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McCarthy Urges Calm if Trump Arrested
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McCarthy Urges Calm if Trump Arrested
2023-03-20 14:29:13
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said Sunday that he doesn’t think people should protest if former President Donald Trump is arrested on charges brought by the Manhattan district attorney’s office. On Saturday, Trump took to his Truth Social... Read More

Congress
House Republicans Roll Out Massive Energy and Permitting Overhaul
2023-03-16 14:18:49
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — After weeks of introducing “messaging” resolutions aimed at pleasing the party’s hardcore base of so-called “MAGA Republicans,” the House GOP this week is rolling out its first major piece of legislation. Called H.R. 1 — the Lower Energy... Read More

Federal Budget
McCarthy, Biden, Have ‘Good’ First Meeting on Debt Crisis 
2023-02-02 20:40:48
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., emerged with a smile from an hour of highly anticipated budget talks with President Joe Biden on Wednesday, but gave no indication how quickly next steps will progress to avoid a default on... Read More

Political News
Biden to Deliver State of the Union Feb. 7
2023-01-13 21:29:27
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Invitation sent, invitation accepted. Minutes after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Friday invited President Joe Biden to deliver his annual State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Feb. 7, the president said... Read More

Treasury
US Will Hit Debt Limit on Thursday, Yellen Tells Congress
2023-01-13 19:48:15
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Congress on Friday that she will have to begin employing “extraordinary measures” next Thursday, Jan. 19, to continue to pay the nation’s bills. The notice from Yellen, spelled out in a letter to... Read More

Congress
House Narrowly Approves New Rules Package
2023-01-10 16:35:39
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — House Republicans pushed through an overhaul of the rules for the new Congress on Monday, overcoming the concerns of some members of their own party regarding concessions Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., made last week to finally become speaker.... Read More

Congress
McCarthy Wins Speakership in Post-Midnight Session
2023-01-07 15:04:09
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., won election as House Speaker early Saturday morning after a last minute maneuver at the end of the 15th round of voting forestalled a motion for adjournment and another potential round of voting next... Read More

Congress
Tide Turns Toward McCarthy in Latest Speaker Votes
2023-01-06 19:00:49
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., lost a 13th straight speakership vote on Friday afternoon, but for the first time all week, several Republican holdouts flipped their votes in his favor, apparently paving the way for his ultimate victory. Though... Read More

Congress
McCarthy Quest for Speaker Gavel Falls Short for Third Straight Day
2023-01-05 21:59:33
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — If there can be any such thing as hanging above the abyss on a yo-yo string, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., may just be accomplishing that feat. For the third straight day, in vote after vote, the man who... Read More

Congress
McCarthy Pinning Thursday Hopes on Campaign Concession
2023-01-05 14:56:02
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and his allies in Congress are pinning their hope that he’ll finally be elected House speaker on Thursday on a promise that his political action committee won’t support candidates in open primaries in safe... Read More

Congress
McCarthy Again Three Time Loser on Second Day of Voting on New House Speaker
2023-01-04 19:00:15
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., ended Wednesday afternoon just as he ended his Tuesday — on the short ends of successive votes for the next speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. After all the votes were cast... Read More

Congress
Gaetz Assails McCarthy Move Into Speaker’s Office
2023-01-04 16:42:41
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., stepped up his rhetoric against House speaker candidate Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., Tuesday night, demanding to know why his colleague is already inhabiting the speaker’s office. Over the course of a brutal afternoon, McCarthy lost... Read More

Congress
House Adjourns After McCarthy Falls Short in Three Votes for Speaker
2023-01-03 23:33:42
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — The House adjourned on Tuesday evening after Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., failed in three back-to-back votes to secure enough support to be elected House speaker. The votes left the House GOP in an apparent state of chaos.... Read More

Congress
118th Congress Opens With Intrigue, Meanwhile McConnell Makes History
2023-01-03 16:53:21
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — House Republicans held a last ditch, closed door meeting in the Capitol Tuesday morning, with Rep. Kevin McCarthy, D-Calif., trying once again to rally support for his bid to be the next speaker of the House. With reporters... Read More

Congress
As McCarthy Battles On, Scalise Lays Out Opening Weeks of 118th Congress
2023-01-02 16:08:31
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — The first two weeks of a Republican-controlled House of Representatives will feature a hard tilt to the right with lawmakers voting on a number of messaging bills sure to make no headway in a Senate controlled by the... Read More

