(Reuters) – California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Sunday he had picked Laphonza Butler to fill the Senate vacancy left by Dianne Feinstein, who died on Thursday aged 90. Butler is a former president of EMILY’s List, an organization that works to elect to office Democratic female candidates who are in favor of abortion rights. …
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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top U.S. House Republican Kevin McCarthy said on Sunday he expected to survive a threat to his speakership after a hardline critic within his party called for his ouster following the passage of a stopgap government funding bill that drew more support from Democrats than Republicans. Hardline Republican Representative Matt …
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By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday pressed congressional Republicans to back a bill to provide more aid to Ukraine, saying he was “sick and tired” of the political brinkmanship that nearly led to a government shutdown. Biden spoke after Congress passed a stopgap bill on Saturday that extended government funding …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. Representative Dean Phillips, who has floated a possible primary run against President Joe Biden for the 2024 election, has decided to step down from his leadership role in the House of Representatives, a spokesperson said on Sunday. THE TAKE Phillips, 54, who represents part of Minnesota, is one of few elected …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces an attempt by members of his own party to oust him because he passed a stopgap funding measure with Democratic support to avoid a government shutdown. Representative Matt Gaetz, a hardline Republican lawmaker, said he would file what’s called the “motion to vacate.” …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy on Sunday said he would not be ousted after a U.S. representative vowed to force a vote removing him from the speakership, CBS news reported. (Reporting by Jason Lange; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Representative Jamaal Bowman faced investigation on Sunday, the morning after he pulled a fire alarm in the Capitol complex as his party was trying to delay a key vote, prompting an evacuation of a congressional office building. A still image released by the Capitol Police on Saturday showed Bowman, who …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz, a Republican, will file a motion to remove Kevin McCarthy from his post as Speaker of the House, CNN reported on Sunday, citing an interview with Gaetz. (Reporting by Jason Lange; editing by Grant McCool)
By Amy-Jo Crowley, David French and Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro (Reuters) – EquiLend Holdings LLC, the securities lending platform owned by 10 of the biggest Wall Street firms, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc and BlackRock Inc, is exploring a sale following settlement of a major collusion lawsuit, people familiar with the matter said. The company is …
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By Brian Snyder and Daniel Becerril EAGLE PASS, Texas/PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico (Reuters) -For the past several days large groups of migrants, mostly from Venezuela, have been wading across the Rio Grande river near a railroad bridge in Eagle Pass, Texas, undeterred by coils of razor wire laid along the banks. Reuters witnessed migrants crossing, sometimes …
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