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The Hill reports: Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) is eyeing a bid for Texas attorney general, two sources familiar with the matter told The Hill, as the GOP lawmaker considers jumping from Washington back to the Lone Star State. Reached for comment, Roy told The Hill: “I’m always considering where I can best serve the people I represent to ensure we …

NOTUS reports: Trump administration officials insist there will be “no amnesty” while carrying out mass deportations, but some Republicans told NOTUS that behind the scenes, they’re advocating for some immigrants to stay. Rep. Chip Roy, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, told NOTUS he’s “going to bat for” one immigrant he knows because he deemed him “a good guy.” …

“In classic Washington, D.C. fashion, everybody wants to politicize everything. Look, there’s going to be time to go review what can be done differently. You have camps near the river because it’s a beautiful and wonderful place to be. Maybe there were Democrats that were involved but not doing something. Maybe there were Republicans involved and not doing something. Or …

Politico Playbook reports: Senate Republicans are scrambling to finalize their version of the GOP megabill, pass it this weekend and then get out of town. They’re not much concerned at the moment with what happens after that. The House, they’re convinced, will swallow the bill rather than defy President Donald Trump, who made clear today “NO ONE GOES ON VACATION …

NOTUS reports: The reconciliation bill has given Republicans a way to target abortion access in states that legally protect it: threatening their federal health care funding. House Republicans added a last-minute provision to their reconciliation bill via a manager’s amendment that would block certain Affordable Care Act funds from going to state health plans that cover abortion services. There are …

Politico reports: A letter signed by 20 hard-line House Republicans calling for deep cuts to Medicaid in the GOP’s domestic policy megabill appears to be written at least in part by a conservative think tank with ties to top Republican leaders. Rep. Chip Roy of Texas led the letter and promoted it publicly but digital metadata embedded in a PDF …

“Keep in mind the president beat lawfare going after him when he was a candidate. The president is going to beat this in my opinion. Yes, I think he should take a page out of Andrew Jackson’s playbook. “At some point JD Vance is right when he said hold on you can’t have a judge step in when the president …

Fox News reports: Republican lawmakers are reacting furiously to President Biden’s 11th-hour decision to pardon several allies who President-elect Trump and his circle have threatened retribution against, made hours before ceding power to the new commander in chief. “Implication is that they needed the pardons,” Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “So, let’s call them all before …

“Donald Trump received a mandate from the American people in November. Chip Roy did not. It is the America First Agenda, not the Chip Roy First Agenda. It is Make America Great Again, not make Chip Roy Great. President Trump is fighting for America, Chip is fighting to keep his brand marketable. “Some people apparently need to understand that in …

The Hill reports: Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said Tuesday that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) does not have the votes to keep the gavel and that he remains undecided on whether he can support the Louisiana Republican in the Friday floor vote, despite President-elect Trump endorsing Johnson. “I remain undecided, as do a number of my colleagues, because we saw so …

The Hill reports: Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) were named the most active posters on the social platform X this year among all lawmakers in Congress. The Dec. 17 report by Quorum, a Washington-based public affairs firm, found that Roy was the most active member of Congress on X in 2024, authoring 9,799 posts. Cruz was …

The Hill reports: President-elect Trump on Thursday encouraged Republicans in Texas to consider a primary challenge to Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) after he blamed the congressman for “getting in the way” of a push to raise the debt ceiling as part of government funding talks. “The very unpopular ‘Congressman’ from Texas, Chip Roy, is getting in the way, as usual, …

“I know he’s under fire in the Senate, but he’s under fire from squishy senators who have been against everything we want to do. And so I hope he holds the line all the way through. I’m defending him and we should all defend him. “You know, look, we’ve all had some indiscretions in our past and things like that. …

“Right now the president of the United States – the former president, and hopefully soon-to-be present of the United States – is alive not because of what Secret Service did, but because he providentially turned his head. That’s the truth. “The fact is the American people are sick of it. They are sick of Lloyd Austin still having a job …

The Hill reports: Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said Friday that he plans to put forth a resolution urging Vice President Harris to convene the Cabinet and declare President Biden unable to carry out the duties of the Oval Office after the commander in chief’s poor debate performance Thursday. Section 4 of the 25th Amendment — which has never been used …

The San Antonio Current reports: U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, a Republican whose district includes a swath of North San Antonio, called for the “cleansing” of progressives in a rant posted on social media platform X. The GOP congressman, who’s made inflammatory comments part of his political brand, fired off the tweet in a defense of Trump’s plans to deport some …

“You’ve got a massive Muslim takeover of the United Kingdom going on right before our eyes. People say, ‘Chip, well what is wrong with that?’ Well, I’ve got some pretty strong concerns about Sharia law and whether that will be forced upon the American people. In this case, the people of the United Kingdom. “I’ve got pretty strong concerns about …

“I got to tell you this deficit and this budget is outrageous. It’s going to be over $2 trillion dollars. Mark my words. It’s going to be over $2 trillion, and this is why it’s got to be fought, it’s got to be stopped now. We’re going to hamstring — all these people say, ‘oh, we need a bigger majority, …

The Hill reports: Speaker Johnson’s weekend endorsement of a “minibus” deal, which includes six bills that will fund a slew of agencies through September, essentially ignores the entreaties of his right flank. The package excludes virtually all the contentious policy riders demanded by the conservatives while providing a funding hike of billions of dollars over 2023 levels. The deal has …

“Republicans are not leading, and no offense to you, sir. I mean, you guys look like the Keystone Cops. You can’t agree on anything, and now everyone wants, you know, the Speaker’s head. I don’t know where you stand on that. “But to add insult to injury, then, the president comes out to say on the border, he’s got some …