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Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., leaves the Capitol after being expelled from the House of Representatives, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Washington. The House has voted to expel Santos following a critical ethics report on his conduct that included converting campaign donations for his own use, making him just the sixth member in the chamber鈥檚 history to be ousted by his colleagues. Expulsion requires support from two-third of the House. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

With the expulsion of Santos and ouster of McCarthy, the House is making unexpected history

The House is making history this year 鈥� it鈥檚 just coming in ways that Republicans could hardly have envisioned when the party took control.

Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., faces reporters at the Capitol in Washington, early Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. After a scathing report by the House Ethics Committee citing egregious violations, Santos could be expelled from Congress this week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rep. George Santos expelled from House. Here鈥檚 what鈥檚 next

An Iranian domestically built missile is displayed in front of the portrait of the Lebanese Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during a rally of Iran's Basij paramilitary force in support of the Palestinians in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

House passes resolution to block Iran鈥檚 access to $6 billion from prisoner swap

FILE - Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, adjusts his glasses during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Nov. 4, 2021, in Washington. Fauci is expected to testify before Congress early next year as part of Republicans鈥� yearslong investigation into the origins of COVID-19 and the U.S. response to the disease. Fauci will sit for transcribed interviews in early January and a public hearing at a later date. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Anthony Fauci will testify before Congress on COVID origins and the US pandemic response

GOP Rep. George Santos refuses to resign and warns his expulsion from Congress would set a precedent

House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., speaks during the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree lighting ceremony on the West Front of the Capitol, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023 in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Congress is eying immigration limits as GOP demands border changes in swap for Biden overseas aid

Republican demands to stop the flow of migrants at the Mexico-U.S. border have left Congress scrambling.

FILE - Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., watches as Republicans try to elect Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 25, 2023. The House Ethics panel says it has found 鈥渟ubstantial evidence鈥� of lawbreaking by Republican Rep. George Santos of New York and has referred its findings to the Justice Department. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Republicans won鈥檛 push colleagues to oppose Santos expulsion despite the House Speaker鈥檚 concerns

House Speaker Mike Johnson is expressing reservations about expelling Rep. George Santos from the chamber this week.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., answers questions from reporters outside the Senate chamber, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. President Joe Biden's nearly $106 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other needs is sitting idle in Congress as Republicans are insisting on U.S.-Mexico border policy provisions in exchange for any new U.S. dollars for Ukraine in its fight against Russia. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Majority Leader Schumer warns that antisemitism is on the rise as he pushes for Israel aid

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is warning that antisemitism in the United States has reached levels unseen in generations and called on his fellow Democrats to clearly condemn it.

FILE - Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., speaks to reporters outside the Capitol, in Washington, May 17, 2023. The House Ethics panel says it has found 鈥渟ubstantial evidence鈥� of lawbreaking by Republican Rep. George Santos of New York and has referred its findings to the Justice Department. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Lawmakers move to force a vote this week on expelling Rep. George Santos from the House

House lawmakers from both parties are moving to force a vote this week on the expulsion of Rep. George Santos, a Republican from New York.

FILE - Rep. Gabe Vasquez, D-N.M., speaks during a news conference to announce the bipartisan Southwest Caucus, June 15, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The New Mexico Supreme Court upheld a Democratic-drawn congressional map that divvied up a conservative, oil-producing region and reshaped a swing district along the U.S. border with Mexico, in an order published Monday, Nov. 27. The Republican Party argued unsuccessfully that the new district boundaries would entrench Democratic officials in power, highlighting the 2022 defeat of incumbent GOP Congresswoman Yvette Herrell by Vasquez. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

New Mexico Supreme Court upholds Democratic-drawn congressional map

The New Mexico Supreme Court has upheld a Democratic-drawn congressional map that divvied up a conservative, oil-producing region and reshaped a swing district along the U.S. border with Mexico.

