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PublishedNovember 14, 2023
House votes to prevent a government shutdown as Republican Speaker Johnson relies on Democrats for help
The Senate, where Democrats have a slim majority, has signaled its willingness to accept Speaker Johnson's package ahead of Friday's deadline to fund the government.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2023
Speaker Johnson on Republican plan to avert government shutdown: ‘Trust us’
House Republicans have not decided on a strategy to keep the government funded with a week and a half until federal funds lapse.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2023
House Speaker Mike Johnson was once the dean of a Christian law school. It never opened its doors
Mike Johnson does not typically mention one aspect of his work before being elected to Congress.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2023
Mike Johnson is the latest nominee for House speaker as Republican infighting shows no end
When the House convenes on Wednesday ahead of a floor vote, Rep. Mike Johnson will need almost all Republicans in the public roll call to win the gavel.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2023
Republican Jim Jordan will try again to become House speaker, but his detractors are considering options
The vote for House speaker, once a formality in Congress, has devolved into another bitter showdown for the gavel.
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PublishedOctober 11, 2023
Republicans nominate Steve Scalise to be House speaker but struggle to unite and elect him
The House is gaveled into a brief session, then broke indefinitely, with next steps uncertain and Congress brought to a standstill by Republican infighting.
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PublishedOctober 7, 2023
Maine’s members of Congress frustrated but not without hope after recent chaos
In interviews with the Press Herald, Angus King, Susan Collins, Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden reflected on the near-shutdown of the federal government followed by the ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy – and what happens next.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2023
Potential federal shutdown next month could hurt 2,500 state employees
Workers in Maine are waiting nervously to see if Congress, currently without a speaker of the House, can pass a federal spending bill by Nov. 17.
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PublishedOctober 3, 2023
Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina is the leader of the House, at least for now
North Carolina Republican Rep. Patrick McHenry was named speaker pro tempore and will temporarily lead the House following Kevin McCarthy's ouster.
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PublishedOctober 3, 2023
Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree help to oust Kevin McCarthy as House speaker
Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree joined firebrand Republicans to remove Kevin McCarthy from House leadership
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