Tag: GOP

House back in turmoil: Marjorie Taylor Greene makes her move to oust Speaker Mike Johnson

WASHINGTON – Conservative firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said on Wednesday she's calling up a vote next week to oust House Speaker...

Democrats will win New York special election, CNN projects, temporarily narrowing House GOP’s slim majority

Democratic state Sen. Tim Kennedy will win the special election for New York’s 26th Congressional District, CNN projects, further narrowing – at least...

GOP leaders still can't overcome the Kansas governor's veto to enact big tax cuts

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators narrowly failed again Monday to enact a broad package of tax cuts over Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's...

House GOP erupts into name-calling and fresh threats to Johnson over effort to pass aid

Speaker Mike Johnson is being lobbied by his members to raise the threshold required to trigger the procedure to oust the speaker, according...

Johnson signals he won’t put Senate supplemental on the floor despite increased pressure

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Sunday did not indicate that he would put the Senate-passed supplemental package on foreign aid on the...

Kentucky GOP lawmakers remove Democratic governor's role in filling US Senate vacancies

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky on Friday removed the Democratic governor from any role filling future U.S. Senate vacancies —...