March 28, 2024

A group of GOP centrists threatens hardline tactics on tax bill

Rep. Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.) has helped lead a group of roughly 1src members as they’ve backchanneled with GOP tax-writers, pushing for a long-elusive deal on expanding state and local tax relief. | Francis Chung/POLITICO A group of House Republican centrists is taking a page from their hardliner colleagues, demanding critical changes to their party’s signature

GOP centrists pan Trump impeachment erasure as McCarthy denies any deal

Asked whether he promised Donald Trump an expungement vote, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told reporters: “No.” | Francis Chung/POLITICO Kevin McCarthy denies he made any deal with Donald Trump to expunge his impeachment record. Even if the speaker did call for such a vote, a bloc of House GOP centrists would likely defeat it. Roughly

Congressional centrists plot deal-cutting course in divided government

Sens. Susan Collins, left, and Joe Manchin said their work would not halt just because it may be tougher to convince Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s majority to take up legislation. | Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo There’s a new speaker in the House and fewer influential centrists. Washington’s bipartisan fever hasn’t broken yet, though. The centrist group No

Diamond-studded thorns: 2 House Dem centrists speak up on their way out

Reps. Kathleen Rice and Stephanie Murphy will depart this month after a combined 12 years on the Hill. | Ben Hider/Getty Images and Paul Morigi/Getty Images Stephanie Murphy and Kathleen Rice are leaving Congress earlier than most — with plenty of bones to pick. Murphy (D-Fla.) and Rice (D-N.Y.), two best friends and roommates during

GOP centrists prepare to ‘flex our muscles’

Whether centrists are willing to withhold their speakership votes from McCarthy on Jan. 3, as some conservatives have indicated, remains to be seen. But it’s not just the more moderate Joyce-led group eyeing ways to have extra influence next year. Even as Washington’s attention after the midterm turns to the Freedom Caucus, members of the

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