Tag Archives: Kevin McCarthy

Mediaite reports: Adam Kinzinger’s shots at McCarthy stemmed from a conversation with Bulwark’s Charlie Sykes this week on the topic of Rep. George Santos (R-NY). Sykes suggested McCarthy may do nothing at all to Santos, and Kinzinger, who recently signed on with CNN, eagerly agreed, describing him as a power-hungry leader. “Kevin’s a piece of shit,” Kinzinger said. “And let’s …

The Hill reports: Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Thursday that he would consider expunging one or both of former President Trump’s impeachments. “I would understand why members would want to bring that forward,” McCarthy said in response to a question at a press conference on Thursday. In the last Congress, a group of more than 30 House Republicans led by …

CNN reports: Santos has so far been defiant, pushing back on calls for his resignation – and House GOP leadership has not called on him to do so. Instead, McCarthy, a Republican from California, has indicated he will not join demands from New York GOP leaders, and others, for Santos’ resignation – and has indicated that Santos is on track …

Politico reports: Kevin McCarthy’s concessions to conservatives did more than win him the speaker’s gavel — they empowered House progressives to wreak havoc. And they’re eager to mess with him. Republicans’ new rules allow just one member, regardless of party, to force a floor vote on deposing the speaker. And liberal Democrats, some of whom are part of the progressive …

Media Matters has the transcript: Let’s talk about a moment — maybe it comes sooner, maybe it comes later — on the debt ceiling. And you know how the argument will unfold. It’ll be “Republicans are shutting down government.” I’ve been around this game too long. Government never shuts down. Essential services will exist. Grandma, mom and dad, they’re going …

Axios reports: A private document that only some House Republicans have seen and others refuse to talk about could play an outsized role in the governance of the chamber over the next two years. The document contains concessions — not included in the rules package passed on Monday night — that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) made to rebellious Freedom …

The Washington Post reports: House Republicans on Monday commissioned a special investigative panel focused on the coronavirus pandemic, hoping to leverage their new, powerful majority to press scientists and federal officials about the origin of the public health crisis and the government’s response to it. Republicans have long derided Democrats, public health experts and others who advocated for an aggressive …

The Hill reports: House Republicans on Monday adopted a rules package that will govern how the chamber operates for the next two years in a closely watched vote that came on the heels of last week’s drawn-out Speaker fight. The vote was the first legislative battle for newly-elected Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and his House Republican conference. The terms in …

CNBC reports: A member of George Santos’ political team had a plan to raise money for the Republican congressman’s campaign: Impersonate the chief of staff of now House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Wealthy donors received calls and emails from a man who said he was Dan Meyer, McCarthy’s chief of staff, during the 2020 and 2022 election cycles, according to people …

Axios reports: House Republicans plan to launch a new investigative panel this week that will demand copies of White House emails, memos and other communications with Big Tech companies, top sources tell Axios. Speaker Kevin McCarthy plans a quick spate of red-meat actions and announcements to reward hardliners. The new panel, the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal …

“Speaker McCarthy is our speaker and long live the Speaker. I look forward to working closely with him. But he did agree to his great credit to democratize power to the membership. “I don’t really get the critique that taking from Tuesday to Friday to work this out puts the Republican majority in peril. I mean, you know, Mike, that …

The Hill reports: Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) on Sunday didn’t rule out the possibility of a motion to vacate the Speakership being put forward during this Congress after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) secured the top House leadership slot. As he worked to flip holdouts within his party and secure the votes he needed to take the Speakership, McCarthy agreed to lower …

Politico reports: A proposed subcommittee to investigate “weaponization” of the federal government — a key demand of House conservatives who delivered Speaker Kevin McCarthy the gavel — would be given sweeping investigatory powers that include explicit authority to review “ongoing criminal investigations.” The language of the proposed “select subcommittee,” which would operate under the Judiciary Committee expected to be chaired …

From a statement issued today by the White House: Jill and I congratulate Kevin McCarthy on his election as Speaker of the House. The American people expect their leaders to govern in a way that puts their needs above all else, and that is what we need to do now. As I said after the midterms, I am prepared to work with Republicans …

The Associated Press reports: Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected House speaker on a historic post-midnight 15th ballot early Saturday, overcoming holdouts from his own ranks and floor tensions that boiled over after a chaotic week that tested the new GOP majority’s ability to govern. “My father always told me, it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish,” McCarthy told …

NBC News reports: The House adjourned until 10 p.m. as McCarthy waits for two of his supporters — Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., and Rep.-elect Wesley Hunt, R-Texas — to fly back to Washington for additional votes Friday evening. A handful of hard-line conservatives, led by Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz, have continued to derail McCarthy’s bid for speaker. Six consistently …

The Washington Examiner reports: GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) convinced a 14th holdout to vote for him on the 13th ballot for House speaker after winning over most of his detractors the round before. The six lawmakers he needs to convince are Reps. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Eli Crane (R-AZ), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Bob Good (R-VA), and Matt …

USA Today reports: Kevin McCarthy finally picked up some momentum Friday, winning more than a dozen new votes on the week’s 12th ballot and getting closer to the majority he needs to claim the speaker’s job. Two years after the U.S. Capitol was stormed by a violent mob of former President Donald Trump’s supporters, the House GOP is in turmoil …

The New York Times reports: On the 12th vote for speaker Friday afternoon, Representative Kevin McCarthy of California finally managed to move 14 right-wing holdouts into his camp but still fell short of the votes to become speaker, after 14 Republicans who had previously voted against him swung their support following a broad series of concessions. The movement was what …

NBC News reports: GOP Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California won votes from 14 former Republican holdouts in the first ballot for House speaker, prompting standing ovations from McCarthy’s supporters on the House floor. Rep. Dan Bishop of North Carolina, Rep. Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma, Byron Donalds of Florida, Andrew Clyde of Georgia and Mike Cloud of Texas have all cast …