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• Litman: Will Trump be tried for Jan. 6? After Supreme Court arguments, it’s more uncertain than ever
• Joe Biden’s Open Border Policies Attract Convicted Sexual Pr...
• Trump on Trial
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• Rep. Bacon says the GOP conference is not here to accommodate the 8 hardliners who voted to oust McCarthy

Jordan and many of his allies are backing the proposal, which is expected to be discussed at tonight’s closed-door conference meeting. A small minority of the conference "took the wheels off our car and we need to be acting right now on Israel,” Bacon told CNN. “They don't support the institution. They don't support our party. All these folks care about is media clicks." Rep. Patrick McHenry, who became speaker pro tempore, opened up the conference meeting urging unity and kindness, according to members exiting the meeting.

Litman: Will Trump be tried for Jan. 6? After Supreme Court arguments, it’s more uncertain than ever

House Speaker Ben Toma rose to challenge the vote on the House floor on Wednesday. "This total ban on abortion that the Arizona Supreme Court has ruled on is out of line with where the people of this state are," Lake said in a video statement on social media earlier this month. House Democrats played a key role in helping GOP leaders advance legislation to provide nearly $95 billion in stalled funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, teeing up a vote on final passage on Saturday. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report changed its rating of Valadao’s race from “lean Republican” to “toss-up” on Tuesday.

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Hamilton said she had several phone conversations with Republicans the night before the vote and while she would not divulge the details of those conversations, she said it made her cautiously optimistic. Democrats also took the extremely rare step of voting to advance the Republican foreign aid bills out of the Rules Committee late Thursday night. But Johnson went on social media Thursday to say the House will "continue to govern under the existing rules."

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“Californians are eager to reject the extremism that [Valadao]’s been enabling,” Dan Gottlieb, a spokesman for Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said in a news release. But, Madrid said, for Republicans in safe districts, donors are unlikely to want to invest since they are unlikely to see anything change. Just more evidence that the Biden and Mayorkas impeachment crusades have been purely political exercises. With Mayorkas, at least they gave dear leader Trump and the party’s MAGA base something. The latest and hopefully final blow to the impeachment follies was delivered Wednesday. Two months after House Republicans made Mayorkas the first Cabinet member to be impeached in nearly 150 years, they finally sent the patently political charges to the Democratic-controlled Senate, which took just three hours to dismiss them.

After winning the nomination, Speaker designee Tom Emmer asked for a roll call vote, as CNN reported would happen. This will put members on the record about where they stand and make clear to Emmer who his opposition is in getting to 217. CNN reported earlier that Emmer asked for a roll call vote to put members on the record about where they stand and make clear to Emmer who his opposition is in getting to 217 to win the gavel. Of those I believe there were five that voted present and the bulk of them were for Jim Jordan. I think there was five for Mike Johnson and one for Byron Donalds," Williams said. Nehls said if he goes to the floor, he will nominate the former president.

But MAGA Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio said Democrats “will come to regret” dismissing the Mayorkas impeachment articles, when a Republican-run Senate someday does the same to impeachment articles from a Democratic-majority House. Democrats take governing too earnestly to impeach a Republican on such overtly political grounds as those against Mayorkas. Their chances to stay in office will heavily depend on their messaging, said Whit Ayers, a longtime GOP pollster. If they can show they backed Jordan for practical reasons, voters may excuse their support for him.

"We're going to do what's necessary to make sure that the national security bill gets over the finish line," House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Thursday morning. Republican Reps. Chip Roy, Thomas Massie and Ralph Norman voted against the rule in committee. "If Mike Johnson is removed simply because he put aid to our allies on the floor, No. 1, it'll cause another prolonged amount of chaos. And No. 2, it will make it that much harder for the next speaker to do the right thing at the right time."

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Donors in and outside the state will continue giving to protect the five Republicans who hold districts President Biden won in 2020 — Young Kim of Anaheim Hills, David Valadao of Hanford, Mike Garcia of Santa Clarita, Michelle Steel of Seal Beach and John Duarte of Modesto. Even before his first election to Congress in 2006, McCarthy demonstrated his value by raising money and sending funds to fellow candidates and the National Republican Congressional Committee. As he rose the ranks in party leadership, donors were more eager to hand over their cash. This was a godsend to the state party, which had struggled to raise enough money to field competitive candidates in safer Democratic districts. Since House Republicans unanimously elected Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson as speaker last week, the GOP has sought to portray itself as an emboldened party willing to battle President Biden and the Democratic-controlled Senate.

