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Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, a member of the House Rules Committee, joins other lawmakers from the conservative House Freedom Caucus at the Capitol on May 30, 2023, to voice objections to the debt limit deal reached by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and President Joe Biden over Memorial Day Weekend.

Speaker McCarthy struggles to sell fellow Republicans on debt ceiling compromise

KEVIN FREKING, STEPHEN GROVES, and LISA MASCARO
May 30, 2023
Ticker displaying the national debt

What to know about debt ceiling showdown as default looms (Infographic)

MARY CLARE JALONICK, LISA MASCARO, and KEVIN FREKING
May 27, 2023
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, voices her support of Democratic gun control measures with pictures of victims from the Uvalde mass shooting behind her. The legislation, called the Protecting Our Kids Act, was added to the legislative docket after mass shootings in Texas and New York last week.

Congress split on gun laws, despite recent mass shootings (Timeline)

KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press
June 2, 2022
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