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Gaetz sent a letter to the Architect of the Capitol questioning why McCarthy is allowed to occupy the Speaker’s office.
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Per a source in the room, McCarthy screamed at Matt Gaetz to sit down when he went to the mics, with the source saying Rep. Bost “almost lunging at him.”
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Following altercations with Rep. McKinley and his staff over mistakenly having been put on a bill, Rep. Madison Cawthorn wrote letters in an attempt to smooth things over.
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Moderates are growing increasingly irritated with the tactics Jordan allies are using to pressure them into voting for him, with one member noting the Hannity show has gotten involved in the efforts sending potential defectors the email below. One lawmaker said the push is…
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Rep. Matt Gaetz tells me “I don’t get invited to the same parties Madison Cawthorn does.”
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Additional GOP members that voted against Jordan have said they are worried for their safety.
“People are now worried about their safety - Jordan doesn’t have the votes, he’s incited a group of half-ass voters to get excited about a moon shot of a dream. It’s time to stop.…
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Rep. Jamie Herrea Beutler (R-Wash.) is officially a yes on impeachment
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Per one GOP source, one of the 9 moderate Dems told GOP members if they don't support the budget there are threats to ruin his district during the redistricting process and fire a member’s relative that works at the WH. Bill Clinton also called to pressure them to support it.
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Boebert and Gaetz say they “may be able to get this done tonight” on Hannity.
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One GOP source tells me Jordan’s team “doesn’t fucking understand numbers” worrying that with some members leaving town they could end up with Jeffries being elected speaker.
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A source close to Rep. Ken Buck tells me “The landlord for one of his offices is terminating the lease presumably because of his vote against Jordan.”
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Multiple sources tell me some of the holdouts are refusing to meet with Jordan or take his calls.
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Waters on the verdict: “You know, someone said it better than me, I’m not celebrating, I’m relieved.”
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An ethics complaint has since been filer following the interaction with an aide, a source close to the office confirmed.
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Per a senior GOP source, “Ferguson told the conference that he‘s had to have a sheriff stationed at his daughter’s school over death threats from the far right. Also one at his house.”
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A source familiar tells me the “Jordan team is trying to do damage control after leaking the Scalise meeting. The leak backfired with Scalise loyalists.”
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A source familiar tells me the whip count against McCarthy is around 18, with nine currently in the hard no category. All still fluid ahead of tomorrow’s vote.
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House conservatives have more than 115 signatures on their petition aimed at removing House GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) from her leadership position, a senior GOP aide tells me.
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NEW: Rep. Tom McClintock is taking aim at the members who ousted McCarthy’s recent vow that they would be willing to be disciplined and expelled from the conference in order to get Jordan the gavel, with the California Republican clapping back in a sassy new letter.
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Tucker hitting McCarthy on tonight’s show as he struggles to get conservative votes.
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Per a source in the room at the House GOP conference meeting: “Gosar is up here at conference explaining anime to us.”
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This is definitely the second craziest Jan. 6 I’ve had at the Capitol.
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Bowman tells reporters “I thought the alarm would open the door.”
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NEW: McConnell says Taylor Greene's embrace of conspiracy theories a 'cancer' to GOP, country w/
@scottwongDC
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced an amendment requiring members to “conscript in the Ukrainian military” if they vote for the Ukraine supplemental bill.
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NEW: Gaetz is calling for Cheney to step down or be removed as House Republican Conference chair following heated confrontation during a conference meeting this morning. Story to come.
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Gaetz takes aim at Cheney at rally in her home state
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One Democratic lawmaker said that they wouldn’t support striking a deal with McCarthy but there are currently private conversations about “voting for Liz [Cheney] and getting a hearty group of both sides to vote for her as a rebuke of Trumpism.”
Democratic lawmakers float striking deal with McCarthy for speaker's vote
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I hate to be judgy and all, but feel like we should all keep our shoes on at the Longworth Dunkin…
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Shortly after coming out in defense of Sen. Mitt Romney for his vote to impeach Trump, Sen. Mike Lee is set to hold a fundraising dinner at Mar-a-Lago with Reps. Matt Gaetz and Lauren Boebert as guests.
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Gaetz says “Let’s vote again, I’ll vote for you now” on the floor.
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Holdouts don’t appear to be budging on support for Jordan.
“Jim Jordan's suit coat has a better shot of being worn for 3 hours than Jim does of getting Drew's vote for Speaker,” Bobby Saparow, a senior adviser to Rep. Drew Ferguson said.
