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Two Republicans will compete in a May runoff to win former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) House seat, which has been vacant since December.  Sheriff Mike Boudreaux will challenge state legislator Vince Fong in the special election on May 21 in California’s 20th District.  Boudreaux has emphasized his background in law enforcement…

Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) revealed on the internet on Friday that he is leaving the Republican Party and will instead run as an independent in his New York House race this autumn. “I am officially stopping my petitioning in #NY01 to get on the ballot as a Republican and will instead register to run as an independent…” Santos…

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) announced that she will vote against the latest government funding package, expressing her disappointment with the Republican majority in the House. “Our Republican majority is a complete failure,” Greene said.

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said Wednesday evening that he was not sure the House GOP ever had enough votes for an impeachment inquiry into President Biden.  Burchett is a member of the House Oversight Committee, which held a hearing yesterday with two Republican witnesses who had little connection to Hunter Biden’s business dealings. The lawmaker suggested that…

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) officially declared the end of the House GOP’s push for impeachment against President Biden during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on Wednesday. “I dare you impeach,” Swalwell said to committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.). “But you won’t, because you don’t have the evidence. And because you don’t have the evidence,…

Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) spoke out against former President Trump’s comments regarding migrants on Sunday, saying he and the “American public disagrees.” Turner appeared on ABC’s “This Week,” where Martha Raddatz asked him about Trump’s comments in Ohio on Saturday while campaigning for Senate candidate Bernie Moreno. Trump denounced some undocumented immigrants as “not people”…

In a recent interview with New Yorker Magazine, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) argued that if former President Trump were reelected, his second term would be much like his first, except it’d be “on turbo.” Johnson, who was elected to his House leadership position nearly five months ago, spoke with the outlet, where he discussed what…

Former Rep. George Santos’s announcement that he would jump into a different House race in New York raised eyebrows Thursday evening, including his former communications director. Asked if she thought something was wrong with Santos, who was ousted from his own seat in December, Naysa Woomer seemingly agreed with the assessment. “I want to say…

Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) announced Friday that he plans to introduce a rule that would revoke House floor privileges for members who have been expelled from the lower chamber. The “GEORGE” rule, formally titled the “Getting Expelled Officially Revokes Guaranteed Entry” Rule, would ensure former members who have been voted out of the House cannot…