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Mike Johnson of Louisiana picked as newest GOP nominee for U.S. House speaker
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans late Tuesday voted to tap Louisiana’s Mike Johnson as speaker after the GOP nominee from earlier in the day was tanked. Johnson, 51, is the fourth Republican nominee attempting to break the deadlock in the lower chamber that has been leaderless and frozen for three weeks. He is the second to […] The post Mike Johnson of Louisiana picked as newest GOP nominee for U.S. House speaker appeared first on Georgia Recorder.
Emmer nominated for U.S. House speaker but drops out after Trump opposition
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans Tuesday voted to tap Minnesota’s Tom Emmer as speaker following five rounds of ballots — but Emmer quit the race just four hours later, after he was attacked by the GOP’s most powerful figure, former President Donald Trump. After beating six candidates, Emmer, the No. 3 Republican, faced an uphill […] The post Emmer nominated for U.S. House speaker but drops out after Trump opposition appeared first on Georgia Recorder.
Ex-Trump attorney Jenna Ellis pleads guilty to felony in Fulton 2020 election case
This post was updated at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday Oct. 24, 2023. Jenna Ellis, a former attorney for the Trump campaign in the 2020 presidential election, expressed regret on Tuesday in Fulton County Superior Court after pleading guilty to making false statements about widespread voting fraud at a Georgia legislative hearing held several weeks after […] The post Ex-Trump attorney Jenna Ellis pleads guilty to felony in Fulton 2020 election case appeared first on Georgia Recorder.
Georgia Supreme Court upholds state’s six-week abortion ban, returns challenge to lower court
This story was updated at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. Attention has shifted back to the Fulton County courthouse after the Georgia Supreme Court rejected an argument that state lawmakers should have to pass abortion restrictions in the post-Roe world. A group of health care providers and abortion rights advocates had argued that […] The post Georgia Supreme Court upholds state’s six-week abortion ban, returns challenge to lower court appeared first on Georgia Recorder.
U.S. House Republicans mull eight new candidates for speaker in advance of votes
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans Monday night gathered behind closed doors to hear the pitches of eight candidates for the speaker’s gavel, as the chamber approaches three weeks without a speaker. Monday’s nearly three-hour meeting was meant to produce a leading GOP candidate, so that when Republicans vote behind closed doors on Tuesday, there will […] The post U.S. House Republicans mull eight new candidates for speaker in advance of votes appeared first on Georgia Recorder.
Eight Republicans are running for U.S. House speaker. Here’s your guide to the field.
WASHINGTON –– The eight Republican candidates to be speaker of the U.S. House were set to make their cases to their colleagues Monday evening, as the House Republican Conference restarted its process to choose a candidate. Nine had filed on Sunday to run for speaker but on Monday night Pennsylvania Rep. Dan Meuser dropped out, […] The post Eight Republicans are running for U.S. House speaker. Here’s your guide to the field. appeared first on Georgia Recorder.
In Coffee County, a push to move on from a 2020 election scandal
It’s the middle of the afternoon on a Wednesday, and Coffee County elections supervisor Christy Nipper is calm and relaxed. Early voting for municipal elections is underway and running smoothly. Voters occasionally call with questions about who’s on the ballot and everything else is “business as usual.” That might not seem remarkable for a small […] The post In Coffee County, a push to move on from a 2020 election scandal appeared first on Georgia Recorder.
Protesters picket Georgia Rep. Ferguson’s Newnan office, disappointed over House speaker vote
If you drove past Congressman Drew Ferguson’s Newnan office Friday afternoon, you may have seen a couple dozen people waving signs and flags lamenting Ferguson’s changing votes for speaker of the House. As the U.S. House was voting on a new speaker, Maxwell Britton was near the front...
Narrow increase in Medicaid eligibility for low-income Georgians continues enrollment struggle
Georgia’s new Medicaid program for low-income adults continues to enroll people at a slow rate, with just 1,300 people so far signing up. The state planned for about 100,000 people to enroll in the first year for the partial Medicaid expansion program called Georgia Pathways to Coverage, which launched in July. As many as 370,000 […] The post Narrow increase in Medicaid eligibility for low-income Georgians continues enrollment struggle appeared first on Georgia Recorder.