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Rep. Matt Gaetz tells me “Doug Burgum has a ruptured achilees tendon and he looks like he’s in less pain than Ron DeSantis.”
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McCarthy advocated for empowering McHenry while Jordan staying on as speaker designee, per two sources.
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Rep. Lauren Boebert narrowly missed the vote, running up the steps right as they gaveled.
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Gaetz coming out of meeting with McCarthy: “He apologized to me for saying things that weren't true about our discussions. So Mr. McCarthy, if your willing to apologize to me, will you share that apology publicly? And he said, No.”
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“McCarthy told members on the call that he has been receiving FBI briefings and it is clear that Antifa was not behind this,” one source said. “That it was in fact right-wing extremists and Qanon adherents, and urged members to stop spreading false information to the contrary.”
JHB tangled w/Boebert, accusing the freshman of risking lawmakers' safety by tweeting their location during the Trump riots.
Nancy Mace piled on Boebert too
@juliegraceb
on the GOP’s family meeting after the 1/6 assault
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“Charcuterie?” Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) asks while holding a can of Cheese Wiz and Ritz crackers at his 16 min Christmas party.
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Breaking: Jordan is opting not to seek the ranking member position on the House Judiciary Committee. Story to follow.
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Gillibrand following the speech: I don’t think the president realizes all the female jobs he created were in Congress.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she is about to introduce her articles of impeachment for Attorney General Merrick Garland.
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One GOP lawmaker tells me “there’s many of us after last Jan and Oct will vote to expel Gaetz too if Ethics Committee shows he’s guilty. We didn’t enjoy doing it to Santos, but it was necessary. With Gaetz, we want him out, and it can’t happen fast enough.”
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Some personal news: I’m very excited to announce I’ll be joining
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“It backfired immediately. They were trying to put pressure on Scalise and his followers and also lay the groundwork for this being a grudge match to divert attention from Jordan’s flaws. But it didn’t work at all,” the source added. “It forced them to reopen whipping with…
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🚨Scoop: GOP lawmakers say Jordan gave assurances on Israel-Ukraine aid
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Per one senior GOP source, “Some Republican members are actively discussing leaving problem solvers en masse” following the vote to oust McCarthy.
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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) is hosting a fundraiser with Trump this evening at Mar-a-Lago, per sources in attendance. Trump endorsed him for this cycle at the event.
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Per a GOP source, they moved to another ballot because the votes to adjourn were not there.
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Gaetz wears gas mask on House floor before vote on bill to fight coronavirus
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“I’m done defending him. Would he ever defend any of us? Never. The J6 prisoners still rot in jail, why hasn’t he ever paid their legal fees? Many of us just want to be done with the increasingly absurd loyalty tests,” another GOP lawmaker said of the indictment.
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Conservatives clash with Cheney over support for Fauci, Massie primary opponent
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Some personal news: I’m excited to join the
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’s Congress team! Send me your tips and scoops! 🗞🎉
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One day after Rosendale released his op-ed, Gaetz has one of a similar nature taking aim at McCarthy.
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Feel like my days of tourists mistakenly asking to take pictures with me at the Capitol are numbered now.
@SenatorSinema
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New:
@EmmaJoNYC
- the author of the NY Post Hunter Biden laptop story - previews her remarks ahead of testifying before the Weaponization Subcommittee tomorrow.
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NEW: Sebastian Gorka is looking to get involved with House R’s plans to investigate Hunter Biden next year. Gorka met with Rep. Matt Gaetz today to discuss potentially angling to become a staff director if a select committee is formed.
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Rep. Cory Mills, who stands with Donalds, tells me “the problem is that you've got the old guard who thinks that everything that you do in this speaker race is based on one your seniority and to how much money you raise. Well, I'm sorry, leadership isn't based on currency.…
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@RepJimBanks
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Buck tells me he wasn’t supposed to be on the letter with the other seven who voted to vacate.
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New: Kari Lake meets with 6 GOP senators amid 2024 speculation
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One GOP lawmaker tells me Jordan likely to lose another 10 on the floor on a second ballot, projecting he would bleed a significant amount of support third ballot with upwards of 40 likely to vote against him.
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Per a source at the NRCC dinner with Trump last evening: “He railed on 13 Rs who voted for infrastructure with Nicole Malliotakis there. She was visibly shaken by it.” The source added it was a lengthly speech and Trump was friendly with McCarthy.
