Caucus articles
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The Downballot: The GOP Chaos Caucus grows larger (transcript)
One key outcome of Tuesday's primaries in Indiana: House Republican leaders will have even more implacable crazies to contend with next year, and we're surveying the damage on this week's episode of "The Downballot." Marlin Stutzman, a tea party OG who helped push out John Boehner, narrowly won the Republican nod to reclaim his old seat while the erratic Victoria Spartz (who voted to oust Mike Johnson while we were recording) successfully managed to "un-retire" more than a year after saying she...
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Freedom Caucus on Pritzker urging $800 million in budget cuts: 'We told you so'
(The Center Square) – For weeks, Gov. J.B. Pritzker has boasted about his proposed 2025 budget as being balanced, but it appears that the numbers aren’t adding up. Republicans are saying, "We told you so." In a memo from Deputy Gov. Andy Manar, state agency directors are being asked to prepare for $800 million less in available revenue for the upcoming fiscal year that begins July 1. Manar said it has "become clear that opposition to proposed revenue is...
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Jim Chalmers claims there won’t be ‘any new money’ for gas in budget as Labor faces caucus revolt
Albanese government has already telegraphed budget will include $566m over 10 years to map Australia’s soil and seabed for gasfield exploration and $100m to speed up environmental approvalsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe treasurer, Jim Chalmers, has attempted to head off a caucus backlash against the Albanese government’s future gas strategy by promising there “won’t be any new money” for the plan...