Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to reporters as he stands with Congressional Republicans from both the U.S. House and Senate during an event addressing debt ceiling negotiations with President Joe Biden outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., ...
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) delivers remarks after being elected as Speaker in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 07, 2023 in Washington, DC. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, fresh off of a days-long speakership battle, face...
The following is a transcript of an interview with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy that aired Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, on "Face the Nation." MARGARET BRENNAN: Good morning and welcome to Face the Nation. We have a lot to get to this morning, including the latest on the evolving situation in...
3:57 PM / October 25, 2023 What comes next after Johnson's election Speaking after the vote, Johnson vowed to hit the ground running and get the House back to work. A government shutdown is fast approaching, and the White House has requested a $106 billion emergency aid package for Isra...
election. He refused to comply, preferring to slam the investigation as a partisan sham. And instead of punishing him for undercutting the House’s authority, Republicans instead granted him the chairmanship of the Judiciary Committee this year. Now they may soon put himin charge of th...
The House will convene Tuesday to elect a speaker for the new Congress. The majority of the Republican conference plans to nominate Kevin McCarthy as the party takes over control of the chamber.
will fare at uniting his fractured conference as the House immediately plunges into debates over government spending — or in gaining trust from Democrats who are deeply suspicious of his socially conservative record and support for Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. ...
New speaker of the House Mike Johnson once wrote in support of the criminalization of gay sex Indeed, we can’t forget that a clear majority of House Republicans (139 of them, including Johnson)voted against certifying2020 election results from at least one state. Their votes were outside th...
House Speaker Designate Mike Johnson (R-La.) is greeted by other House members during a vote to elect a Speaker of the House, Oct. 25, 2023. | Francis Chung/POLITICO MAGA MIKE’S LOOMING GAVEL WOES —House Republicans’ three-week-long nightmare is over. But for new SpeakerMIKE JOHNSON...
President Joe Biden spoke with newly minted Speaker Mike Johnson to congratulate him on his win, the White House said. “This afternoon, President Biden called Speaker of the House Mike Johnson to congratulate him on his election, and expressed that he looks forward to working together to fi...