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McCarthy to Johnson: ‘Do not be fearful of a motion to vacate’: Former Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who was ousted from the Speakership last year ...
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No One Is Shedding a Tear for Kevin McCarthy: On this week’s episode of The New Abnormal, why people are so keen to forget that Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) didn’t ...
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House remains paralyzed with no end in sight for speakership battle after Jordan’s exit
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House speaker vote live updates: 6 Republicans now running in 4th try: House Majority Whip Tom Emmer ended his speaker bid just hours after he received his ...
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House GOP desperately tries to prevent speaker paralysis 2.0: "It's strangely a worse circumstance than we have now even though it's well intentioned."
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House Republicans Nominate Steve Scalise for Speaker, Teeing Up Floor Fight: The Louisiana lawmaker is currently House Majority Leader and had been facing off ...
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After McCarthy's ouster: hangover and speculation about Trump.: After the exit of McCarthy as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives ...
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Some Republicans worry Kevin McCarthy's ouster will weaken fundraising ahead of 2024 election
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Quick Glance: Matt Gaetz: The Man Who Brought Down Kevin McCarthy - A Historic Achievement
  • In a one-man campaign, Republican Matt Gaetz successfully removed sitting House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday, revealing an unprecedented intra-party conflict in US history.

  • Gaetz emerged victorious in the highly contested 2010 Republican primary for the Florida state House, leveraging his resources as an attorney.

  • In 2021, federal investigators reportedly examined Gaetz's 2018 trip to the Bahamas, which allegedly involved escorts, including a 17-year-old girl.

  • The feud between Gaetz and McCarthy became evident this year.
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White House strikes business-as-usual tone after McCarthy’s ouster as Biden campaign highlights GOP disarray
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When ‘main characters’ commandeer Congress: The defining personality trait of our time has entered the political mainstream.
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Shutdown deal avoids political pain for Republican moderates: GOP lawmakers in districts that Biden won feared damage to their reelection prospects from a ...
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Videos Shows Protesters Take Over Kevin McCarthy's Office: Two advocacy groups staged protests in the House speaker's office in support of an HIV/AIDS medication ...
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Kevin McCarthy opens impeachment inquiry without passing budget despite once criticizing Democrats for the same
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Quick Glance: McCarthy Starts Impeachment Inquiry without Budget, Contradicting Past Criticism
  • McCarthy called for the inquiry to appease far-right members of the Republican caucus.

  • He previously criticized Democrats for prioritizing impeachment over basic government responsibilities.

  • McCarthy expressed concern that impeachment has overtaken congressional work and hindered resources for troops.

  • He emphasized the potential consequences of lowering the impeachment standard.
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Government shutdown: WIC program feeding moms, kids has days of funds: Lawmakers have until midnight Saturday to keep from shuttering the entire government ...
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Government shutdown: WIC program feeding moms, kids has days of funds
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Protesters arrested for occupying Kevin McCarthy’s office over Aids funding : Program caught in a partisan fight over abortion and is under threat amid ...
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Morning brief: Republican lawmaker pushes to oust House Speaker McCarthy, UKs healthcare racism, & more
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Republican clown show in D.C. will bring real pain in Massachusetts: To US Representatives Lori Trahan and Seth Moulton, a bruising government shutdown is ...
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Republican clown show in D.C. will bring real pain in Massachusetts
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The daily business briefing: September 19, 2023: Instacart prices its shares at top of range in IPO, the UAW threatens to widen its strike, and more
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The daily business briefing: September 19, 2023
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Quick Glance: Republicans Reject Calls to Exclude RFK Jr. as Hearing Witness
  • House Republicans reject calls from Democrats to exclude Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a witness for Thursday's hearing after his claim that the COVID-19 virus targeted Jewish and Chinese people.

  • "I disagree with everything he said," said Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Monday.

  • "The hearing we have this week is about censorship," McCarthy continued.

  • Kennedy is set to testify as a witness chosen by Republicans.
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RFK Jr. Claims He's Not Anti-Vax During Congressional Hearing: Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before congress, where his conspiratorial ...
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RFK Jr. Claims He's Not Anti-Vax During Congressional Hearing
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Whoopi Goldberg tells McCarthy to ‘grow a pair of cojones’ after Trump comments: “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg on Wednesday said House Speaker Kevin ...
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Here are the states where it's costliest to give birth
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Top House Republicans say RFK Jr. will still testify to House: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he disagrees "with everything" Kennedy Jr. said ...
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Trump Did It Again: If arrested, he’s called on “protesters” to come to his defense.
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Trump Did It Again
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Biden praises Kevin McCarthy on debt deal: 'Both sides kept their word.': President Joe Biden praised Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for negotiating "in ...
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Biden praises Kevin McCarthy on debt deal: 'Both sides kept their word.'
Quick Glance: Senate Passes Bill to Increase Debt Ceiling and Sends it to Biden's Desk
  • On Thursday night, the Senate passed a bill to increase the debt ceiling.

