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President Biden is already reaching out to moderate House Republicans to get a deal on raising the debt ceiling, but if the far right doesn’t get the standoff that they crave it could be curtains for Kevin McCarthy. Politico reported: The White House is already working behind the scenes to …

The Dallas Cowboys dismantled the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last night. This victory exorcized road playoff demons still swirling about from the first Bush administration, ended the Buccaneers’ season and will potentially send Tom Brady on a spiritual walkabout as he ponders his future. Dak Prescott looked like one of the …

House Democrats and progressives are getting set to give Kevin McCarthy constant headaches by filing motions to remove him as speaker. Politico reported: “Why not? You know, that sounds like a good idea. I mean, you’re still going to need what, 218 for passage, right? But listen, man, he has …

“The Tea Party movement was more about fighting the Obama administration, Pelosi and Reid,” said a member of that class, Representative Jeff Duncan, Republican of South Carolina. But, as both an echo of what Mr. Gingrich encountered in 1998 and a harbinger for the present G.O.P. intramural brawling, several restive …

 Republican house leader, Kevin McCarthy was elected House speaker on Saturday morning, January 7, after a historic 15th ballot, overcoming holdouts from his party and floor tensions that boiled over after a chaotic week that tested the Republican party majority’s ability to govern. Electing a speaker is normally an easy, joyous task …

Within minutes of Kevin McCarthy being elected Speaker of the House, President Biden made it clear that cutting Social Security and Medicare is a no-go. President Biden said in a statement provided to PoliticusUSA: Jill and I congratulate Kevin McCarthy on his election as Speaker of the House. The American …

WASHINGTON — For days as hard-right lawmakers voted again and again to block him from becoming speaker, Representative Kevin McCarthy of California sat on the House floor with a grin plastered to his face. Talking with reporters, he gamely brushed off the notion that his historic and humiliating slog to …

Kevin McCarthy still thinks that he could be the next Speaker of the House as he made a major concession to his opponents. McCarthy is refusing to drop out. Robert Costa of CBS News tweeted: Part of the reason the House GOP leadership wants to adjourn tonight is they feel …

The Republicans who blocked Representative Kevin McCarthy of California from becoming speaker on Tuesday include some of the most hard-right lawmakers in the House; most denied the 2020 election, are members of the Freedom Caucus, or both. Here’s a closer look at the 20 lawmakers. Re-elected representatives Anna Paulina Luna …

WASHINGTON — Only hours before the vote, Representative Kevin McCarthy of California was still laboring on Tuesday to lock down the support he needed to be elected speaker, with ultraconservative holdouts digging in for what could become a chaotic floor fight at the dawn of the new House Republican majority. …