but repeated that it would be up to the GOP conference. But he also suggested that Republicans would have to take action to prevent the the next speaker from being ousted by such a small percentage of the conference. Eight of the 221 Republicans currently in the House...
Republicansselect Jordanby secret ballot as their second nominee for House speaker in a closed-door Friday meeting. The Ohio Republican co-founded the House Freedom Caucus, a group of far-right GOP lawmakers, and served as its chairman. He is also one of the most ardent defenders of former ...
This past week has seen quite a bit of drama surrounding the planned retirement of current Speaker of the House,John Boehner. Boehnerwants to quit, but his republican colleagues cannot seem to find an agreeable replacement for him. The first consensus choice,Kevin McCarthy, haspulled himse...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson laid out on Tuesday a policy agenda should Republicans take the majority next year that extends the tax cuts approved when Donald Trump was president, reduces the size of the federal workforce and gives parents mor
The insurgent Republicans want to balance the budget, impose new barriers to immigration, and increase transparency for future earmark spending. For the first time in 100 years, no one was elected speaker of the House on the first ballot when the new ses
Kevin McCarthy has been the House Republican leader since 2018, but by Tuesday's morning prelude to the vote for speaker of the House, it seemed at least a dozen Republicans would vote against him. Following a Republican conference meeting in which the various factions wer...
Congress A series of skirmishes among House Republicans is poised to reshape Washington By ANTHONY ADRAGNA 10/24/2024 05:00 AM EDT Congress House GOP braces for bitter fight over the power to oust a speaker By JORDAIN CARNEY and OLIVIA BEAVERS 10/22/2024 10:00 AM EDT Congress A '...
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks at a bill signing ceremony for H.J. Res. 26 at the U.S. Capitol Building on March 10, 2023 (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Two additional sources familiar with the matter confirmed the expected briefing. Fox News Digital reach...
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Reflections on Speaker John Boehner and the House RepublicansSpeaker John Boehner surprised just about everyone this morningwhen it was...Barone, Michael