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Winning over budget holdouts ‘won’t be that difficult,’ Arrington says

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House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington said Monday he is not expecting substantial alternations to the fiscal blueprint he muscled through his committee earlier this month as Republicans try to placate holdouts and move it across the floor this week. GOP leaders are hoping to tee up a final vote Tuesday on the budget resolution as moderate Republicans push back against some of the spending cuts the framework prescribes and some hard-line conservatives demand even deeper slashing…
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Cornyn: Democrat winning Senate race in Texas would be ‘first crack in the red wall’

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Cornyn: Democrat winning Senate race in Texas would be ‘first crack in the red wall’

Republican Sen. John Cornyn on Monday said a Democrat taking his Texas seat would be “the first crack in the red wall” as he raises alarm about the state’s competitive GOP primary. The incumbent said that either Democrat contender — James Talarico or Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) — “absolutely” has a chance of winning in…
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Massie calls for Gonzales to resign: ‘Where are the other men in the GOP?’

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Massie calls for Gonzales to resign: ‘Where are the other men in the GOP?’

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) joined several of his House Republican colleagues in calling for Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) to resign over allegations that Gonzales had an affair with one of his congressional staffers, who died after setting herself on fire.  “I’m joining Nancy Mace, Lauren Boebert…
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Mark Kelly to attend Trump State of the Union address: ‘I feel it’s my obligation’

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Mark Kelly to attend Trump State of the Union address: ‘I feel it’s my obligation’

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) on Thursday said he would attend President Trump’s State of the Union address while other members of his party are skipping it, saying he felt an obligation to do so. Kelly has been embattled with the Trump administration over a video he participated in calling on troops to not carry out…
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