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Republicans Vote to Revoke IRS Funding, Which Would Raise Deficit by $114B
The White House slammed the bill, saying the GOP has made it clear its top priority is to protect rich tax cheats.

House Republicans Just Made It Easier for Congress to Give Away Public Lands
Conservationists warn that cities and states could sell off public land to private developers and extractive industries.

House Republicans Vote to Gut Ethics Office
This comes as a number of House Republicans are facing growing scrutiny for alleged ethics violations.

Far Right GOP Now Champions Jail Reforms — But Only for January Sixers
The GOP has a history of promoting policies that disregard human rights and create inhumane prison and jail conditions.

Companies That Pledged to Stop Giving to Election Objectors Have Given Them $10M
Two years after the January 6 Capitol attack, the flow of corporate money to election objectors is running strong.

Donald Trump Gets 1 Vote for Speaker as McCarthy Loses for 7th and 8th Time
Though Trump doesn’t want the job and there’s no chance of him winning, Gaetz voted for him anyway.

Ocasio-Cortez Says Democrats Can Take Advantage of GOP’s “Chaos” to Gain Power
Ocasio-Cortez said that McCarthy could offer Democrats committee leadership as a pathway to becoming speaker.

Amid House Chaos, Watchdogs Urge GOP to Abandon Plans to Gut Ethics Commission
The House GOP majority is poised to dismantle the Office of Congressional Ethics after it settles on a far right leader.

Is This Just the Beginning of Far Right Attempt to Make Congress Dysfunctional?
GOP doesn’t want a functioning federal government that can pass legislation and support working people, Greg Casar says.

House GOP Plans to Gut Ethics Commission, Block Archival of January 6 Records
McCarthy has proposed gutting the office that is considering investigating him for actions related to January 6.