Oct 12 GOP’s Scalise ends his bid to become House speaker after failing to secure the votes By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Stephen Groves, Associated Press Next steps are uncertain as the House is now essentially closed while the Republican majority tries to elect a speaker after ousting Kevin McCarthy from the job. Continue reading
Oct 12 Republicans have chosen Scalise as House speaker, but his path is uncertain. What happens next? By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Now the race is on to secure the 217 votes Rep. Steve Scalise will need on the House floor to win the speaker's gavel. Continue reading
Oct 11 After ousting McCarthy, House Republicans are stalemated over finding a new House speaker By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Associated Press Two leading contenders, Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan appear to be splitting the vote. Continue reading
Oct 03 Kevin McCarthy is out as speaker of the House. What happens next? By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press The House of Representatives has entered uncharted territory after a last-ditch, right-wing effort to remove fellow Republican Kevin McCarthy from the speakership succeeded. Continue reading
Apr 17 WATCH: Kevin McCarthy delivers speech after 100 days as House speaker By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press When Rep. Kevin McCarthy emerged from a messy 15-ballot election and ascended to House speaker, he was emboldened rather than chastened by the fight, declaring that his father taught him early on in life: “It’s not how you start; it's how you finish.”… Continue reading
Jan 11 Watch 8:25 A look at the political wrangling over house speakerships in state legislatures While Republicans in the House were fighting over the vote for speaker, two states faced their own high-stakes tensions as they chose who to lead their statehouses. Karen Kasler of Ohio Public Radio and TV and Katie Meyer of Spotlight… Continue watching
Jan 09 Watch 5:16 Republicans deciding House rules package after contentious week of speaker votes By Lisa Desjardins In the first big test of Kevin McCarthy's speakership, the House is voting on a controversial rules package that will set the procedural plans for this new Congress. The package includes provisions from closed-door deals made with hardliners in the… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch 6:07 McCarthy still short of votes to become speaker, but emerging deal chips away at holdouts By Lisa Desjardins, Ali Schmitz After four days and 13 rounds of voting, the House made some progress Friday but has still failed to elect a speaker. More than a dozen Republicans switched their votes to support Congressman Kevin McCarthy, but a handful of hard-right… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch 10:20 Brooks and Capehart on the political chaos in the House New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including the political fight in the House unlike any seen since the Civil War and the second anniversary… Continue watching
Jan 04 House adjourns for 2nd day without a speaker after McCarthy fails to win enough Republican support By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press House Republicans plowed through the second day of the new Congress, with no clear off-ramp from their political chaos over electing leader Kevin McCarthy as the new speaker. Continue reading