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Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Texas Rep. Jodey Arrington, the House Budget Committee chairman, on Sunday pushed back on President Joe Biden’s call for tax increases as part of a deal to raise the nation’s debt limit to avoid an unprecedented default. “No. 1, it’s not on the table for discussion. […]

Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A group of Republican lawmakers on Monday called for a ban on the use of TikTok by their colleagues in Congress, escalating an attack on the China-based social media app over data security fears that has rapidly gained momentum on Capitol Hill. Sen. Rick Scott and Sen. […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Several top GOP senators are pushing back on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ position that “becoming further entangled in a territorial dispute between Ukraine and Russia” is not a vital U.S. national interest. DeSantis’ statement terming the war a “territorial dispute” sparked backlash from members of his own party, including Sen. John […]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — There’s optimism in the Republican conference about the health of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell after lawmakers were briefed on McConnell’s condition by his longtime aide and current chief of staff, Sharon Soderstrom, during a closed-door lunch on Thursday. Sodesterom told the members that her boss is alert, talking and […]

Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — One hundred and twenty-eight House Republicans and nearly all Republican senators on Friday filed amicus briefs with the Supreme Court opposing the Biden administration’s federal student debt cancellation plan, which has been halted as tens of millions of Americans await the justices’ ruling on its legality. While White […]