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Former House speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) scolded Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) in a closed-door GOP conference meeting. When Gaetz tried to interrupt McCarthy, the ex speaker told him to sit down. McCarthy reported that in the meeting, there was a moment when he mentioned Gaetz. Gaetz stood up to interrupt him and say something. McCarthy then fired back at him, “Sit … down,” which prompted Gaetz to respond back. Gaetz said that he thought McCarthy was “yielding to me since he had mentioned me.” On Thursday, the House Republicans gathered for nearly four hours to discuss their next st...
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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) lost a second vote for House speaker on Wednesday morning as 22 Republicans voted against him. This comes after 20 Republicans voted against him in the first vote on Tuesday. Jordan’s vote for speaker was held exactly two weeks after Kevin McCarthy was voted out as speaker by the full House. The number of GOP votes shocked Jordan’s allies as they had previously expressed their goal to keep the holdouts in the single digits. A few of the 22 Republicans that voted against Jordan included House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger (R-Texas), Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-F...
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For Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida), who managed to oust his party colleague Kevin McCarthy (R-California) as the House speaker last week, losing his seat in Congress is not too high a price to pay. Gaetz told NBC’s Kristen Welker during an interview that his success in getting rid of McCarthy was “worth it.” For months, Gaetz had been threatening to remove McCarthy from the speaker’s office. After McCarthy had a deal with Democrats to avert the government shutdown, Gaetz intensified his efforts against him. Finally, on October 3, McCarthy became the first speaker in U.S. history to be ousted, whe...
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Despite his dramatic ouster last week, former House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) is open to coming back to the position in case the GOP Conference is unable to find a replacement. He expressed his willingness to return to the position during an interview with Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Monday. When asked if he would choose to return as the speaker if Republicans remain unsuccessful in agreeing on a replacement, he said it was up to the conference to decide. “I’m still a member. I’m going to continue to fight and act,” he added. He said that he would be w...
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On Saturday, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-New York) triggered a fire alarm in the House Cannon office building, which Republicans believe was an effort to delay a vote on a stopgap spending bill. House Democrats were attempting to stall a vote on a spending measure to keep the government operating for another 45 days. Bowman pulled the alarm just minutes after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) introduced the bill. The legislation eventually passed 335 to 91, with more Democrats in favor than Republicans. In a statement released on Saturday night, Bowman, a former high school principal, clai...
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House Freedom Caucus members have voted on the status of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s(R-Georgia) membership in the group, as many feel threatened by her close alliance with Speaker Kevin McCarthy and recent criticism of her colleagues. The Freedom Caucus consists of roughly 35 Republican representatives and is generally considered to be the farthest-right bloc within the House. Greene’s formal status has not yet been announced, but sources have alluded to a consensus against her. Eighty percent of the group must support the approval of any formal decision. A spokesperson for Freedom Caucus Ch...
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) and other top Republicans amended their bill to limit the national debt late Tuesday night. The overnight changes came after several statements by McCarthy suggested that the legislation was already in its final form. A looming default crisis threatens to ensue if Republicans and Democrats don’t agree to raise the debt limit in the next few weeks. “Last-minute changes are no way to run a railroad,” Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida), one of the members that the changes attempted to satisfy, told reporters on Wednesday. The changes include a new work require...
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Fox News host Tucker Carlson released video footage provided by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of the Jan. 6 riots and portrayed it as a “peaceful gathering.” Insiders believe Carlson got the tapes exclusively because right-wing House members made it a condition for their vote for McCarthy as Speaker. When McCarthy was struggling to gather votes from the House, Carlson used his show to win over far-right Republicans. “First, release the January 6 files. Not some of the January 6 files and video — all of it,” Carlson said. “So that the rest of us can finally know what actually happened on January...
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Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) has announced that he asked House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) to remove him from his assigned committees until he is “cleared” of the numerous allegations he is facing. “It is important that I primarily focus on serving the constituents of New York’s Third Congressional District and providing federal-level representation without distraction,” Santos said. He was assigned to serve on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, and the Small Business Committee. This seems to be the first consequence he has faced since admitting he lied in his biograph...
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) named representatives to two new select subcommittees that will investigate the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The representatives assigned to the subcommittees on “Weaponization of the Federal Government” include far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia), who is known for spreading Covid misinformation, and Rep. Brad Wenstrup(R-Ohio), who serves as co-chair on the Republican Doctors Caucus. The subcommittees were a part of the GOP hardliners’ agenda before giving McCarthy their vote earlier this month. The subcommittees will...
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