Oct 01 Rep. Matt Gaetz sets sights on ousting Kevin McCarthy from speaker’s chair By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Rep. Matt Gaetz said Sunday he will try to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a fellow Republican, from his leadership position this week after McCarthy relied on Democratic support to pass legislation that avoided a government shutdown. “Bring it on,” McCarthy responded. Continue reading
Jan 07 Watch 6:23 What House Speaker McCarthy’s concessions to get elected mean for the nation By John Yang, Kaisha Young, Harry Zahn After four days of defeats, Republican Kevin McCarthy was finally elected as Speaker of the House on the 15th vote, the most attempts since before the Civil War. His dramatic victory came after a series of concessions that will give… Continue watching
Jan 07 McCarthy elected House speaker after chaotic votes in late-night session By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press Republican Kevin 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 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 04 Watch 12:48 Speaker vote deadlocked again after second day of infighting among House Republicans By Lisa Desjardins, Ali Schmitz, Ian Couzens After two days and six rounds of votes, the House of Representatives has still not elected a speaker. Nearly two dozen Republicans have blocked Congressman Kevin McCarthy from taking the gavel and there’s no end in sight. Lisa Desjardins reports… Continue watching
Jan 04 Here’s what the speaker of the House actually does By Rachel Paine Caufield, The Conversation The speaker of the House is the most visible and authoritative spokesperson for the majority party in the House. But their role goes beyond politics to everything from accounting to procurement. Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch 8:59 House adjourns until Wednesday after McCarthy fails to win enough votes to become speaker By Lisa Desjardins, Ali Schmitz Tuesday marked the start of a new Congress with Democrats retaining the Senate and Republicans taking control of the House. Republican Kevin McCarthy has aimed to be Speaker for years but a group of his own party members adamantly opposed… Continue watching
Jan 03 The GOP drama behind the House speaker vote By Lisa Desjardins There's a possible deadlock over who will be the speaker of the House. Here's a brief rundown on what can happen today (and maybe later this week). Continue reading