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"Somebody who's suggested that perhaps no airplane hit the Pentagon on 9/11, that horrifying school shootings were pre-staged, and that the Clintons crashed JFK Jr.'s airplane is not living in reality," McConnell said.
NEW: McConnell says Taylor Greene's embrace of conspiracy theories a 'cancer' to GOP, country w/
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Lesko, Moran, Goodin and Miller-Meeks said in conference Jordan should step aside, per a source in the room.
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Republican police chief cuts ad endorsing Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger
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NEW: RSC Chairman Kevin Hern (R-Okla.) is officially endorsing Trump following last night’s presidential debate arguing the party needs to rally behind him.
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Pelosi on whether Clarence Thomas should resign: “I never thought he should have been appointed.”
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Very excited to motion to vacate myself out of the Capitol right now.
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@RepJamesComer
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Rep.-elect Cory Mills is criticizing Ukraine aid and said he won’t support further spending, one source said.
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Matt Gaetz calls for House Ethics investigation into Kevin McCarthy
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Very important news: Sources say Taylor Swift will be in Russell Senate office building at some point today for a meeting.
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I asked a GOP lawmaker what’s going to happen at the 4:30 immigration meeting. They told me: “Probably a lot of bullshit.” Lol
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Four lawmakers told me that they were assured a bill linking Israel and Ukraine funding would not be blocked on the floor.
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🚨 Some personal news: I could not be more excited to join the amazing politics team at
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Per a senior GOP source, Jordan loses secret ballot.
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.
@RepDeanPhillips
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One senior GOP source tells me: “You can legit tweet this — the fact that Fox News hasn’t even broken from the Five to break the MTV, shows how serious the world is taking this.”
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The letter - which he signed off with a sarcastic “your secret admirer, Tom McClintock “ - included an attachment to his resolution calling for the condemnation of the vote to remove McCarthy.
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NEW: Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.) - a Democratic member of the Congressional Black Caucus - pushed back on accusations that Scalise is racist, telling me “the man that I know, Steve Scalise, who I’ve known for 20, 25 years, has never displayed any racial intolerance in his…
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“You have succeeded in replacing the outdated concept of majority rule with an exciting new standard that a Speaker must be elected by 98.2 percent of the Republican conference. Someday, a messiah will be born unto us who can achieve this miraculous threshold, and on that day…
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New: After meeting with DeSantis, Rep. Lance Gooden announces he is endorsing Trump.
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Club for Growth issues its whip notice for Speaker, urging a no vote on McCarthy unless all rules demands are met.
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I just texted a flack what I thought was the short link to the news on the Supreme Court asking for comment, hit send and realized it was the link for the “flat-belly and tight booty workout dance mix” video I did this morning.
#thriving
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According to two sources familiar with leadership’s meeting with Cawthorn yesterday, Cawthorn refused to give McCarthy the name for the alleged orgy but said the offer was real.
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A Jordan spokesperson denied that the speaker nominee made promises, telling Axios that Jordan's conversations were about working to find the right approach, rather than specific promises.
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Sen. Ron Johnson said he's no longer encouraging colleagues to vote in favor of motion to proceed on
#BCRA
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Three Ohio Republicans eyeing a US Senate Run in 2024: Warren Davidson, Matt Dolan and Frank Larose, have all taken money from Norfolk Southern or lobbyists representing the company.
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A GOP member tells me “I can hear MTG threatening she’s going to go after the Rinos who vote not to to censure Tlaib. She’s a very charming lady.”
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Roy recently called on McCarthy to threaten to refuse to bring any Senate legislation to the floor if McConnell doesn’t tell his conference to tank the omni.
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@HouseGOP
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@SenateGOP
: “…we are obliged to inform you that if any omnibus passes in the remaining days of this Congress, we will oppose and whip opposition to any legislative priority of those senators who vote for this bill – including the… leader.”
#StandUpForAmerica
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One Dem operative Jordan inching closer to the gavel tells me “I’m going to pick up 30 seats - amazing.”
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Rep. Drew Ferguson says he is getting death threats for voting for Scalise on the second ballot. Multiple GOP lawmakers have said they are worries about their and families’ safety.
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Quick clarification after speaking with a source helping lead the efforts: Conservatives have received a commitment from more than 115 GOP lawmakers to vote to support the resolution “expressing no confidence in her leadership.”
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“Can we address how freshman office staffers won’t get access to computers or emails until the boss is sworn in,” one staffer tells me.
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The 8 who ousted McCarthy say they are willing to accept “censure, suspension or removal from the conference” to get Jordan the gavel.
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