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Speaker Mike Johnson Says He Will Ban Transgender Women From Capitol Bathrooms

The G.O.P. speaker sided with hard-right members of his conference who called for blocking Representative-elect Sarah McBride, the first transgender member of Congress, from using Capitol women’s rooms.

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Author: Annie Karni

US House panel keeps Matt Gaetz sex allegation report under wraps

Democrats demand release of files on Donald Trump’s pick to be country’s attorney-general

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Author: James Politi,Lauren Fedor

Speaker Johnson declares support for banning Sarah McBride’s access to women’s restrooms

House Speaker Mike Johnson declared that lawmakers and staff will have to use the restroom corresponding with their biological sex

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Author: Farnoush Amiri

Republicans on ethics committee reject releasing report on Matt Gaetz

Mr Gaetz had launched an effort to personally secure his embattled nomination.

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Author: PA News Agency

Why the Matt Gaetz report blew up the Ethics Committee

Republicans have found themselves stuck pretty badly between a rock and a hard place, reports Eric Garcia from Congress

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Author: Eric Garcia

Federal Inquiry Traced Matt Gaetz’s Venmo Payments to Women

A document prepared by federal investigators bolsters claims by women who say they were hired for sex by Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for attorney general, who denies wrongdoing.

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Author: Michael S. Schmidt

Mike Johnson Bans Trans Lawmaker from Using Women’s Restrooms

House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that transgender House members will be barred from using restrooms not corresponding to their biological sex.

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Author: Nikki McCann Ramirez

Speaker Johnson bars transgender women from women’s restrooms on Capitol Hill

Policy change comes after first transgender representative wins election to Congress

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Author: Josh Marcus

First trans Congress member is banned from using women’s bathrooms

Speaker Mike Johnson issued a statement determining whether the first transgender member of Congress Sarah McBride can use the women’s restrooms on Capitol Hill.

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Author: Sarah Ewall-Wice

Nancy Mace claims she’s getting death threats over trans bathroom bill

‘If we haven’t met yet, I want all the bullies online to know you will not bully me into submission,’ the South Carolina Republican said

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Author: Kelly Rissman

Mike Johnson institutes transgender bathroom ban for U.S. House

The move comes after GOP firebrands moved to restrict Rep-elect Sarah McBride from accessing the women’s rooms at the Capitol

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Author: Andrew Solender

Mace says she’s had death threats over resolution on trans women in Capitol restrooms

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said she received death threats on Tuesday over backlash about her proposed legislation to bar transgender women from facilities on Capitol Hill. “They are threat…

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Author: Ashleigh Fields

Trump fears Matt Gaetz won’t get confirmed, this is why he’s backing him anyway

The president-elect’s choice has proved controversial over sex-trafficking claims but if he gets in he will be fiercely loyal

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Author: Tony Diver

Medicaid May Face Big Cuts and Work Requirements

Republicans in Congress are eyeing cuts to Medicaid, which could threaten health coverage for tens of millions of poor Americans.

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Author: Sarah Kliff,Noah Weiland

Mike Johnson under siege from GOP firebrands on trans lawmaker’s bathroom access

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene threatened to get into a physical altercation with transgender Rep-elect Sarah McBride if they have to share a bathroom.

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Author: Andrew Solender,Juliegrace Brufke

A Better Way to Pay for Extending the Trump Tax Cuts

A potential solution exists that would keep US debt from spiraling out of control and should be acceptable to Republicans because they floated it not too long ago.

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Author: Ernie Tedeschi

Opinion | Making cowardly Senate Republicans pay a political price

Voters must understand who is causing their pain

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Author: Jennifer Rubin

Inside Congress Live: Transition of Power

Real-time news, updates and analysis on the Trump transition of power, including presidential appointments, Congressional hearings and confirmations, and more from Capitol Hill and the White House.

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Author: Anthony Adragna,Nicholas Wu,Andrew Howard,Kierra Frazier

Republican control will shift US energy policy away from net zero, but sweeping agenda faces roadblocks according to new analysis

Republican control in the US will move energy policy away from net zero targets, but President-elect Trump’s full agenda will face political and market opposition, new analysis from energy research and consultancy firm Wood Mackenzie has shown.

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Author: hazardexonthenet.net

America’s reactionary moment is here

How Trump’s Republican Party left conservatism behind.

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Author: Sean Illing

GOP senators deride idea of replacing FBI background checks for Trump nominees

Senate Republicans are rejecting a proposal floated by some advisers to President-elect Trump to take the job of conducting background checks for high-level nominees away from the FBI and give it t…

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Author: Alexander Bolton

Analysis | The diciest Trump Cabinet picks, ranked

Evaluating the factors that could give enough Republican senators pause in confirming Trump’s picks.

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Author: Aaron Blake

Republicans slow down Senate floor to delay Biden judicial picks

GOP lawmakers forced a series of recorded votes throughout Monday evening on normally routine procedural matters.

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Author: Anthony Adragna

Republican bathroom bill targets Congress’s first transgender member

South Carolina Republican Nancy Mace introduces bill two months before Sarah McBride is to be sworn in

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Author: Sam Levine

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