McConnell plans backseat role as McCarthy fights White House over debt ceiling – CNN | NutSocia

CNN — Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell has a history of finding ways out of a devastating debt default. It may be different this time – at least for now. In the face of the riskiest debt-ceiling standoff in a dozen years, Senate Republican leaders plan to take a backseat role and let the newly … Read more

McConnell plans backseat role if McCarthy fights White House… – CNN | NutSocia

CNN — Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell has a history of finding ways out of a devastating debt default. It may be different this time – at least for now. In the face of the riskiest debt-ceiling standoff in a dozen years, Senate Republican leaders plan to take a backseat role and let the newly … Read more

White House Tells GOP Chairs They Must Restart Oversight Requests When New Congress Begins – CNN | NutSocia

CNN — A senior White House attorney has told two senior Republicans that the oversight motions they filed during the last Congress would need to be reissued once the GOP takes control of the House of Representatives next week. The letter to Reps. Jim Jordan and James Comer, future chairs of the House Judiciary and … Read more

White House tells GOP chairs they must resume oversight… – CNN | NutSocia

CNN — A senior White House attorney has told two senior Republicans that the oversight motions they filed during the last Congress would need to be reissued once the GOP takes control of the House of Representatives next week. The letter to Reps. Jim Jordan and James Comer, future chairs of the House Judiciary and … Read more

Congress faces looming government shutdown deadline later in the week – CNN | NutSocia

CNN — Lawmakers face a midnight Friday deadline when state funding runs out — and the House and Senate will likely have to pass a short-term extension to stave off a shutdown later in the week, which would give negotiators more time to try Get a more comprehensive year-round financing contract. The other major piece … Read more

A holiday spending showdown that conjures up the ghosts of Washington’s past and future – CNN | NutSocia

CNN — The government funding standoff gripping Washington ahead of Friday’s shutdown deadline is one of the first indicators of the imminent shift in power dynamics that will plunge the capital back into a reigning Cold War between Republicans in Congress and a Democratic White House. An omnibus spending bill that would avert the federal … Read more

Trump’s slow start to 2024 worries allies – CNN | NutSocia

CNN — In 2015, Donald Trump’s first campaign rally in Iowa as a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination took place just 10 hours after he declared his candidacy in New York. The next day he was across the country in New Hampshire with plans to visit South Carolina before the end of his freshman … Read more

Here are 5 big investigations House Republicans are planning – CNN | NutSocia

CNN — Earlier this week, CNN predicted that Republicans would win a majority in the House of Representatives. Shortly thereafter, they made it very clear what their priority will be: investigating President Biden and his administration on multiple fronts. “In just 47 days, House Republicans will have the gavel, and we will be ready to … Read more

Here are 5 big investigations House Republicans are planning – CNN | NutSocia

CNN — Earlier this week, CNN predicted that Republicans would win a majority in the House of Representatives. Shortly thereafter, they made it very clear what their priority will be: investigating President Biden and his administration on multiple fronts. “In just 47 days, House Republicans will have the gavel, and we will be ready to … Read more

Republicans will control the House of Representatives, but there’s not much they can do to fix the economy quickly – CNN | NutSocia

CNN — Republicans in Congress have repeatedly blamed President Joe Biden and their Democratic counterparts for rising inflation and the troubled economy. But even though the GOP seized control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections, albeit by a very slim margin, there’s not much the party can do to cut prices quickly … Read more