  • After passing the House with a wide and bipartisan margin on Wednesday night, the measure was approved with a bipartisan majority of 63-36 votes.

  • Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned that the U.S. could run out of money to pay its bills on June 5 if Congress doesn't act, leading the Senate to put a bill on President Biden's desk.

  • Follow below to catch up on how the night unfolded.
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UnitedHealth backs off contentious prior authorization plan
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Nearly 1 in 3 patients don't see primary care doc: Nearly 30% of all patients who received medical services 2016-2022 did not see a primary care physician ...
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Nearly 1 in 3 patients don't see primary care doc
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White House, GOP agree to cut excess COVID funding as talks progress: sources: President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy are meeting late Monday to discuss the ...
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White House, GOP agree to cut excess COVID funding as talks progress: ...
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The menopause gap at work: It's a somewhat taboo topic that affects women just as they're at the top of their fields.
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Fact Check: Did Donald Trump Promise to Eliminate National Debt?: Former President Donald Trump was accused of breaking a pledge to eliminate all national debt.
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Fact Check: Did Donald Trump Promise to Eliminate National Debt?
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Kevin McCarthy, House GOP Debt-Limit Plan Face Crucial Test This Week: Health of economy, McCarthy’s speakership could rest on whether Republicans can pass plan ...
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Kevin McCarthy, House GOP Debt-Limit Plan Face Crucial Test This Week
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The Week in Photos: Drying wells, migrating birds and mo: What else you may have missed: McCarthy leverages majority in debt ceiling negotiations; musician's ...
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Trump Did It Again: If arrested, he’s called on “protesters” to come to his defense.
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McCarthy downplays N.Y. case against Trump, dismisses it as ‘personal money’: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) sought to downplay the N.Y ...
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McCarthy downplays N.Y. case against Trump, dismisses it as ‘personal ...
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Fact Check: Did Joe Biden Increase the Deficit by $800 Billion?: Following the State of the Union address, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy contradicted White House ...
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Fact Check: Did Joe Biden Increase the Deficit by $800 Billion?
Quick Glance: Republicans Read the Constitution on the House Floor
  • "This morning we will read the full text of the United States Constitution."

  • On the House floor, Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) stated.

  • According to The Washington Post, House lawmakers first recited the Constitution from the floor of the chamber in 2011.

  • Republicans took control of the House in November, though by a much narrower margin than had been predicted.
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GOP Rep. Blasts 'Corrosive' Kevin McCarthy Kicking Democrats Off Committees: Don Bacon criticized McCarthy for denying Democrats Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell ...
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Quick Glance: Democrats are urging House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to deny Republican Rep. George Santos access to classified information.
  • George Santos' access to classified information, claiming the scandal-plagued freshman lawmaker "cannot be trusted" with sensitive information.

  • Morelle and Meeks asked McCarthy in a letter on Wednesday to limit Santos' access to classified materials, "including preventing him from attending any classified briefings and limiting his access to such information through his committee assignments."

  • "Congressman George Santos was assigned to committees whose jurisdiction may pertain to only a portion of our country's national security and foreign policy agenda, yet this does not stop or inhibit him from requesting a secure briefing or classified documents regarding a breadth of topics at any time," they said.
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McCarthy locks out leading Democrats from key committees, sparking partisan outrage
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Quick Glance: Rep. Ilhan Omar criticizes Republicans ahead of a potential vote to remove her from a committee post.
  • Ilhan Omar mocked Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday, as the GOP's attempt to remove her from the House Foreign Affairs Committee nears completion.

  • Greene and Gosar have both been assigned to committees now that Republicans control the House.

  • Republicans, however, can only spare a small number of votes if they want to remove Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee.

  • "The Democratic caucus stands with Representative Omar that she should serve on this committee," Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep.
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Speaker McCarthy. But at What Cost?: What concessions did the California Republican make to finally secure the role he has sought for so long?
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Speaker McCarthy. But at What Cost?
Quick Glance: George Santos is accused of flashing a white-power symbol on the House floor.
  • While voting for Kevin McCarthy as speaker, Rep. George Santos appeared to flash an OK symbol, which is associated with white supremacists.

  • On Twitter, New York Democrat Ritchie Torres stated, "George Santos is not biracial but tri-racial."

