House Speaker Mike Johnson said he plans to move quickly to advance Donald Trump’s signature voter ID legislation through the arduous budget reconciliation process once the House returns to Washington, downplaying the heightened tensions within the GOP after he sent lawmakers home early for the holidays after a few Republicans brought the floor to a halt.
Last week, a small group of conservative hardliners, led by Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, effectively blocked a key procedural vote to advance several bills on the floor out of protest that Congress had not sent the SAVE America Act to the president’s desk.
Driven by frustration, Trump has already held up a critical intelligence nomination and declined to sign a major bipartisan housing package, despite Senate GOP leaders insisting that they do not have the 60 votes needed to overcome the filibuster and proceed with the elections overhaul bill.
$5+ in California? I don’t pay for gas any more (EV, and E-bike powered by PV) but I do check the prices out of a damn near four decade long habit, and we are sitting at $6+ in IB at the stations I drive past. We hit $7+ for a little bit.
Still cheaper than anywhere in Europe. I dunno about other global prices.