House
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Arts
‘House Party’ Review: A Rager Gone South
Directed by Calmatic, “House Party” reboots the 1990 Kid ’n Play cult comedy with the help of LeBron James.
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World
New Rule Could Give House Lawmakers a Tax-Free $34,000 Pay Bump
Late last year, members quietly changed House rules to allow lawmakers to be reimbursed for the cost of lodging, food and other items while on official business in Washington.
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World
George Santos Faces Calls to Resign From Long Island G.O.P. Leaders
The rejection by Republican leaders in Nassau County is the sharpest denunciation from Mr. Santos’s party, whose leaders in Washington have mostly stayed mum.
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World
‘The Most Extreme Elements of Both Sides Can’t Be in Control’
While 20 hard-right members of the U.S. House of Representatives held the national Republican leadership hostage in Washington last week — forcing concession after concession — something very different was taking place in the Republican-controlled ...
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World
The Chaos Caucus Is Now in Charge
Things are looking up for Kevin McCarthy! Last week it took 15 agonizing roll call votes spread over five days of public humiliation for him to get elected to his dream job as speaker of the House. This week it took him just one drama-free vote on ...
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World
House Republicans Vote to Rescind I.R.S. Funding
The measure, one of the new majority’s first legislative moves, would cut billions in funding that Democrats passed to help crack down on tax cheats. It does not have enough votes to pass the Senate.
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World
Republicans Prepare New Rules, but Fixing Congress Isn’t So Easy
History suggests that the procedural plans of the new House Republican majority are likely to lead to more gridlock and legislative instability, not less.
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World
From Gingrich to McCarthy, the Roots of Governance by Chaos
Mr. Gingrich began the zero-sum politics that mutated into the brand of the Tea Party and Trump M.A.G.A. Republicans and that presaged the raucous speaker battle in the House.
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World
Far-Right Critics Vex McCarthy in His Bakersfield District, Too
The Republican divisions posing problems for Representative Kevin McCarthy have been playing out not only on the House floor but also in his hometown, a red area of blue California.
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Business
C-SPAN and cable news get a boost from the House speaker spectacle.
The drama of this week’s House speaker vote resembles something out of “Waiting For Godot.” Turns out Americans are tuning in for the political theater. Live coverage of Representative Kevin McCarthy’s struggle to clinch the House speakership — and ...