Kevin McCarthy has been elected speaker of the House of Representatives after a grueling series of failed ballots.
Even as a mob was ransacking the U.S. Capitol that Jan. 6, Trump’s allies were still trying to persuade Jordan to keep delaying the Electoral College vote count. We know Trump and Jordanspoke that day. We don’t know what they talked about — but that’s not because he has...
3, 2023. Credit: AP/J. Scott Applewhite Leaders tried to turn it back, but the vote was 218-208, with 11 Republicans against tabling the motion, a sign of trouble to come. The House then opened a floor debate, unseen in modern times, and Republicans argued publicly among themselves ...
“A friend to all and an enemy to none,” Republican conference chairwoman Elise Stefanik said when nominating Johnson ahead of the speaker vote Wednesday. Related Stories Mike Johnson, a staunch Louisiana conservative, is elected House speaker as GOP moves past chaos Rep. Bowman of New York...
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...
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Republican nominee for speaker of the House, and Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., left, are seen on the House floor of the U.S. Capitol after a second ballot vote in which Jordan failed to receive enough votes to win the position on Wednesday, October 18, 2023.om Williams/CQ-Roll Call...
Johnson said following his victory that the House will move swiftly on several legislation, alluding to the GOP infighting that paralyzed the House. In the first vote under his speakership, House lawmakers passed a resolution in support of Israel with bipatisan votes. CNN’s Piper Hudspeth ...
Also passed by the Senate and signed by the governor, the law went into effect in August 2016. In 2016 Johnson defeated a pro-gun, anti-abortion Democrat by more than 30 percent of the vote to gain the seat representing Louisiana’s deep-red 4th district in the U.S. House of ...
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/speaker-of-house-vote-live-updates-10-19-2023/#post-update-80c72469 2:14 PM / October 19, 2023 Tempers flare in GOP Conference meeting as opposition to McHenry plan grows Tensions came to a head in Thursday's meeting of the House GOP Conference, and...