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Origin of "longtime House Republican principle that states no bill should pass without a 'majority of the majority' on board"?
Politico's March 22, 2023 McCarthy’s newest challenge: Keeping the House GOP peace on war power includes the following:
Should a standalone war powers repeal bill come up, only a handful of ...
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Why does Donald Trump wield influence over Republican Congressmen & Senators?
Given that Donald Trump lost the recent Presidential election, why is it that congressmen continue to visit Mar-A-Lago? In what way is Donald Trump a power broker? What is it that congressmen seek ...
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Did Devin Nunes ever reveal evidence of unmasking abuse?
When the name of a US citizen is incidentally collected by the US Intelligence Community as part of intelligence activities, the name in masked in intelligence reports to protect the person’s identity....
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How to run in the Republican primary against a Republican incumbent for US House?
How can I register as a candidate to run in the Republican primary against a sitting Republican congressman?
Is it in the State's Election Board jurisdiction or does the Republican Party decide who ...
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Does the Republican party have any means to prevent Arthur Jones from running as a Republican in the Illinois election?
Arthur Jones will almost certainly become the Republican nominee for an Illinois congressional seat. This friendly chap is the former leader of the American Nazi Party, calls the holocaust a hoax, and ...
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Why did the House Intelligence Committee vote against releasing the Democratic memo?
The House Intelligence Committee just voted to release a memo drafted by Chairman Devin Nunes and other Republicans which discusses alleged misconduct by the FBI in the Trump-Russia investigation. ...
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Did Rand Paul discuss why he changed his mind on Repeal and Delay?
Shortly after President Trump took office, Congressional Republicans were planning to pass a "repeal and delay" bill, i.e. a bill which would repeal as much of Obamacare as can be done through budget ...
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Have any Republican senators announced they'll oppose the motion to proceed on 2017-07-26?
This Axios article describes what the Senate is planning to do tomorrow on Healthcare. First they'll vote on a motion to proceed on the House Republican Healthcare bill, the AHCA. Assuming it passes,...
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Why couldn't Republicans who voted to repeal Obamacare so many times under Obama do it under a Republican president?
I seem to recall that Republicans voted to amend or repeal Obamacare dozens of times when Obama was president. It was a meme that they had so many better ideas about health care. They seemed to be ...
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Attitudes of the two parties towards the central bank
The article on Economist Making Fed Great Again says:
That matters because Republicans have long sought to overhaul the central bank by subjecting its monetary policy decisions to review by the ...
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Why is the Republican majority greater in the US House of Reps than in the Senate?
Currently, Republicans control both houses of the US Congress. What's surprising to me is that their majority is greater in the House of Representatives (57%) than in the Senate (54%). I think that ...
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What is the Republican motivation for supporting the Trans-Pacific Partnership?
I don't understand why Republican moderates like Boehner and Paul Ryan are pushing so hard for the Trans-Pacific Partnership. What is it they are trying to achieve? I have looked for statements by ...
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Is it true that Republicans have an unfair geographical advantage in elections for the House of Representatives?
I'm not from the U.S. but someone told me that the Republican Party had an unfair advantage in elections for the House of Representatives. This advantage would be geographic.
The voters who usually ...
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How often does Senator McCain vote against his own party?
Senator McCain was Republican candidate for presidency in 2008, so perhaps plenty of Republicans (at least in states with closed primaries) felt that he represented their views.
Is there any actual ...
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