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A pumpjack as seen on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Tatum, New Mexico. For the second time this month, House Republicans are seeking to restrict presidential use of the nation’s emergency oil stockpile — a proposal that has already drawn a White House veto threat. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio, File)

House GOP seeks new restrictions on use of U.S. oil stockpile

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

FILE - Republican National Committee chairman Ronna McDaniel speaks during a voting rally Oct. 18, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. The race for RNC chair will be decided on Jan. 27, 2023, by secret ballot as Republican officials from all 50 states gather in Southern California. McDaniel is fighting for reelection against rival Harmeet Dhillon, one of former President Donald Trump's attorneys. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

RNC Chair McDaniel fights for reelection in leadership feud

By Steve Peoples - Associated Press

Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., left, and Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., right, speaks with Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., in the House chamber as the House meets for a second day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Jan. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

House Republicans cheer end of proxy voting despite added hardship for thin majority to pass bills

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., speaks during a news conference on spending, Dec. 14, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) **FILE**

Senate Republicans bow out of debt default standoff, say it’s up to McCarthy in House

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel arrives on stage before House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks at an event on Nov. 9, 2022, in Washington. The race for RNC chair will be decided on Friday by secret ballot as Republican officials from all 50 states gather in Southern California. McDaniel is fighting for reelection against rival Harmeet Dhillon, one of former President Donald Trump’s attorneys. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump’s MAGA forces threaten to upend vote for RNC chair

By Steve Peoples - Associated Press

In this Feb. 10, 1966, file photo, a general views of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Vietnam in Washington. George Kennan, former ambassador to Moscow, is at the witness table. Committee members, from left, are: Sens. Eugene McCarthy, D-Minn., Frank Carlson, R-Kansas, Bourke Hickenlooper, R-Iowa, Chairman William Fulbright, D-Ark., Wayne Morse, D-Ore., Albert Gore, D-Tenn., Frank Lausche, D-Ohio, Frank Church, D-Idaho, Joseph Clark, Jr., D-Pa., and Claiborne Pell, D-R.I. Washington knows how to do big hearings. Dramatic congressional hearings are something of a Washington art form, a rite of democracy carefully crafted for the cameras. Suspense is building as fired FBI Director James Comey prepares to claim the microphone June 8, 2017, in an austere, modern hearing room of the Hart Senate Office Building. (AP Photo/Henry Griffin, File)

History As It Happens: Church committees, past and present

By Martin Di Caro

Former President Donald Trump walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Jan. 12, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Pro-life leaders say Trump will have to earn back their vote after comments about abortion opponents

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear delivers his State of the Commonwealth speech in front of a joint session of the legislature from the floor of the Kentucky House of Representatives, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, in Frankfort, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Kentucky GOP seeks school closure records from governor

By Bruce Schreiner - Associated Press

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at an annual leadership meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) ** FILE **

Nikki Haley teases 2024 presidential plans: ‘I can be that leader’

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., departs Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

George Santos allegedly dressed as a drag queen in Brazil as a teen and performed as Kitara

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at an annual leadership meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas on Nov. 19, 2022, (AP Photo/John Locher) ** FILE **

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis swipes GOP support from Trump in crucial battleground state

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., right, and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, left, exchange places at the podium during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 21, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Rep. Jim Banks’ Senate run to zero in on China threat, anti-wokeness

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., right, and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, left, exchange places at the podium during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 21, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Indiana Rep. Jim Banks aims to succeed Mike Braun in Senate

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Rep. Ilhan Omar (left), Minnesota Democrat, and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Michigan Democrat, are members of "The Squad" with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat who declared that the Palestinians have no choice but to riot over the supposed repression they face at the hands of the Israelis. (Associated Press/File)

Congress’ far-left ‘Squad’ vows never to be sidelined by GOP majority

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Republican National Committee chairman Ronna McDaniel speaks during a Get Out To Vote rally Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Billionaire GOP power couple splits in race for RNC chair, issues dueling endorsements

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this image from video, the final vote total of 57-43, to acquit former President Donald Trump of the impeachment charge, incitement of insurrection, in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)

House GOP weighs expunging Trump impeachments

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks during a news conference on Sept. 20, 2022, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

‘Retire or get fired’: Senate Republicans push red-state Dems to call it quits ahead of 2024

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Rep. Alex Mooney, the first serious GOP challenger to Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III, is starting the race with more than $1 million cash on hand, after raising more than $317,000 since announcing his bid in late November. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Joe Manchin’s GOP challenger Rep. Alex Mooney starts race for Senate seat with more than $1M

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Rep. Jim Jordan speaks at a campaign rally in Youngstown, Ohio., Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Tom E. Puskar) ** FILE **

House Republicans pass first pro-life measures in post-Roe era

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Rep.-elect George Santos, R-N.Y., stands during the 10 round of voting for speaker in the House chamber as the House meets for the third day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Democrats file complaint with House Ethics panel against freshman GOP Rep. Santos over campaign lies

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times