FILE - A group of people, including many from China, walk along the wall after crossing the border with Mexico to seek asylum, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, near Jacumba, Calif. As Congress returns this week, Senate Republicans have made it clear they won鈥檛 support additional war aid for Ukraine unless they can pair it with border security measures. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Republicans want to pair border security with aid for Ukraine. Here鈥檚 why that makes a deal so tough

Congress return to work this week after the holiday break, and Senate Republicans have made clear they won鈥檛 support additional war aid for Ukraine unless they can pair it with border security measures.

FILE - President Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in Washington. President Joe Biden鈥檚 nearly $106 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other needs sits idle in Congress, neither approved nor rejected, but subjected to new political demands. Republicans are insisting on U.S.-Mexico border policy provisions in exchange for any new funds for Ukraine to fight Russia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

The debate over Ukraine aid was already complicated. Then it became tangled up in US border security

President Joe Biden鈥檚 nearly $106 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other needs is sitting idle in Congress.

FILE - House Commerce subcommittee chair Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., speaks, Feb. 26, 2020, during a hearing on the budget and the coronavirus threat, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Eshoo announced Tuesday she is not running for reelection next year, which marks the end of her more than three decades in Congress representing California鈥檚 Silicon Valley. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File )

Democratic Rep. Anna Eshoo announces retirement after three decades in Congress

Democratic Rep. Anna Eshoo is not running for reelection next year. Eshoo鈥檚 announcement on Tuesday marks the end of her more than three decades in Congress representing California鈥檚 Silicon Valley.

FILE - House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 2, 2023. As Johnson tries to unite the slim House Republican majority, he's fast running into the same hard-right factions and divisions that his predecessor, Kevin McCarthy was unable to tame. It's disrupting the GOP agenda, shelving priorities and leaving gnawing questions about any leader's ability to govern.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Tempers flare and bills languish as Speaker Johnson confronts the same problems that vexed McCarthy

The new House Speaker is trying to rebuild the Republican鈥檚 slim majority. But he鈥檚 running into the same hard-right factions and divisions that his predecessor was unable to tame.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters ahead of a crucial vote on a continuing resolution to keep the government funded at its current levels, a measure not heartily supported by the hard right wing of his party, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson says he鈥檒l make 44,000 hours of Jan. 6 footage available to the general public

House Speaker Mike Johnson says he plans to publicly release hours of footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Ethics chairman launches a new bid to expel George Santos after a withering report on his conduct

The chairman of the House Ethics Committee has filed a resolution to force a vote on expelling Republican Rep. George Santos from Congress.

FILE - Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on June 24, 2020, in Washington. A man who pleaded guilty to assaulting Democratic Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota in the elevator of her Washington apartment was sentenced to more than two years in behind bars on Thursday. Twenty-seven-year-old Kendrid Khalil Hamlin apologized to Craig and said he wants to get mental health and substance abuse treatment. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Man who attacked Minnesota congresswoman in her Washington apartment building gets 27-month sentence

A man who pleaded guilty to assaulting Democratic Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota in the elevator of her Washington apartment has been sentenced to more than two years behind bars.

CORRECTS PARTY AFFILIATION - FILE - Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., speaks to reporters as he leaves the federal courthouse in Central Islip, N.Y., Wednesday, May 10, 2023. The House Ethics panel says it has found 鈥渟ubstantial evidence鈥� of lawbreaking by Republican Rep. George Santos of New York and has referred its findings to the Justice Department. The committee said Thursday that Santos鈥� conduct warrants public condemnation, is beneath the dignity of the office, and has brought severe discredit upon the House. AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Rep. George Santos won鈥檛 seek reelection after a scathing ethics report cites evidence of lawbreaking

Republican Congressman George Santos of New York says he won鈥檛 run for reelection in 2024 after a scathing House Ethics Committee report on his conduct cited 鈥渙verwhelming evidence鈥� of lawbreaking.

