Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., was the other GOP member who voted "present" on Johnson’s original bill. Massie believed it was a "show vote" from the start. "It’s a fake bar fight with balsa wood chairs and sugar bottles," said Massie. "I was in the bar and I saw theater on...
, a Republican who voted against the plan. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) said lawmakers need to focus on proposals that can attract 218 votes of support in the House and 60 votes in the Democrat-controlled Senate. “At some point, let's just put on our big boy, big girl pants,” ...
He was one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump after the Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021. Upton said he had already cast an absentee ballot for Harris — the first time he had ever voted for a Democrat for president. The 71-year-old t...
Here are the 10 House Republicans who flipped their votes on the same-sex marriage bill: “Yes” to “no” Cliff Bentz Rep. Cliff Bentz (Ore.) originally voted for the bill in July before switching to a “no” vote on Thursday. He has not publicly explained his reasonin...
While some of the Republicans who previously voted against McCarthy switched their votes in Friday's first round of voting, with the GOP's narrow majority, McCarthy can only afford to lose four Republican votes against him. If enough members vote "present," however, it could lower the...
Here are the Republicans who blocked McCarthy's path to House speaker during the first several ballots. Several switched their votes later or voted present later, enabling him to win.
That shift was clear in the MAGA crowd’s response to recent presidential hopeful Nikki Haley, who’s forever trying to present herself as the Reasonable Republican in the room, posting on social media that she used “fertility procedures” to have her own kids. “IVF is pro life,” she ...
(Ohio Rep. David Joyce, a fellow Republican, voted present.) Considered black sheep within the party ever since voting to impeach Trump for his role in the Capitol Riot, Cheney and Kinzingertelegraphed their votes in advance, a doomed effort to bring others on board. Instead, from House ...
“The Republicans have always known they’re actually on the wrong side of this issue," said Ilyse Hogue, former president of the group previously known as NARAL Pro-Choice America, who is now a senior fellow at New America, a think tank in Washington. She sai...
The measure passed 311 to 14, with scores of Democrats joining Republicans. But more Democrats saw through the GOP’s tactics than that lopsided result might suggest —92 voted present. That was a small but promising sign that Democrats are aware that Republicans are cynically trying to weapon...