• Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) promised far-right members of his conference committee seats and more power in Congress to persuade them to vote for him, and now they are collecting.
• Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Paul Gosar (R-AZ) have been given committee assignments despite their past controversial behavior.
• Vern Buchanan (R-FL) confronted McCarthy for putting McCarthy ally Jason Smith (R-MO) in the spot of chair of the House Ways and Means Committee.
• George Santos (R-NY) was appointed to two committees despite facing pressure to resign due to his campaign lies.
• Republicans are preparing to move forward with an impeachment of Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.
• Greene called for the impeachment of President Biden.
• McCarthy has called for Democrats to talk with him about a plan that will permit an increase in the debt limit while cutting Medicare, Social Security, and federal agencies.
• Biden and administration officials say they will not negotiate with the right-wing Republicans who are trying to get their way by holding the government and the global economy hostage.
Published January 18, 2023
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