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The GOP-controlled House approved several amendments that ax rights for transgender people and other vulnerable communities, however.
"One should love America when you win and when you lose," the House Democratic leader said as Republicans fell silent.
House Republicans avoided a repeat of 2023’s marathon voting for the speakership, but not before a little bit of floor drama.
“We cannot afford any palace drama here,” Johnson previously said.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The former United Nations ambassador hit back at her onetime GOP primary opponent after his take on U.S. culture sparked conservative backlash.
The president-elect still rules the GOP, just maybe not with an iron fist.
Republicans who oppose Trump's Cabinet nominees could find themselves with a lump of coal — or a primary challenger — in the next Congress.
“Anybody who wants to give me heat for doing my job, bring it on,” said John Curtis, who was elected to replace the Trump critic in the upper chamber.
The Bulwark’s Tim Miller wrote that the election-denying conspiracy theorist made a “SCENE” at a Turning Point USA conference afterparty.
After days of threats and demands, Donald Trump had little to show for it once lawmakers passed a budget deal.