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Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) during a Jan. 3 television appearance suggested the possibility of a “coalition government” between Rep.-elect Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)—the frontrunner in the race for speaker—and Democrats. On Jan. 3, the House cast three ballots for speaker of the House with no result—the first time in more than 100 years that the vote for speaker has taken more than one ballot. At time of publication, the 118th Congress has not been sworn-in, as this process comes after the speaker has been chosen. Democrats were unanimously united behind their own pick for the top House spot, incoming House Minority...

Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) on Monday suggested that House Speaker Paul Ryan may need to be replaced to deal with the dysfunction in Washington. "We need either a change in direction from this speaker, or we need a new speaker," Amash said during a town hall on Monday in response to a question about gridlock in Washington, according to CNN.

..Marsha has heard from a lot of people who are encouraging her to run,” Blackburn spokesman Mike Reynard told Breitbart News on Friday. “Right now she is listening and having conversations with her colleagues about what is the best way to unite our conference moving forward.” ...Blackburn, who would if elected be the first female GOP Speaker of the House ever, will be joining Breitbart News Sunday on SiriusXM Patriot Ch. 125 on Sunday evening to discuss this topic in greater depth... ...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- A report Monday that in his upcoming book House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., endorses the elimination of the Internal Revenue Service and replacement of the current tax code with a national consumption tax or flat tax as a top GOP priority in a second Bush administration should come as no surprise, considering that conservative Republicans have been pushing such ideas for years. The Drudge Report's brief on Republican plans for eliminating the federal revenue-collection agency and the laws it enforces in favor of a national sale tax, value-added tax or even a flat tax rate...

w w w . h a a r e t z d a i l y . c o m Last update - 14:05 28/07/2003 Rivlin: PM foresees Palestine on more than 42% of West Bank By Haaretz Service Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin, until recently a close political confidante of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, said Monday that the future Palestinian state foreseen by Sharon will have borders larger than the 42 percent of the West Bank currently under nominal Palestinian Authority control. Rivlin, a Likud stalwart and onetime principal defender of Sharon, Monday slammed the prime minister's policies, saying that his...

Matthew J. Ryan -- one of the most influential persons in Pennsylvania -- died 9 p.m., Saturday, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania from complications associated with stomach cancer.