Jan 06 Kevin McCarthy makes big gains for speaker, but still short as House adjourns till evening By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press House leader Kevin McCarthy is getting closer to victory in the grueling, hard-fought struggle to become speaker of the new Congress. Continue reading
Jan 06 On 2nd anniversary of Capitol attack, speaker gridlock paralyzes House again By Zeke Miller, Mary Clare Jalonick, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press Washington has one specialty that has long endured — memorializing and coming together over a national trauma. Continue reading
Jan 05 WATCH: Kevin McCarthy elected House speaker on 4th chaotic day By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press McCarthy was elected House speaker on a historic post-midnight 15th ballot early Saturday, overcoming holdouts from his own ranks and floor tensions boiling over after a chaotic week that tested the new GOP majority’s ability to govern. Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch 6:33 GOP divide leaves House without speaker for 3rd day as McCarthy again falls short By Lisa Desjardins, Saher Khan, Kyle Midura After three days and hundreds of votes cast, the house has still not elected a speaker. There is no sign that Kevin McCarthy has broken his GOP opposition, leaving the Republican party divided and Congress paralyzed. Lisa Desjardins reports on… Continue watching
Jan 04 WATCH: House meets for 3rd day of speaker vote after McCarthy fails to win more Republican support By Farnoush Amiri, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press The House stalemate over choosing a new speaker is continuing for a long, excruciating third day of voting with no end in sight. Continue reading
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
Jan 04 Who are the House Republicans voting against Kevin McCarthy for speaker? By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The Republicans opposing Rep. Kevin McCarthy's bid to become the next House speaker generally have made their mark as part of the GOP's ultra conservative wing. Continue reading
Jan 04 WATCH: I hope they get their act together,’ Biden says of Republican vote for House speaker By Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Joe Biden says House Republicans' inability to unify behind a speaker candidate is "embarrassing" and "not a good look" for the country. Continue reading
Jan 04 WATCH: Biden, McConnell make bipartisan trip to Kentucky amid House GOP chaos By Seung Min Kim, Associated Press President Joe Biden is in Kentucky visiting a dilapidated bridge that's getting a federal facelift and talking up the virtues of bipartisanship with Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell. Continue reading
Jan 03 WATCH: House adjourns on the 2nd day of voting after McCarthy falls short of majority By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Kevin Freking, 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