Republican officials in New York sharply denounced the embattled representative, even as leaders in Washington have said they will not push him to step down. Meanwhile Speaker McCarthy said he woulld resist calls to get Santos to resign.
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The GOP is a failed state, Donald Trump is its warlord. The 20 rebels are saying they rule the GOP, which they do. The narrowness of the GOP majority, which they are responsible for, brought the fracture into the open in a way that is unbridgeable.
The House report describes both a catastrophe and a way forward. For the first time in the history of the United States, Congress referred a former President to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution.
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Five new members-elect are taking cues from the liberal squad, ready to bypass the limits of being a first-term lawmaker and use their voices to turn the party leftward.
The 117th Congress has finished its work, with little to offer American children. Lawmakers were unable to muster a deal to combine an extension of last year’s expanded child tax credit with tax breaks for businesses.
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