After four nights and 15 contentious rounds of voting, McCarthy narrowly secured the speaker's gavel and took the oath of office. Christina Ruffini reports.Jan 7, 2023 Facebook Email Live Now CBS News 24/7 CBS News Baltimore CBS News Bay Area ...
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy is surrounded by press and police on the way to the House chamber at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. J. Scott Applewhite / AP The rules of the 118th Congress state that "in the case of a vacancy in the office of speaker, ...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a motion to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy in an unprecedented move amid Republican infighting, after McCarthy relied on Democratic votes to pass a "clean" stopgap funding bill to avert a federal ...
McCarthy will leave Congress two months after he was booted from his House speakership position after his top rival, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., orchestrated the rare vote on the obscure "motion to vacate." Though McCarthy maintained support from most Republicans in the House, eight GOP detrac...
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy weighs in on battle for RNC chair Rep. Andy Biggs announced Tuesday that he would challenge MinorityLeader Kevin McCarthyfor speaker on the House floor in January. Biggs, R-Ariz., announced his intention to oppose McCarthy in an op-ed with the Daily...
Kevin McCarthy was ousted as the Speaker of the House. Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida forced the vote on the “motion to vacate.”
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Kevin McCarthy Man who was mad about Chinese spy balloon is convicted of threatening former Speaker McCarthy A Montana man has been convicted of threatening to assault former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Prosecutors say 45-year-old Richard Rogers made the threat during a series of more than ...
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TEHRAN, Jan. 07 (MNA) – Republican Kevin McCarthy has clinched the US House speakership after the 15th ballot was held on Friday. Despite making numerous concessions to win over a bloc of far-right Republicans over the week, which narrowed his opposition from 20, a group of a half dozen...