  • He now wields Latino, black, and white power.

  • On Twitter, Anna Kaplan demanded Santos quit, writing, "This is truly sick – the fraud about to become our Congressman made a 'white power' hand gesture today in Congress as he cast his vote for Speaker of the House."white power" hand gesture today in Congress as he cast his vote for Speaker of the House."
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Fact Check: Under Donald Trump, Did U.S. Accrue 25% of National Debt?: The federal debt rose trillions during the Republican's time four years in office ...
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Fact Check: Under Donald Trump, Did U.S. Accrue 25% of National Debt?
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Speaker McCarthy says he will discuss debt ceiling and government spending with Biden on Wednesday
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Quick Glance: The Biden-McCarthy Debt Limit Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday.
  • House Speaker Kevin McCarthy wants to cut spending, but he told CBS News on Sunday that cutting Social Security and Medicare is out of the question.

  • , Calif.) said Sunday that he would meet with President Joe Biden on Wednesday to discuss the nation's debt ceiling, as lawmakers try to iron out differences before a June deadline.

  • McCarthy told CBS News' Face the Nation that he would try to negotiate with Biden, despite Democrats' claims that the debt limit should be raised without conditions.
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Has McCarthy given up his House speaker powers before he’s even won?: Veterans of the recent GOP civil wars privately fear that Republicans have set themselves ...
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Has McCarthy given up his House speaker powers before he’s even won?
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In pictures: McCarthy elected speaker after historic stalemate: Produced by CNN Digital's Photo Team
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In pictures: McCarthy elected speaker after historic stalemate
Quick Glance: McCarthy collapse has both amused and horrified the Biden world.
  • While many House Democrats spent the day laughing at the chaos on the other side of the aisle, the White House kept a more serious face, at least publicly.

  • The president and his aides will continue to brand the GOP in public and private by highlighting the behavior of its more extreme voices — the "MAGA Republicans," as Biden has dubbed them — while also reaching out to Republicans who might work more constructively with Democrats, according to White House staffers.
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New House Speaker McCarthy Selects Taylor Greene For Coronavirus Pandemic Subcommittee
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New House Speaker McCarthy Selects Taylor Greene For Coronavirus Pandemic ...
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Kevin McCarthy's next battle: Getting the rest of GOP behind deal he made with hard-liners
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Quick Glance: Kevin McCarthy's next battle: Getting the rest of the GOP on board with the bargain he struck with hardliners
  • "I like the rules package," Mace commented on Sunday.

  • Another McCarthy backer who chastised the rebels, Dan Crenshaw, also indicated support for the rules package prior of Monday's vote.

  • "The new rules and the new ways of doing business are good," said Crenshaw on "State of the Union."

  • Night in review: Republican Kevin McCarthy is elected House Speaker; members are sworn in
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Shares House Republicans' First Priority: House Republicans revealed what their first bill will be after a tumultuous speaker vote.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Shares House Republicans' First Priority
Quick Glance: McCarthy fails to secure the Speakership as Gaetz gives the crucial vote
  • Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) gave the decisive present vote for Speaker, stopping Rep.

  • Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from obtaining the 217 total votes required to become Speaker.

  • Republicans celebrated Gaetz when he cast his current vote, despite the fact that it stopped them from obtaining the 217 votes McCarthy required to win the election at the time.

  • Hakeem Jeffries Tags Vote for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is a comedian. Kevin McCarthy is a comedian. Lauren Boebert is a model. Gaetz, Matt Gaetz, Matt Michael Rogers Mr. Patrick McHenry Mr. Richard Hudson
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McCarthy to Lead Republican Delegation to Southern US Border: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will travel this week to the US southern border with freshmen GOP ...
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McCarthy to Lead Republican Delegation to Southern US Border
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Hoyer confident McCarthy has votes to be Speaker: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Sunday said he would be “surprised” if House Minority Leader Kevin ...
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George Santos should be punished for 9/11 mom lie: Ground Zero worker: The worker, John Feal, responded to George Santos's debunked claim that his mom was in the ...
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George Santos should be punished for 9/11 mom lie: Ground Zero worker
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McCarthy Speaker Chaos is Just How Republicans Govern: Congressional chaos, COVID vaccine scaremongering, and online misogyny. It may be a new year ...
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McCarthy Speaker Chaos is Just How Republicans Govern
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Kevin McCarthy Is Already Inviting the Next Pandemic Mess: The new speaker could help us beat COVID-19 and prepare for future trouble. He’s gearing up to do the ...
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Kevin McCarthy Is Already Inviting the Next Pandemic Mess
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Watch: GOP Rep. Mike Rogers Lunges at Matt Gaetz, Has to Be Restrained: The Alabama Republican had to be held back by his face after lunging towards Matt Gaetz ...
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Watch: GOP Rep. Mike Rogers Lunges at Matt Gaetz, Has to Be Restrained
Quick Glance: Watch: GOP Rep. Mike Rogers Lunges at Matt Gaetz, Must Refrain
  • Late Friday night, Rep. Matt Gaetz's "present" vote cost Kevin McCarthy a 14th run for speaker.

