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The emergence of the ‘crazy caucus’: All the ways the GOP could upend America present that they’ve won the House

Former Republican officeholders told The Independent that Republicans won’t clasp backmost successful their efforts to wounded the Biden administration, consequences beryllium damned.

Alex Woodward17 November 2022 15:35

Hours aft securing the majority, House Republicans denote their plans to analyse the Biden family

The greeting aft Republicans secured a bulk successful the House, GOP members of the House Oversight Committee announced their archetypal bid of concern for the adjacent Congress: Investigating Joe Biden.

US Rep James Comer alleged that the president is “enriching his family,” and “abuse of the highest order.”

“We judge this is of the utmost importance,” helium said.

Hunter Biden has been nether national probe for 4 years. No charges person been brought. House Republicans admitted that they bash not cognize if the claims they are making person already been considered by national prosecutors.

Alex Woodward17 November 2022 15:07

Nancy Pelosi volition code ‘future plans’ successful Thursday remarks

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi volition apt present remarks connected the level of the House of Representatives contiguous aft Republicans were projected to triumph a bulk successful the little chamber.

GOP person Kevin McCarthy, who was nominated by his caucus to service arsenic the adjacent speaker, celebrated connected Wednesday night, saying “Americans are acceptable for a caller direction, and House Republicans are acceptable to deliver.”

Alex Woodward17 November 2022 14:34

Boebert v Frisch contention could beryllium called arsenic soon arsenic today

The results successful Lauren Boebert’s contention against Adam Frisch for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District could beryllium called arsenic soon arsenic today, experts say.

The deadline for voters to hole ballot discrepancies and for region clerks to person subject and overseas votes passed connected Wednesday.

Now, determination are believed to beryllium a fewer 1000 votes outstanding arsenic Ms Boebert continues to clasp a 0.4 per cent pb implicit Mr Frisch, according to the Associated Press.

All ballots indispensable beryllium counted by Friday.

Should the contention enactment wrong a borderline of 0.5 per cent, a recount volition beryllium called automatically.

Both candidates person already begun preparing for that possibility.

Megan Sheets17 November 2022 14:30

DC property crippled retired Pelosi’s speech

The quality that Nancy Pelosi volition denote her enactment plans contiguous has sent the DC property battalion scrambling to support up – and has everyone acold much excited than the quality the Republicans are taking implicit the House.

Andrew Naughtie17 November 2022 14:00

How Republicans won power of the House

Republicans person won a slim bulk of seats successful the House of Representatives, giving the GOP power of the little enclosure of Congress.

Republicans gained galore seats successful places wherever a bulk of voters elected Joe Biden conscionable 2 years ago, with races successful Democratic strongholds specified arsenic New York falling into the GOP file for the archetypal clip successful galore years aft courts rejected a legislature representation that would person favoured the Democratic Party by a ample margin.

Still, it was acold from the “red wave” anticipated by Republicans, with embattled Democrats successful captious races managing to support their seats arsenic voters – peculiarly young radical and women – rejected far-right campaigns connected termination rights, Mr Trump’s looming precense and the GOP’s worryingly antidemocratic agenda.

Democratic candidates besides maintained power of the US Senate by flipping a Pennsylvania spot and scoring victories successful captious battleground states, with a runoff predetermination successful Georgia betwixt incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker acceptable for 6 December.

Andrew Naughtie17 November 2022 13:30

Nevada voters rejected Jan 6 violence, re-elected Democratic legislator says

Nevada’s reelected Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto told CBS News that voters were motivated to ballot against her Republican hostile due to the fact that of the bogus predetermination fraud communicative helium amplified and that fuelled the onslaught connected the US Capitol.

Voters were voting not lone for “kitchen-table issues” and termination rights but besides aft seeing images and being reminded of the unit connected 6 January 2021.

“We can’t hide the galore radical who were successful their homes, watching it. ... And the affectional interaction it had for truthful galore radical acrtoss this country,” she said. “The onslaught connected January 6, what the intent was, that convulsive mob to undermine our democracy.”

Her hostile Adam Laxalt, who co-chaired Trump’s re-election campaign, amplified the aforesaid baseless predetermination fraud communicative that fuelled the attack.

“[Voters] were talking to maine astir this, and however important it besides was to defender our ideology and our antiauthoritarian instutitions,” she said. “This crossed enactment lines ... You couldn’t discount it.”

Alex Woodward17 November 2022 13:00

McConnell re-elected GOP leader

Senate Republicans person erstwhile again chosen Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell to pb their league erstwhile the 118th Congress convenes successful January.

Of the 48 Republicans who volition service successful the precocious enclosure starting adjacent year, 37 voted to support the Bluegrass State’s elder legislator arsenic their leader, portion 10 of them voted for Florida legislator Rick Scott, who headed the National Republican Senatorial Committee during the 2022 predetermination cycle. One legislator voted to abstain.

Andrew Feinberg reports:

Andrew Naughtie17 November 2022 12:30

AOC says Kevin McCarthy ‘intends to reward’ immoderate of the astir racist Republicans erstwhile they summation the majority

New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticised House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for rewarding “some of the astir racist” Republicans successful Congress arsenic the GOP prepares to retake the majority.

The House stripped far-right Representatives Paul Gosar of Arizona and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia of their committees successful the existent Congress.

Specifically, the House besides censured Mr Gosar aft helium posted an anime video that depicted a quality with Mr Gosar’s look sidesplitting a quality with Ms Ocasio-Cortez’s face.

Ms Greene appeared to backmost Mr McCarthy, who has indicated that helium would reinstate the members if Republicans regain the House bulk aft midterm elections.

“I mean beyond unpunished, Kevin McCarthy has made a precise wide connection – has stated that helium intends to reward immoderate of the astir racist members of Congress that we person served successful caller years,” she told The Independent.

Alex Woodward17 November 2022 12:00

Pelosi to denote enactment plans today

With Republicans present projected to instrumentality power of the House, the adjacent important measurement successful Democrats’ calculations is establishing whether Nancy Pelosi volition stay their leader. And today, it seems, is the time erstwhile they volition find retired her decision, arsenic per her lawman main of staff:

Andrew Naughtie17 November 2022 11:28

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