In January, when the 118th Congress convened and Republicans took power, it took 15 rounds of voting across four days for McCarthy to secure the support he needed to win the gavel. His victory followed days of negotiating with the far-right members of the House Republican conference, and ...
While Trump welcomed McCarthy pulling out of the House speaker's race in 2015 -- when McCarthy realized his approximately 75% support among the conference was well short of the votes needed,according to ABC News reporting-- the former president has publicly backed McCarthy's quest for ...
Gaetz consistently opposed McCarthy's speakership, and was among those who helped draw out the process of electing him speaker to a record 15 rounds of voting. In order to win over far-right Republicans, McCarthy agreed to a condition making it possible for a single member to motion to ou...
Allegedly sucker punching a member of his own party for voting to oust him, which McCarthy denies Anyway, the former Speaker added a new entry to the “What kind of cringey stuff is Kevin up to today” archives on Sunday, when he posted a video to his X account in which he made cle...
After McCarthy told him they were his supporters, the president responded,“Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are.” A shouting match ensued. McCarthy told him rioters were breaking into his office through the windows, allegedly ...
Kevin McCarthy calls Nancy Pelosi out over House voting inconsistency: 'Her power is more important' Pelosi will face a tight battle for reelection as Speaker as she deals with her party's slimmer majority in the House of Representatives when the 117th Congress begins on Jan. 3 and the ...
McCarthy added: "Remember, these are the people that are voting for impeachment. When this president has done so much for this nation... built us the strongest economy ever." According to The Hill, the USCC is also set to back 29 first-term Republicans w...
In January, when the 118th Congress convened and Republicans took power, it took 15 rounds of voting across four days for McCarthy to secure the support he needed to win the gavel. His victory followed days of negotiating with the far-right members of the House Republican conference, and ...
It took a record 15 votes over four days for McCarthy to line up the support he needed to win the post he had long coveted, finally prevailing on a 216-212 vote with Democrats backing leader Hakeem Jeffries and six Republican holdouts voting present. Not since the Civil War era has a...
McCarthy said he does not believe the bill will pass in the Senate. SENATE FILIBUSTER FIGHT: WHAT'S IN DEMOCRATS' VOTING BILLS AT CENTER OF SHOWDOWN? The California Republican pointed out how the House proposed a solution to block noncitizens and illegal immigrants from voting, even though ...