House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol on July 11, 2src23. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Speaker Kevin McCarthy is working furiously to prevent another House floor takeover by his hardest-right conservatives as the GOP prepares to tackle some of the year’s biggest bills. With the House back for a final stretch before
McCarthy overcomes Rules rebellion over debt deal
The House Rules Committee is now on track to advance the bipartisan debt deal to the floor for a vote Wednesday after Rep. Thomas Massie helped the GOP lock down a simple majority. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Speaker Kevin McCarthy has cleared yet another hurdle for his bipartisan debt deal with President Joe Biden: fending off
McCarthy races to sell newly released debt deal amid rumblings of far-right rebellion
During a conference-wide conference call Saturday night, Speaker Kevin McCarthy highlighted what he sees as GOP victories in the agreement. | Francis Chung/POLITICO House Republicans and the White House unveiled the text of a two-year bipartisan budget deal on Sunday that would lift the $31.4 trillion debt limit through the 2src24 election and limit federal
Former drug dealer on mission to prevent overdose deaths after harrowing past: Rebellion ‘led me to crime’
A former drug dealer who served time in prison is on a mission to save lives. After leaving a troubling life of crime, Pancho Mercado launched Team HAVOC, a nonprofit organization in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that is fighting against the nation’s growing opioid epidemic – which robbed the lives of 491 people in the city alone […]