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"We need a national divorce," Greene tweeted. "We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government. Everyone I talk to says this.

"It's bold to take credit for the jobs that are simply a post COVID bounce back," Senator Lummis wrote on her Facebook page.

A year ago, President Joe Biden used his first State of the Union address to push top Democratic priorities that were sure to face a battle in the narrowly divided Congress but he also laid out a four-pronged “unity agenda” that would be an easier sell.

It wouldn't take long until Congresswoman Liz Cheney offered up at least a passing comment about McCarthy's ascension.

Republican Kevin McCarthy is the new House speaker, but as bruising as it was for him to seize the gavel in a history-making election, it may be even more difficult for the embattled leader to do much with the powerful position — or to even keep it.

The Supreme Court is about to confront a new elections case, a Republican-led challenge asking the justices for a novel ruling that could significantly increase the power of state lawmakers over elections for Congress and the presidency.

In deeply conservative Wyoming, Republican Chuck Gray was the only candidate for secretary of state on the ballot. Once he won the GOP primary in August, his ascension was guaranteed.

Even with their threadbare House majority, Republicans doubled down this week on using their new power next year to investigate the Biden administration and, in particular, the president’s son.

Former president Donald Trump has officially filed the necessary paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to seek presidency again in 2024.

The war of words between Liz Cheney and various other Republican leaders continues, with Ted Cruz being the latest congressman to draw Cheney's ire.