  • Mike Rogers (R-AL) was forcibly restrained on the House floor.

  • Following a violent argument between McCarthy and Gaetz, Rogers approached Gaetz's row and approached him.

  • Rogers now serves as the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.
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US Speaker election remains mired in chaos after 11 failed votes: Hardline Republicans in the US House of Representatives rejected Kevin McCarthy's leadership ...
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US Speaker election remains mired in chaos after 11 failed votes
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George Santos Is Not an Aberration. He's the Poster Child for the MAGA GOP | Opinion
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George Santos Is Not an Aberration. He's the Poster Child for the MAGA GOP ...
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Democrats to McCarthy: George Santos a ‘direct threat to national security’: Several House Democrats with military backgrounds warned on Tuesday that Rep ...
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Democrats to McCarthy: George Santos a ‘direct threat to national ...
Quick Glance: House Rules Package Provides Democrats with a Way to Avoid a Debt Ceiling Crisis
  • The majority leader, in collaboration with the House Rules Committee, sets the floor schedule under normal circumstances, but a discharge petition can automatically pull a bill from committee and move it to the floor.

  • It is extremely unlikely, for example, that Democrats could find five Republicans to sign on to a discharge petition calling for a vote to codify Roe v. Wade.

  • A discharge petition to raise or eliminate the debt ceiling, on the other hand, has the potential to avert the financial crisis threatened by Freedom Caucus members who voted against Rep.

  • In the interview, Ocasio-Cortez stated, "Discharge petition is an excellent vehicle,"
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There are no moderate House Republicans: The media keeps talking about these 'normal' Republicans. Where are they hiding?
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There are no moderate House Republicans
Quick Glance: The Rules Package Vote in Congress: What We Know and What McCarthy Gave His Opponents
  • WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is back in action, this time over the rules package that regulates how the House conducts business.

  • The rules package, which usually draws little attention amid Congress' normal procedures, has been at the core of negotiations between new House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the right-wing lawmakers who delayed his election to the post for four days.

  • McCarthy was elected speaker after 15 rounds of voting and numerous concessions.

  • As Republicans try to pass the rules, the whole House will vote on those compromises Monday night, and there are already some defections.
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Biden administration considers proposal to end military COVID vaccine mandate: President Joe Biden's administration is mulling a proposal from Republican leader ...
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Biden administration considers proposal to end military COVID vaccine ...
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The budget deal reflects Senate Republican fears of the new GOP House: The agreement reflects the fear that the narrow GOP House majority is prepared to engage ...
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The budget deal reflects Senate Republican fears of the new GOP House
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White House opposes repealing military vaccine mandate through NDAA: The White House opposes using the annual defense spending bill to repeal a vaccine mandate ...
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White House opposes repealing military vaccine mandate through NDAA
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Hannity Berates Lauren Boebert in Heated Fox News Hit After Speaker Chaos: “I feel like I’m getting an answer from a liberal!” Hannity exclaimed at one point.
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Hannity Berates Lauren Boebert in Heated Fox News Hit After Speaker Chaos
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Congress eyes end to military coronavirus vaccine mandate: Kevin McCarthy claims he worked out a deal with President Biden as part of a defense bill ...
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Congress eyes end to military coronavirus vaccine mandate
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How the right took joy and profit in McCarthy’s misery: In Deep Red America, the 2022 election was defined not by GOP defeats in swing states but by a surge of ...
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How the right took joy and profit in McCarthy’s misery
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Speaker of the House vote memes and jokes: Kevin McCarthy gets roasted online amid 6 failed votes
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Quick Glance: McCarthy loses again on the ninth ballot in the United States Congress.
  • Republican Kevin McCarthy loses his bid for the chairmanship of the United States House of Representatives for the tenth time in a row.

  • McCarthy has previously been defeated on six ballots.

  • He was shamed after falling two days short of the requisite majority in the election for Speaker of the House of Representatives.

  • McCarthy is relying on practically every vote in his party to be elected Speaker, despite Republicans having a small majority in the House.
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