Kevin McCarthy’s decision to resign at the end of the year has launched a messy succession fight that reflects the Republican fractures that cost him the speakership. | Francis Chung/POLITICO SACRAMENTO â A Republican running to replace former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is threatening lawsuit to block McCarthyâs chosen heir from the ballot, plunging the
âAdopt Kevin or ditch himâ: McCarthyâs speakership now at the mercy of Dems
October 25, 2023 by
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy could face an unusual alliance of those on both ends of the political spectrum. | Francis Chung/POLITICO The fate of Kevin McCarthyâs speakership now rests in House Democratsâ hands. After relying on Democrats to keep the government funded Saturday, the GOP leader is expected to need them to bail him out
Tom Cole: McCarthyâs âcutsâ deal with conservatives now void
October 24, 2023 by
âThis agreement was faulty from the beginning. Itâs changed over time, and now in a sense, it doesnât exist at all because McCarthy isnât the speaker anymore,â Rep. Tom Cole said in an interview. | AP With Kevin McCarthy out as speaker, House Rules Chair Tom Cole says Republicans are free to step back from
Senators seek to stop shutdowns forever, after McCarthyâs spending stumbles
October 17, 2023 by
As the government shutdown deadline edges closer, a bipartisan idea is gaining new traction on both sides of a Capitol: taking shutdowns off the table entirely. Senators and House members began circulating a letter on Friday pushing legislation that would automatically fund the government past spending deadlines like Sept. 3src. Itâs a longshot, but if
Pelosi mocks McCarthy’s ‘ever incredibly shrinking speakership’
September 14, 2023 by
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday that House Speaker Kevin McCarthyâs concessions to conservatives on his right flank to win his leadership position have diminished the worth of the position. âI think itâs an ever incredibly shrinking speakership,â Pelosi told CNNâs Anderson Cooper, pointing to the concessions McCarthy made to become speaker. âIt
White House not sweating McCarthyâs inquiry launch: âNot even wall-to-wall on cableâ
September 13, 2023 by
Inside the White House, some aides had long expected President Joe Biden would be impeached. Theyâd been preparing for it for months. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo No administration is excited about an impeachment inquiry being launched into the sitting president. But inside the Biden White House, the response to House Republicans taking that step was
‘Trying to figure it out’: McCarthy’s conservative rebels struggle with next steps
August 17, 2023 by
Rep. Scott Perry, chair of the House Freedom Caucus, described this fall’s government funding debate as “front and center” for conservatives, as it “should be.” | Francis Chung/POLITICO Conservative hardliners are already agitating for their next fight with Speaker Kevin McCarthy over hundreds of billions of dollars in spending cuts. Beyond that, though, they donât
Hakeem Jeffries says he has ‘no idea’ what Kevin McCarthy’s talking about
May 29, 2023 by
The compromise reached last night âwill not be a final agreementâ House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said, until Congress has been able to review the legislation. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Sunday that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told him there is ânot one thing in the bill for Democrats.â
The debt talks are about to test McCarthyâs hold on his party
May 23, 2023 by
For the moment, multiple members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus are pleased with Speaker Kevin McCarthyâs outreach. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Speaker Kevin McCarthyâs negotiations with President Joe Biden are serving another purpose besides reaching a debt deal â as his second job interview with conservatives. As the talks lurch closer to the Treasury Departmentâs
Report: Mitch McConnell Backs Kevin McCarthyâs Hand Ahead of Debt Summit Next Week
May 6, 2023 by
Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) backed House Speaker Kevin McCarthyâs support for âsubstantiveâ budget cuts days before he is set to meet with President Joe Biden and other congressional leaders to negotiate on debt ceiling legislation. The Hill reported that McConnell signed onto a letter sent to Democrat Senate Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), led
McCarthy’s GOP tries to move on from Tucker Carlson-Jan. 6 drama
April 14, 2023 by
Mere hours after Tucker Carlsonâs latest segment minimizing the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, House Republicans were eager to change the subject from the Fox News hostâs riot revisionism. While Carlson continued to roil Washington, many GOP lawmakers who gathered Wednesday morning were celebrating their unexpected win on a bill rolling back progressive D.C. crime laws
Kevin McCarthyâs blame game sweeps Capitol Hill
April 10, 2023 by
Thereâs a reason Speaker Kevin McCarthy is singling out Reps. Jodey Arrington and Steve Scalise, and itâs about more than just disagreements over policy or strategy. | Scott Applewhite/AP Photo Soon after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy cliched the speakership, some of his allies began to fret: How the hell was he going to live up
Exclusive â Jim Banks: Voters Would Be âImmediately Betrayedâ if GOP Worked with Democrats to Oppose McCarthyâs SpeakershipÂ
January 12, 2023 by
Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), the chairman of the Republican Study Committee, spoke with Breitbart News about House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthyâs (R-CA) run for Speaker and said it would be a âvery shameful momentâ and that voters would be âimmediately betrayedâ if establishment Republicans worked with Democrats to install a moderate Speaker. LISTEN: Breitbart News
Donald Trump Jr. Calls Out Republicans Fighting Against Kevin McCarthyâs SpeakershipÂ
January 12, 2023 by