Opinion Polls
Most Americans Have Low Expectations for New Congress, Pollster Finds
2022-12-14 18:33:21
by Dan McCue

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. – A majority of Americans expect little change when Republicans take control of Congress in January, and four out of five said their expectations that Congress will effectively conduct the people’s business remains low. Those opinions... Read More

Congress
Hakeem Jeffries Elected to Lead House Democrats Into the Future
2022-11-30 21:00:27
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Sixty-one years after President John F. Kennedy famously declared during his inaugural address that “the torch has been passed” to a new generation, that process was renewed again on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, as House Democrats unanimously elected... Read More

Congress
McCarthy's Pursuit of Speaker's Gavel Comes at a High Cost

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is in the fight of his political life, grinding through the promises and proposals, cajoling and deal-making necessary to win over reluctant colleagues whose support he needs to become House speaker. Every new commitment from... Read More

Political News
McCarthy, GOP Leaders, Lay Out Argument for Voting Republican in November
2022-09-23 19:51:23
by Dan McCue

MONONGAHELA, Pa. — House Republican leaders traveled to this small town just south of Pittsburgh on Friday to roll out the GOP agenda they hope will chip away at a surge in momentum Democrats have enjoyed in recent weeks and... Read More

Jan. 6
Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas McCarthy, Four Other GOP Lawmakers

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House panel issued subpoenas Thursday to House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other GOP lawmakers in its probe into the violent Jan. 6 insurrection, an extraordinary step that has little precedent and is certain to further... Read More

Immigration
What They’re Saying About the End of Title 42 Expulsions
2022-04-06 23:02:49
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration last week announced it will wind down the pandemic-era order known as Title 42 in late May.  Though always controversial, the decision to do away with what were, in essence, summary deportations in the name... Read More

Jan. 6
Jan. 6 Panel Missing Roughly Eight Hours of Trump's Phone Calls

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol has identified a roughly eight-hour gap in official records of then-President Donald Trump's phone calls as the violence unfolded and his supporters stormed the building, according to... Read More

Political News
GOP Leader McCarthy Says He Won't Cooperate With Jan 6 Panel
2022-01-13 17:04:19
by Reece Nations

WASHINGTON — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is refusing a request by the House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection to submit to an interview and turn over records pertaining to the deadly riot. The House Select Committee to Investigate... Read More

Congress
House Moves Toward OK of Dems' Sweeping Social, Climate Bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats brushed aside months-long divisions and approached House passage of their expansive social and environment bill Friday, as President Joe Biden and his party neared a defining win in their drive to use their control of government... Read More

Political News
House Censures Gosar, Strips Him of Committees Over Video
2021-11-17 22:34:06
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives voted to censure Rep. Paul Gosar Wednesday over his posting of a cartoon video on Twitter that showed him beheading Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and lunging, with swords in hand, at President Joe Biden.... Read More

Political News
House Speaker Calls for Investigations Into Gosar Over Video
2021-11-09 20:07:53
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Tuesday called for multiple investigations into Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., following his tweeting of an animated video that shows him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and threatening President Biden. "Threats of violence... Read More

Congress
Dems Ask McCarthy to Recant Pelosi Taunt as Tensions Rise

WASHINGTON (AP) — Several House Democrats have called on House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy to apologize to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi or resign after audio surfaced of him saying at a weekend fundraiser that it would be "hard not to... Read More

Political News
Republicans Vow to Keep Raising Jan. 6 Questions, Despite Committee Quarrels
2021-07-23 20:34:05
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - As a select committee prepares to open its investigation Tuesday into the events leading up to and during the Jan. 6 insurrection on Capitol Hill, a trio of House Republicans wonder what might have been. Everyone expected some... Read More

Congress
Pelosi Says 'Deadly Serious' Jan. 6 Probe to Go Without GOP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Unfazed by Republican threats of a boycott, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared that a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection will take on its "deadly serious" work whether Republicans participate or not.  The Republicans' House... Read More

Congress
Who’s Who on the Select Committee Investigating Capitol Siege
2021-07-02 14:39:40
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - On Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi created quite the splash by appointing Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming to the new select committee that will soon begin a new investigation into the violent Jan. 6 attack on the... Read More

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