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“It’s awful”: Mike Johnson ignites GOP fury with hardball tactics

“The speaker is definitely taking way too much power that he shouldn’t have,” one House Republican said.

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Author: Andrew Solender

Bitter feud between Speaker Johnson and Rep. Luna over remote voting for new parents roils House GOP

A bitter feud between Mike Johnson and fellow Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna is roiling the House GOP as multiple lawmakers privately accuse the speaker of being anti-family and mull voting against him in a floor vote Tuesday.

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Author: Sarah Ferris

Johnson Fails to Kill Bipartisan Measure to Allow Proxy Voting for New Parents

The speaker tried to use an unprecedented parliamentary maneuver to deny a bipartisan majority the chance to hold a vote on their proposal to allow new parents to vote remotely in the House.

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Author: Annie Karni

Republicans consider rebelling against GOP leaders’ hardball tactic on proxy voting

An effort by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to stop Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s (R-Fla.) push for allowing proxy voting for new parents is on thin ice as a number of Republicans warn they may vote again…

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Author: Mychael Schnell,Emily Brooks

Thune urging GOP colleagues to kill resolution to undo Trump tariffs

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is urging Republicans to defeat a Democratic-sponsored resolution to undo President Trump’s 25-percent tariff on Canadian imports, arguing the tariff is n…

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Author: Alexander Bolton

House GOP leaders play hardball to stop push for proxy voting for new parents

House Republican leaders are playing hardball as they try to stop Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) from triggering a vote on a bill to allow proxy voting for new parents, throwing a procedural hurdl…

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Author: Emily Brooks