The Congressional Black Caucus is the latest group to push Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) to appoint Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) to the seat of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), who died at age 90 on Friday.
After watching a conservative continuing resolution go down to hard-line conservative opposition on Friday, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) walked into a meeting with his conference trying to game out the next steps.
Congress narrowly avoided a government shutdown on Saturday without the help of nine Senate Republicans who voted against the 45-day continuing resolution.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) succeeded in passing a continuing resolution on Saturday, overcoming a significant hurdle after weeks of infighting among the Republican Party. Now, he could face another battle from his own party: maintaining his speakership.
House Republicans have set up numerous interviews in the coming weeks with Department of Justice officials as part of their inquiry into whether the department extended President Joe Biden's son Hunter preferential treatment as it investigated him.