FILE - Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., talks with reporters after meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House, Oct. 31, 2023, in Washington. The Senate is heading for a vote on a temporary government funding package as lawmakers sought to keep the holiday season free from any suspense over a government shutdown. Senators were trying to speed forward on the funding package on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Congress approves temporary funding and pushes the fight over the federal budget into the new year

Congress has ended the threat of a government shutdown until after the holidays. The Senate gave final approval to a temporary government funding package Wednesday night and sent it to President Joe Biden for his signature.

Without enough GOP support, Speaker Johnson had to rely on Democrats to avoid a government shutdown

New Republican Speaker Mike Johnson was forced to reach across the aisle to Democrats when hard-right conservatives revolted against his plan to keep the government funded into the new year.

Democrat Gabe Amo gives both thumbs up to the room full of election night supporters, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, at The Guild in Pawtucket, R.I., after winning Rhode Island鈥檚 1st Congressional District seat. The former White House aide will become the state鈥檚 first Black candidate elected to the U.S. House. (Kris Craig/Providence Journal via AP)

Rep. Gabe Amo, the first Black representative from Rhode Island in Congress, is sworn into office

Rep. Gabe Amo has been sworn into office. He is the first Black representative from Rhode Island in Congress. Amo, a Democrat, won a special election in November.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee on President Biden's supplemental funding request, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House pushes off impeachment of Homeland Secretary Mayorkas for handling of southern border

The House has voted to push off a Republican effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a press conference with House Republicans and families of hostages being held in Gaza at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

House Republicans look to pass two-step package to avoid partial government shutdown

House Speaker Mike Johnson has unveiled his proposal to avoid a partial government shutdown next weekend by extending government funding for some agencies and programs until Jan. 19 and continuing funding for others until Feb. 2.

FILE - The Louisiana state Capitol stands prominently, April 4, 2023, in Baton Rouge, La. The Louisiana Legislature has until Jan. 15, 2024 to enact a new congressional map after a lower court ruled that the current political boundaries dilute the power of the state鈥檚 Black voters, based on an order issued by a federal New Orleans appeals court Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Stephen Smith, File)

Louisiana lawmakers have until Jan. 15 to enact new congressional map, court says

The Louisiana Legislature has until Jan. 15 to enact a new congressional map after a lower court last year ruled that the current political boundaries dilute the power of the state鈥檚 Black voters.

FILE - Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., shakes hands with Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., before Republicans try to elect Johnson to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 25, 2023. Johnson is facing his first big test as he tries to win House Republican support for a short-term funding plan to avert a government shutdown. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

New Speaker Mike Johnson grasps for a funding plan with a government shutdown rapidly approaching

New House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing his first big test as he tries to win House Republican support for a short-term funding plan to avert a government shutdown.

This undated photo released by the Office of Congresswoman Monica de la Cruz shows recent vandalism on the front of her McAllen, Texas, office. Her office was vandalized this week on Nov. 7 and 9, 2023. (Office of Congresswoman Monica de la Cruz via AP)

Police investigate vandalism at US Rep. Monica De La Cruz鈥檚 Texas office over Israel-Hamas war

Police in Texas say they are investigating messages spray-painted on U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz鈥檚 office that condemn the Republican鈥檚 support for Israel in the war with Hamas.

Just 10 days before another government shutdown, Congress expands to-do list with Ukraine and border

There are just 10 days before another potential government shutdown. Congress faces a Nov. 17 deadline to fund the federal government but is no closer to resolving the standoff 鈥� and in fact is complicating matters.

FILE - Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., questions Navy Adm. Lisa Franchetti during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on her nomination for reappointment to the grade of admiral and to be Chief of Naval Operations, Sept. 14, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate circumvented a hold by Tuberville on Thursday and confirmed Adm. Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy, making her the first woman to be a Pentagon service chief and the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Tuberville, under pressure from Republicans over military holds, says he is reviewing options

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville said he鈥檚 open to negotiating an end to his blockade of almost 400 military nominees after meeting with fellow Republican senators, signaling a shift after he has dug in on his protest of a Pentagon abortion policy for more than nine months.

FILE - Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., speaks during a news conference on May 25, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

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