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The Senate found that the two charges — that he “willfully and systemically refused to comply with Federal immigration laws” and breached the public trust — didn’t clear the Constitution’s high bar. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. The protracted infighting among House Republicans is “an absolute gift” to Democrats, he added. He predicts that progressives competing in tight California districts will run attack ads featuring their opponents’ support for Jordan, as advocacy groups have. Valadao has said in statements that he backed Jordan “because we need to get back to work” and that he would support a plan to empower McHenry.

The hope is that the department is about to come under new management — by a reelected Trump, Mr. “I am your retribution” himself — that will welcome the allegations. Deeply reported insights into legislation, politics and policy from Sacramento, Washington and beyond. Denying the outcome of the 2020 presidential election remains deeply unpopular among key voters, Belcher said. In 2022, many Democratic candidates ran on a platform saying their party would save American democracy. This argument resonated with voters as Democrats blunted what should have been a massive red wave for the GOP, Belcher said. Kim said her conference should empower North Carolina’s Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, who is serving as speaker pro tempore, to pass critical legislation until a leader is elected.

That House GOP roll call vote is happening now, according to Rep. Doug LaMalfa of California. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida would not say if she will vote for GOP Whip Tom Emmer on the floor when asked by CNN’s Manu Raju. This is enough to prevent him from becoming speaker on the full House floor. GOP Rep. Mike Johnson, who serves on the House Judiciary Committee with Jordan but is from Scalise's home state of Louisiana, would not commit to who he was supporting.

Gosar's announcement came shortly after a House vote to advance foreign aid bills to Ukraine, Taiwan and Israel, which required Democrats' support to offset GOP defections. The trio of Republicans have expressed dismay that Johnson forged ahead with Ukraine aid without securing support for a bill aimed to strengthen security along the U.S.-Southern border. Thirty-eight percent of Republicans surveyed in an October Economist/YouGov poll said they wanted House members to back the candidate supported by the majority of the caucus, even if they disagree with the nominee, while 33% of Republicans said they should not. Madrid said it’s very unlikely that candidates in California’s most competitive districts will see their bank accounts dry up.

Some Democrats have indicated they would help save Johnson if the motion to vacate comes to the floor. "We need a Speaker who puts America first rather than bending to the reckless demands of the warmongers, neo-cons and the military industrial complex making billions from a costly and endless war half a world away," Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar said in a statement late Friday morning. Democratic groups may have an easier time tying the lawmakers to former President Trump, Fleischman argued. But Jon Fleischman, former executive director of California’s Republican Party, doesn’t think connecting vulnerable California Republicans to Johnson will go far with voters.

House Republican moderates are holding out hope that Rep. Kevin McCarthy will make a late entry into the race for speaker as they head into a GOP conference meeting — further complicating the path forward as lawmakers struggle to coalesce around one candidate. “Those are the rules that Kevin McCarthy agreed to; that's the rules that they all voted for. I think we all know how that would be played out,” said Burchett, who added that they have a plan. GOP Rep. Don Bacon, from a swing district in Nebraska, attacked the eight Republicans who voted to remove Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House speaker ahead of a closed-door meeting of the conference Monday. The Arizona for Abortion Access campaign has been working to get a potential constitutional amendment on the state's ballot to enshrine abortion access. Democrats believe that could boost voter enthusiasm and turnout for their candidates, given how abortion access has succeeded in previous elections since Roe v. Wade's nationwide protections were overruled in 2022.

Jordan told CNN that if McCarthy entered the race, "I'm going to listen to my colleagues." Bacon also said it would be difficult for him to support anyone whom the eight hardliners ultimately coalesce around. Today, in multiple interviews, he refused to rule out returning to the job and insisted he wants the conference to decide. It’s an open question whether hardliners in the House — who have been vehemently opposed to giving more to Ukraine — would back that effort.

In addition to nominating McCarthy for speaker, Republican selected Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana as majority leader in a voice vote, and Rep. Elyse Stefanik of New York was reelected conference chair. Rep. Tom Emmer, the chairman of the House GOP's campaign arm known as the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), won a three-way race for whip, the third highest-ranking position. Emmer's victory was a surprise, since the predicted "red wave" in the midterm elections never materialized under his leadership of the NRCC. House Republican leaders spoke to reporters following their conference meeting at the Capitol.