“Having Kari Lake's name on the ballot is not something that [moderate Republicans] would have wanted," University of Arizona Professor Samara Klar said.

With House GOP opposition to Ukraine aid growing alongside calls to fix the border, Senate supporters of both efforts see potential to address the two together.

“It's an absolute shame in the United States that basically the political crime is working with the other side," Senator Joe Manchin told Newsweek.

Republican Senator Mitt Romney told Newsweek that Kevin McCarthy's ousting from the speakership "opens the door to chaos.”

“Chaos is Speaker McCarthy. Chaos is somebody who we cannot trust with their word," Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz said on the House floor.

“Kevin McCarthy won't be the speaker of the House," Congressman Matt Gaetz said, "or he'll be the speaker of the House working at the pleasure of the Democrats”

“I'm all about weapons, not welfare, so let's go do that and scale back on the humanitarian aid going to Ukraine," Senator Joni Ernst told Newsweek.

“I'm going to do everything I can to make it happen," Senator Joe Manchin told Newsweek. "The border has to be secure.”

Congressman Chip Roy told Newsweek Biden deserves "pretty much all" the blame because he's "utterly failed to do his job to secure the border.”

“I think it's reasonable for us to get at least one thing through negotiations," Republican Senator J.D. Vance told Newsweek.

“Republicans have yet to develop a clear message around abortion that negates or muddies Democrat's current advantage given public opinion on this issue.”

While the upper chamber has unified around preventing a government shutdown, Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been unable to rally his caucus around the issue.

Moderate and progressive Democrats are clashing over whether a bill preventing government shutdowns truly serves the American people's best interest.

House Foreign Relations Committee Chair Michael McCaul told Newsweek what he thinks Zelensky could say to sway Republicans hesitant to offer funds.

"My responsibility is to get to 218," Moderate Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick said, "and if you can't get there in the conference, you get there in the Congress.”

Newsweek asked the Alabama Senator where he sees room for compromise as pressure mounts on him to end his hold on promoting military leaders.

“In the event of a shutdown, [Democrats] will make sure voters know that the pain and loss of services they experience was entirely avoidable.”

The Virginia congresswoman, whose district voted for Biden, could face trouble in 2024 after comments surfaced of her supporting Marjorie Taylor Greene.

“It is time to prune away the dead wood of the Republican establishment and make way for the growth of a new Republican Party," David Clarke told Newsweek.

The embattled World Olivet Assembly has been accused of racketeering with a network of small firms to defraud an e-commerce lender out of millions of dollars.