Donald Trump Jr. called out Republicans who are against former President Donald Trumpâs choice for the next House Speaker, GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), and said those Republicans are âin effect empowering those who impeached Donald Trump.â Trump Jr.âs remarks come amid concerns from top conservatives about a âdoomsday scenarioâ where House Democrats would undercut
MTG Torches McCarthyâs Opposers for âRisking the Gavelâ: âThey Do Not Have a Planâ for Speaker
January 11, 2023 by
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) issued a lengthy statement Tuesday criticizing House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthyâs (R-CA) detractors, saying they were âlying to the baseâ about having plans for the upcoming speaker vote. Greene, a vocal supporter of McCarthyâs bid for speaker, took aim at those she described as âNever Kevin Caucusâ members in a
âItâs how you finishâ: Speaker McCarthy’s years-long struggle to grasp the gavel after battling ‘Never Kevins’
January 11, 2023 by
Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected to serve as speaker of the House late Friday night, fulfilling his years-long quest to secure the speaker’s gavel. In his mission to become the next speaker, McCarthy, who got involved in politics in 1987 when he served as an intern for former GOP Rep. Bill Thomas of California, […]
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January 11, 2023 by
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McCarthy’s ongoing speaker battle paralyzes House
January 11, 2023 by
Kevin McCarthy on Thursday took the unusual step of punting conferencewide races for committee leadership slots until after his speaker election on Jan. 3. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Kevin McCarthyâs imperiled speakership bid is threatening to incapacitate Republicans during a crucial planning period, virtually guaranteeing a sluggish start for the new House majority. The GOP leader
Two lawmakers nearly come to blows â and other crazy moments from McCarthyâs final speaker votes
January 7, 2023 by
Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) pulls Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) back as he spoke with Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.). | Andrew Harnik/AP Photo Even for career-long observers of Congress, Friday night on the House floor was a sight to behold. The chamber descended into chaos when two lawmakers nearly came to fisticuffs â the frustration of
GOP debates: Who could take McCarthy’s place?
January 5, 2023 by
If Rep. Kevin McCarthy does drop out, Rep. Steve Scalise is the most obvious fall-back option. | Francis Chung/POLITICO If not Kevin McCarthy, then who? Itâs the all-consuming question that has started openly percolating among the House GOP, as McCarthyâs speaker bid stalls. So far, though, Justin Amash â a former congressman who switched from
The â23 20: The Republicans who bucked McCarthyâs speaker bid
January 3, 2023 by
Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) Republicans originally rallied behind the Arizona Republican, the former chair of the House Freedom Caucus, as a symbolic alternative to McCarthy during the first conference-wide vote for GOP leader. Thirty-one GOP lawmakers voted for someone other than McCarthy last November, a sign that McCarthy would not have the votes come Jan. 3.
Friends to the left of him, critics to the right: McCarthyâs stuck in the chase
December 30, 2022 by
Five Republicans so far are threatening to oppose Kevin McCarthy in that vote, a number that’s possibly enough to derail him given the slim GOP majority next year. | Francis Chung/POLITICO House Republicans are playing high-stakes tug of war with Kevin McCarthyâs speakership dreams. And now both sides are digging in their heels. On the
McCarthy’s next step on the GOP tightrope: Navigating concessions to conservatives
November 17, 2022 by
More than 5src members of the Republican Main Street Partnership met on Wednesday morning to discuss their legislative priorities and how they plan to flex their muscle as the second-largest GOP group on Capitol Hill, a Republican familiar with the sitdown told POLITICO. Meanwhile, some GOP lawmakers who backed McCarthy on Tuesday might end up
McCarthyâs victory party fizzles
November 12, 2022 by
McCarthy, flanked by RNC chair Ronna McDaniel and House GOP campaign arm chief Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), claimed that Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) lost his race and would be the first Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chair to be ousted in 4src years, and that Republican candidate Anthony DâEsposito had won his seat in New York.
Scalise prepares to shift from whip to McCarthy’s hand-in-glove No. 2
November 6, 2022 by
And as go-go as Scalise has been on the trail for Republicans, he remains second to McCarthy there too: Since October began, Scalise has visited 17 different states stumping for 42 members. Over the same period, McCarthy has traveled in support of 17src GOP candidates and incumbents â including to 9 states alone last week.
Democrat Rep. Elaine Luria: Opponent Wants to Kiss Kevin McCarthyâs Feet, Ring, Every Other Thing
October 21, 2022 by
Democrat Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA) accused her Republican challenger, Virginia state Sen. Jen Kiggans, of wanting to kiss Republican House Leader Kevin McCarthyâs (D-CA) âfeet, and his ring, and every other thing,â Fox News reported. Luria made her remarks on Monday during her second debate against Kiggans. Luria suggested her Republican opponent wants Americans to continue paying…
Poll: Kevin McCarthy’s Popularity Among GOP Reaches High Point for Party
February 5, 2021 by
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthyâs (R-CA) popularity among Republicans is at a high point compared to GOP leaders of the last several years, including former House Speakers Paul Ryan (R-WI) and John Boehner (R-OH), as indicated by a new survey. The Axios-SurveyMonkey survey, conducted February 1â2 and titled âFuture of the GOP,â measured the net favorability rating…