Author: Candy Woodall, USA TODAY

Republicans say Social Security and Medicare won’t be part of debt ceiling negotiations between Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden.

Republican George Santos, amid calls to step down from Congress, resigned from two House committees a day after meeting with Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

George Santos, who has admitted to lying about his personal and professional background, is facing the most scrutiny for campaign finance reports.

Democrats say it’s political revenge for former Speaker Nancy Pelosi removing GOP Reps. Paul Gosar and Marjorie Taylor Greene in the last Congress.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Majority Leader Steve Scalise told reporters they had not seen the call from New York Republicans for Santos to step down.

It took multiple concessions for McCarthy to become speaker. One promised rule would allow a single lawmaker to call a vote to remove him.

The uprising comes after supporters of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro wouldn’t accept his defeat by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

George Santos, a newly elected New York Republican congressman, admitted last week to lying to voters about his life. What can Congress do about it?

There are two main groups of GOP lawmakers who could stand in Kevin McCarthy’s way of becoming the next House speaker when the new Congress is seated.

Electoral Count Act reform, one of the top recommendations of the Jan. 6 committee, has passed Congress through the spending bill.