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• Rep. Collins jokes about speaker candidates: 'Are we going alphabetically?'
• US updates: Jordan, Scalise run to succeed McCarthy as House speaker
• House’s Ukraine, Israel aid package gains Biden’s support as Speaker Johnson fights to keep his job
• Trump to hold Ohio fundraiser with VP contender JD Vance
• Democrat failure to save US speaker hands power to Republican right
• Rep. Self questions if members are absent in order to block vote on Jordan

The system is fairly straight forward and can be used to identify most member and committee offices merely by knowing the correct room number regardless of building. The proposed act would require the Department of Education to enforce federal anti-discrimination laws based on the IHRA's definition of anti-Semitism. Over the past few months, a string of Republican resignations and an expulsion have continued to shrink the party's historically tight majority in the U.S.

Rep. Collins jokes about speaker candidates: 'Are we going alphabetically?'

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After the recent shooting at an LGBTQ night club in Colorado Springs, Frost has repeated his call for Congress to advance an assault weapons ban. Maxwell Frost will become the first Gen Z member of Congress when he takes the oath of office in January. Just 25 years old, Frost won his Orlando-area seat by campaigning on implementing Medicare for all and reforming America’s gun laws. Along with their more seasoned colleagues, they will have to navigate the potentially tricky terrain of a narrow Republican majority in the House as Democrats control the White House and the Senate. In his statement, Gallagher said he worked closely with GOP leaders on the timing of his announcement — shortly after the House voted to avert a shutdown — and looks forward to Johnson naming a new China committee chairman. Earlier Friday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., filed a motion to oust Johnson from the speakership over his handling of funding the government, though no vote is scheduled yet.

US updates: Jordan, Scalise run to succeed McCarthy as House speaker

Alongside creating districts with even population, the state constitution requires the commission to consider geographic continuity and compliance with the Voting Rights Act, which sets rules for racial representation. The Central Valley and suburban Orange County have seen some of the country's most competitive U.S. House races in recent midterm elections, and that's poised to continue with the new maps.

House’s Ukraine, Israel aid package gains Biden’s support as Speaker Johnson fights to keep his job

Miller won his seat in Congress partly thanks to Trump’s endorsement, and he will probably be quite hesitant to distance himself from the former president. That hesitation could put him and his allies on a collision course with colleagues like Lawler, who say they want to chart a new course for the Republican party. Max Miller, who won the race to represent a newly reconfigured House district in Ohio, personifies Trump’s enduring hold on the Republican party and the House Republican caucus in particular. Party leaders had hoped to win two other south Texas districts with Latina Republicans, reflecting their broader strategy this year of attempting to flip seats by running a more diverse slate of candidates. Mayra Flores ran in the 34th district, while Cassy Garcia competed in the 28th district. Together with De La Cruz, the three women were often dubbed the “Triple Threat” in conservative media, but of that group, only De La Cruz won her race.

Trump to hold Ohio fundraiser with VP contender JD Vance

Moments later, Scalise, the No. 2 Republican in leadership, confirmed the news to reporters outside the room. "Our conference never voted to oust our Speaker. Eight of our 'morally superior' colleagues made that decision for us," said the letter, which calls for re-nominating McCarthy after condemning the vote to remove him. They'd then keep voting for McCarthy "until enough of our wayward colleagues return to the fold," he wrote. What are Republicans doing behind closed doors now that their speaker nominee has dropped out?

Republicans have attendance problems

On Your Side's Kristine Lazar has more on the biggest mistakes college students are making with their credit cards. Multiple students and faculty members have been arrested as law enforcement officers raid a pro-Palestinian encampment on UCLA campus. Reports of elder fraud crimes increased by 14% in 2023, according to a new federal report.

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan said on Friday that he is re-entering the race for speaker, just a day after the GOP’s nominee, Majority Leader Steve Scalise, dropped his bid for the top job after failing to lock up enough support. “If you can’t get your closest friends, your closest supporters on an election issue to follow you ... It begs the question of can you do anything and can you get anybody to follow you on really difficult issues,” Diaz-Balart said Friday.

Rep. Self questions if members are absent in order to block vote on Jordan

Among important standing committees are those on appropriations, on ways and means (which handles matters related to finance), and on rules. There are also select and special committees, which are usually appointed for a specific project and for a limited period. De La Cruz’s win was a bright spot for Republicans on a generally disappointing election night. De La Cruz will be the first Republican to represent the 15th congressional district in southern Texas, where the party has been trying to make gains among Latino voters. The 14-member commission included five registered Republicans, five registered Democrats and four people registered without a political party. They were selected through a lengthy process run by the state auditors office.

Congress approves a short-term extension to avoid a shutdown and buy more time for final spending agreement

Leger Fernandez also said a different bill should be considered, to “designate a senior official at the [US] Department of Education to combat antisemitism on college campuses”. Scalise, R-La., informed Republicans in a closed-door meeting last night that he was dropping his bid to be House speaker, one day after he captured the GOP’s nomination for the top job. In a letter to his colleagues last night, McClintock said, "ENOUGH!" He urged the House GOP to "start acting as a majority again" and "condemn the House vote that removed" McCarthy. Rep. Dan Meuser said in an interview with Newsmax that he is proposing a Scalise-Jordan "leadership team," where one is the speaker and the other is the majority leader "to unite our party, to unite our country."

Ballotpedia features 486,894 encyclopedic articles written and curated by our professional staff of editors, writers, and researchers. Latinos, who account for 40% of California's population, will make up a majority of the voting-age population in 16 of the 52 new districts, said Evan McLaughlin, a redistricting expert who works with Democrats. California is one of 10 states that relies on an independent commission to draw lines, rather than judges or partisan lawmakers, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. The new district has a miniscule registration edge for Republicans.

This year's NAMI Walks will be at LA State Historic Park from 10 a.m. One in four college students says they have credit card debt, according to a new survey by U.S. And with interest rates topping 20 percent, those students could be in debt for years.

Gallagher’s decision to leave April 19 also means that there will not be a special election to fill his seat. Under Wisconsin state law, vacancies after the second Tuesday in April are filled in the general election, so Gallagher’s replacement will be decided in November and his seat will remain empty until January. The Pennsylvania Republican said the conference will likely hold a straw poll on the matter today and possibly a full floor vote. McCarthy didn't respond to reporters' questions on Friday morning when asked if he is ruling out running for House speaker again.

But the state of nearly 40 million people still has by far the largest House delegation. Other special elections include filling former Colorado Rep. Ken Buck's seat this June following his resignation in March and former Ohio Rep. Bill Johnson's seat after he resigned in January to serve as the president of Youngstown State University. In the House on Tuesday morning, the Illinois Republican Mary E Miller acted as speaker pro tempore to oversee debate on the Republican antisemitism awareness bill. Jordan, a Donald Trump loyalist who has burnished a reputation on the Hill as a conservative bomb-thrower, could still meet the same fate as Scalise. Because of the party’s razor-thin majority, just five GOP detractors can block Jordan in a House floor vote, and a handful of moderate Republicans have already said they won’t cast their vote for Jordan.

Other California lawmakers who don't plan to seek reelection are Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier, who represents the San Francisco Bay Area, and Democratic Rep. Karen Bass, who plans to run for mayor of Los Angeles. The commission faced some criticism for a lack of transparency. Commissioners regularly made map changes in live meetings and sometimes did not upload the new maps for days, making it difficult for the public to understand the changes. Delayed Census data due to the pandemic shortened how much time the commission had to complete its work. The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed early Tuesday, March 26 after a column was struck by a container ship that reportedly lost power, sending vehicles and people into the Patapsco River.