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Republicans Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise

launch House speakership bid

The Guardian| Martin Pengelly & Joan E. Greve

October 4, 2023

Jim Jordan of Ohio and Steve Scalise of Louisiana announced Wednesday they
would seek to succeed Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the US House of
Representatives after the Californian was brutally removed by his own
Republican party on Tuesday.

Jordan is chair of the powerful judiciary committee, while Scalise is the
majority leader. Both had been named as potential successors to McCarthy,
and they confirmed their intentions to run for the top house job a day
after the speakership was declared vacant. [1]Read more

Fate of House GOP leadership throws Congress into chaos

NPR | Claudia Grisales, Deidre Walsh & Lexie Schapitl

October 4, 2023

The U.S. House of Representatives remains virtually frozen as Republican
tumult fuels scrambled plans over who could take over leadership of the
lower chamber.

Republican members huddled in meeting after meeting on Wednesday with
potential candidates for speaker talking to the different factions of the
party.

"There's scenarios where this could be going on for weeks," Rep. Garret
Graves, R-La., told reporters steps off the House floor amid the competing
meetings. [2]Read more

Former Florida Senate President Gaetz is

seeking a return to the legislature

Don Gaetz, a Niceville Republican who served in the Senate from 2006 to
2016, is seeking a return to the Legislature as his son, U.S. Rep. Matt
Gaetz, makes waves in Washington, D.C.

NPR | Jim Turner

October 3, 2023

Former state Senate President Don Gaetz is seeking to return to the
Legislature and his son makes waves in Washington, D.C.

Gaetz, a Niceville Republican who served in the Senate from 2006 to 2016,
including as president during the 2013 and 2014 legislative sessions, said
Monday he was filing paperwork to run next year in the Panhandle's Senate
District 1. [3]Read more

Neither Party Well-Liked, but GOP

Holds Advantage on Issues

Gallup | Lydia Saad

October 3, 2023

The two major political parties remain unpopular in the U.S., with 56% of
Americans viewing the Republican Party unfavorably and 58% saying the same
of the Democratic Party.

Although both parties are about equally disliked, the public chooses the
Republican Party over the Democratic Party by healthy margins when asked
which will better safeguard the nation's prosperity and security.
* Fifty-three percent of Americans believe the Republican Party will do a
better job of keeping the country prosperous over the next few years,
whereas 39% choose the Democratic Party.
* A slightly larger majority, 57% have greater faith in the Republican
Party to protect the country from international terrorism and military
threats, while 35% favor the Democrats.

The latest results are from a Sept. 1-23 Gallup poll in which more than
eight in 10 Americans disapprove of the job the politically divided
Congress is doing, close to six in 10 disapprove of President Joe Biden's
job performance and nearly three-quarters feel pessimistic about the
direction of the economy. [4]Read more

Trump, DeSantis and others balk at future Republican debates, with
competing calls to change or cancel them

The RNC is facing a series of tests of its ability to wrangle the
candidates

ABC News | Hannah Demissie & Isabella Murray

October 3, 2023

The Republican National Committee is facing a series of tests of its
ability to wrangle the 2024 presidential field into participating in or
complying with the party's requirements for the primary debate process.

The growing outcry underlines the push among some of the White House
hopefuls and their aides to winnow down the crowded field so that a clear
alternative to Donald Trump can emerge -- while Trump, still the early
front-runner in polling, now argues that debates should cease entirely so
the party can focus on the general election next fall. [5]Read more

North Dakota state senator, his wife

and 2 kids killed in Utah plane crash

Associated Press | Jack Dura & Mead Gruver

October 2, 2023

A state senator from North Dakota, his wife, and their two young children
died when the small plane they were traveling in crashed soon after a
refueling stop in Utah, a Senate leader said Monday.

Doug Larsen's death was confirmed Monday in an email that Republican Senate
Majority Leader David Hogue sent to his fellow senators and was obtained by
The Associated Press.

The plane crashed Sunday evening shortly after taking off from Canyonlands
Airfield about 15 miles (24 kilometers) north of the desert recreation town
of Moab, according to a Grand County Sheriff's Department statement posted
on Facebook. The sheriff's office said the senator was the pilot and all
four people on board the plane were killed. [6]Read more

Meet the former union boss who is Gavin Newsom's Senate replacement for the
late Dianne Feinstein

Laphonza Butler, president of progressive EMILY's List,

previously led local SEIU chapter

Fox News | Houston Keene

October 2, 2023

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, appointed a Democratic strategist
and former labor union boss to replace the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein,
D-Calif., on Sunday.

Newsom tapped Laphonza Butler, the president of EMILY's List - a Democratic
political action committee (PAC) dedicated to electing pro-abortion
Democratic women to office for the vacant Senate Seat.

Butler's EMILY's List biography had her residence listed as Silver Spring,
Maryland, earlier Sunday evening, but it was removed from the profile
shortly after it was announced she would be appointed to the position. An
FEC filing from Aug.31 also showed a Maryland address. [7]Read more

Democratic lawmaker falsely claims House Republicans tried to 'provide
themselves with a pay raise'

GOP Rep. Austin Scott of Georgia responded by reading aloud the 27th
Amendment to the Constitution

Fox News | Kyle Morris

September 30, 2023

Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., falsely accused House Republicans of attempting
to "provide themselves with a pay raise" Saturday as she objected to a
stopgap spending bill before ultimately voting for the measure.

DeLauro said there were "many changes" between the bill that was offered in
the House and the version that was offered in the Senate, with one being a
pay increase for those serving in Congress.

"Here is one that I believe the majority will not mention," DeLauro said.
"They amend the Senate bill to give themselves a pay raise. A pay raise.
It's there. You can look at me, you can smile but what you did was you
amended the Senate bill to give yourselves a pay raise." [8]Read more

Republican presidential candidates use TikTok and Taylor Swift to compete
for young voters

CBS News | Emma Nicholson

September 29, 2023

By 2024, Gen-Z and millennials - anyone born between 1981 and 2012 - will
likely make up about 49% of the voting population. Young voters
historically lean towards Democrats, but Republican presidential candidates
have been trying to make inroads ahead of next year's GOP primaries.

Biotech CEO Vivek Ramaswamy is using social media to appeal to younger
voters. Although he used to call the Chinese-owned app TikTok "digital
fentanyl" over fears China is using the app to spy on the U.S., he became
the first Republican presidential candidate to join TikTok, and now, he
posts regularly. [9]Read more

WG Discussion Points: Is The Media Headed

For Another Polling Blunder in 2024?

WG Discussion Points | David Winston

September 29, 2023

The new Washington Post-ABC survey showed Trump leading Biden by 10 among
registered voters and 9 among adults, a lead that is beyond belief to even
the most optimistic of Trump supporters. It's a real possibility that Biden
could lose, but that poll is clearly an outlier as even ABC admitted. The
Post-ABC poll showed Trump leading among younger voters (ages 18 to 39) by
19 points, 55-36; independents by 13 points, 52-39; and men by 30 points,
62-32. [10]WG Discussion Points, September 29, 2023.pdf

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