans to take advantage of a campaign-finance loophole that can permit them to save lots of thousands and thousands of {dollars} on TV promoting, irking Democrats who hoped federal regulators would block the GOP plan. Republicans in late July started quietly piloting their new technique: working marketing campaign adverts for a candidate, framed as a fundraising plea, to get cheaper advert…
Milton threatens to trigger flood insurance reckoning for Congress
Hurricane Milton, a monstrous storm set to hit western Florida Wednesday evening, is poised to deplete the funds of the federal government’s chronically indebted flood insurance coverage program. Congress is already bracing for a battle over what to do about it. Key lawmakers and aides are starting to sport out the doubtless affect on the Nationwide Flood Insurance coverage Program, which is the first choice for hundreds of thousands of…
Mike Lee lays out demands for McConnell successor
The chief of an effort amongst conservative senators to form the race to elect the subsequent Senate GOP chief — and push the chamber additional proper — is lastly placing his concepts down on paper. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) on Monday night time laid out a collection of proposals meant to decentralize energy contained in the Senate Republican Convention, taking it away from the workplace that outgoing Chief Mitch McConnell…
Senate Republicans’ strangely uneven spending map
Senate Republican spending is closely concentrated in only a handful of races — a distribution that doesn’t match the truth of the battleground map. That dynamic is the results of poor fundraising from some key candidates and the occasion’s reliance on fickle huge donors to shut the hole. The enjoying area is ripe with inviting targets, however the promoting from the GOP and its allies is closely lopsided as an…
‘A temper tantrum from a deranged fanatic’
On Wednesday, a federal decide unsealed particular counsel Jack Smith’s 165-page authorized transient detailing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s alleged legal actions associated to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. On Sunday, Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton known as the transfer “a mood tantrum from a deranged fanatic” on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “That is unverified, un-cross-examined rumour from grand jury testimony, which normally is not revealed publicly for that motive,” Cotton…
