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U.S. House adopts rules sought by hardliners to control McCarthy: The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives on Monday adopted a package of internal rules ...
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McCarthy takes speaker perch as GOP stares down new mission: Governance: As the new majority and just days after internal conflict brought the House to a ...
washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/09/kevin-mccarthy-house-rules-vote/

What’s in the New House Rules Package? Here’s a Breakdown: The rules package Republicans pushed through on Monday allows a single lawmaker to force a vote on ...
nytimes.com/2023/01/05/us/politics/house-rules-package.html

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What Lauren Boebert got from her fight against Kevin McCarthy: These changes might not substantially change the way all of Congress passes new laws so much as ...
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Column: The fight over McCarthy becoming speaker was never about conservative ideology
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House rules changes breeze through the chamber following a bitter speaker fight: The House voted Monday on a new rules package that contains key concessions to ...
npr.org/2023/01/09/1147875121/what-we-know-about-the-deal-that-won-kevin-mccarthy-the-speakership

McCarthy’s mysterious deal with the hard right: We still don't know the extent of the concessions McCarthy made (though one Republican at least is pushing for ...
washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/10/mccarthy-house-speaker-deal/

GOP Preemptively Strikes Down Ethics Probe Into Actions of Four Republicans: New rules voted for by the House mean the Office of Congressional Ethics may not ...
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WATCH: House Republicans tout new rules package, promise more changes to come: House Republicans leaders touted the passage of their new rules package and the ...
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About 50 far-right Republicans in America’s House of Representatives are unabashed agents of chaos. In this Congress they became kingmakers
What is the House Freedom Caucus?: A band of far-right Republicans wield more power in America’s Congress than ever before
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House adopts new rules Democrats decry as a ‘ransom note to America’: Partisan lines divided the vote on rules, with no Democrats voting for them and only one ...
theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/09/mccarthy-house-speaker-moderate-republicans

HOUSE SHENANIGANS: McCarthy’s rules of order become latest Republican battleground
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Republican-controlled House votes to slash IRS funding: House Republicans voted to slash billions in IRS funding, in their first majority action under a new ...
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House Republicans press IRS to strip Middle East Children's Alliance of tax-exempt status
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Every Democrat Who Voted to Defund Schools That Boycott Israel: House Republicans were able to pass the dangerous bill with the help of 33 Democrats ...
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Trump Rages as GOP Senator Nukes IRS Slush Fund in Perfect Humiliation: As Trump’s fury grows over the demise of his corrupt IRS “lawsuit” settlement ...
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Todd Blanche clears key Senate hurdle in bid to be next attorney general: Todd Blanche cleared a key hurdle Tuesday in his bid to become the nation's next ...
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'Corruption on Steroids': Republicans Kill Effort to Prevent Trump Tax Audit Immunity
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Republicans Kill Attempt to Stop Trump’s Corrupt IRS Immunity Deal: Even Senator John Cornyn, one of the biggest Republican critics of the IRS settlement ...
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Trump might pause Blanche nomination as GOP senators object to IRS settlement: A delayed vote on Trump's pick for attorney general led the president to suggest ...
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Todd Blanche’s AG prospects uncertain as 2 key GOP votes hold out: Cornyn and Tillis are waiting for proof the "Anti-Weaponization Fund" is dead.
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Push to defund Planned Parenthood turns up as policy left out of reconciliation 3.0
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GOP Senator Grills Trump’s AG Nominee on $1.8 Billion ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund: ‘ ...
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Senate Republicans Chicken Out—Again.: How can something this unsurprising still be so disappointing?
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42 House Democrats Join GOP in Passing Warrantless Mass Surveillance Bill: Rep. Ilhan Omar warned that “this bill has no meaningful reforms” to prevent abuses.
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USDA says SNAP benefits won't be issued on Nov. 1: A notice on top of its website says "the well has run dry."
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IRS in Turmoil: GOP Budget Cuts and Staff Shake-Ups Threaten Taxpayer Services: GOP lawmakers are advancing a bill that would reduce IRS funding by the billions.
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Former Missouri congressman Long confirmed as IRS commissioner: Former congressman Billy Long of Missouri has been confirmed to lead the Internal Revenue Service ...
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Key FactsBilly Long Confirmed as IRS Chief Amid Controversy
Jun 12, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: apnews.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: apnews.com
- Former Missouri Congressman Billy Long was appointed as the permanent head of the Internal Revenue Service.
- Long previously sought to eliminate the IRS and lacks tax administration experience, drawing Democratic opposition.
- The agency faces major challenges including significant layoffs and allegations of mishandling sensitive taxpayer information.
- The status of the free Direct File tax submission program remains uncertain under Long’s leadership.
These issues were not adequately investigated.— Democratic Senator Ron Wyden criticizing the FBI background check on Billy Long.
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