Jim Jordan’s bid to be U.S. House speaker ends after rejection by GOP in closed meeting
WASHINGTON — Ohio Republican Jim Jordan is no longer the Republican nominee for speaker of the U.S. House. Shortly after a failed floor vote Friday on Jordan’s bid, Republicans held a closed-door meeting where Jordan failed to garner enough votes from his fellow GOP lawmakers to stay in the race as their nominee. “I told […] The post Jim Jordan’s bid to be U.S. House speaker ends after rejection by GOP in closed meeting appeared first on Georgia Recorder.
10 Medicaid holdout states scramble to improve health coverage
The Republican-led states that have refused to expand Medicaid are trying a variety of strategies to save struggling hospitals and cover more people without full expansion, which was one of the key provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Georgia passed a partial expansion of Medicaid, the federal-state program that provides health coverage to low-income and disabled Americans, […] The post 10 Medicaid holdout states scramble to improve health coverage appeared first on Georgia Recorder.
Biden in address to nation calls for support for both Israel and Ukraine
President Joe Biden reasserted his support for Israel and Ukraine in their conflicts, saying in an Oval Office address Thursday evening that those countries’ wars against terrorist and tyrannical opponents were crucial to U.S. and world interests and asking Congress to fund a military aid package. After nearly two weeks focusing almost entirely on Israel, […] The post Biden in address to nation calls for support for both Israel and Ukraine appeared first on Georgia Recorder.
U.S. House gripped by paralysis again after GOP punts proposal for speaker pro tem
WASHINGTON — A resolution meant to temporarily allow U.S. House Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry of North Carolina to move critical legislation won’t be acted on, House Republicans said following a tense, closed-door meeting on Thursday. But it appeared that the House will vote a third time on whether Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan will serve […] The post U.S. House gripped by paralysis again after GOP punts proposal for speaker pro tem appeared first on Georgia Recorder.
U.S. House Republicans target ‘explicit’ books in school libraries
WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats on the U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee split at a Thursday hearing about whether some books containing LGBTQ+ content should be removed from public school libraries. Democrats criticized the hearing as leaning into culture war topics to attack public education, and said that those tactics resulted in book bans. Republicans […] The post U.S. House Republicans target ‘explicit’ books in school libraries appeared first on Georgia Recorder.
Members of U.S. House GOP describe threats sparked by votes against Jim Jordan for speaker
WASHINGTON — Nebraska GOP Rep. Don Bacon said his wife slept with a gun for protection after she received threatening phone calls demanding that her husband support Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan’s bid for U.S. House speaker. Bacon was among a handful of members who reported threats and the targeting of family members after opposing the […] The post Members of U.S. House GOP describe threats sparked by votes against Jim Jordan for speaker appeared first on Georgia Recorder.
‘Kraken’ Trump lawyer Sidney Powell flipped her plea to guilty in 2020 election RICO case
This post was updated at 6 p.m. Oct. 19 to reflect the correct charges in Sidney Powell’s guilty plea. Texas attorney Sidney Powell pleaded guilty to election interference charges in Fulton County Superior Court on Thursday, one day before jury selection was scheduled to begin for her trial. As part of the plea deal, Powell […] The post ‘Kraken’ Trump lawyer Sidney Powell flipped her plea to guilty in 2020 election RICO case appeared first on Georgia Recorder.
U.S. House panel explores impact of immigration, crime on national parks
WASHINGTON — The effects of immigration and crime on national parks took center stage Wednesday during a U.S. House hearing led by Republicans. Members of the U.S. House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations discussed trash accumulation, the destruction of wildlife habitats and the illegal marijuana growing operations tied to cartels as environmental consequences […] The post U.S. House panel explores impact of immigration, crime on national parks appeared first on Georgia Recorder.
Bookman: Without compromise, extremism dominates
If you make compromise impossible, you make extremism inevitable. We see that dynamic playing out once again, with tragic consequences, in the Middle East. For decades, Hamas and its extremist backers have refused to acknowledge that Israel has a basic right to exist; Israel in turn has given lip service to the creation of a […] The post Bookman: Without compromise, extremism dominates appeared first on Georgia Recorder.
Biden in Tel Aviv pledges U.S. support for Israel, humanitarian aid for Gaza
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden assured Israel that the U.S. will replenish defense stockpiles and also announced new humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza during his historic visit Wednesday to the war-torn region where thousands have died in just a dozen days, including 31 Americans. Biden plans to ask Congress later this week for an […] The post Biden in Tel Aviv pledges U.S. support for Israel, humanitarian aid for Gaza appeared first on Georgia Recorder.
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