Following a contentious speaker election, the 118th House begins its first day of official business on Monday, when the GOP plans to establish chairs of key committees, set new rules and vote on its first piece of legislation that would curb funding for the Internal Revenue Service.... [+]Key Facts
The House is expected to vote this evening on significant changes to rules dictating how the lower chamber operates, including capping federal fiscal year 2024 spending at 2022 levels and cutting non-defense spending if it raises the debt ceiling–part of a deal Rep. Kevin McCarthy negotiated to win over conservative holdouts who sought to block him from becoming speaker.
The House is also expected to vote on its first piece of legislation during the evening session that would roll back $80 million included in the Inflation Reduction Act to fund an additional 87,000 Internal Revenue Service agents, a change which McCarthy vowed during his celebratory speech would be the first legislative priority for the House.
Republicans have already begun to move forward with their plans to investigate the Biden Administration: the committee targeting the “weaponization of the federal government,” which is expected to be chaired by Rep. Jim Jordan ,, plans to request documents detailing the White House’s communications with Big Tech companies as part of its sweeping probe into social media censorship that many conservatives have blamed for costing them elections.
Before the full House convenes at 5 p.m., the Steering Committee will meet to select leaders of key panels that would lead investigations they’ve promised into the Biden Administration, including the Ways and Means committee, which oversees tax legislation, the Education and Workforce committee, and Homeland Security committee .
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