Category: rep. byron donalds

Loss No. 7 as McCarthy, Opponents Keep Seeking Speaking Agreement

Rep. Kevin McCarthy lost a seventh straight vote for a new Speaker of the House of Representatives on Jan. 5, but the back-room bargaining continues between the California Republican and populist conservative dissidents demanding new leadership. As occurred on the six previous counts on Dec. 3 and Dec. 4, Democratic leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of…


Loss No. 7 as McCarthy, Opponents Keep Seeking Speaker Agreement

Rep. Kevin McCarthy lost a seventh straight vote for a new speaker of the House of Representatives on Jan. 5, but the back-room bargaining continues between the California Republican and populist conservative dissidents demanding new leadership. As occurred on the six previous counts on Jan. 3 and Jan. 4, Democratic leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of…


Loss No. 10 as McCarthy, Opponents Keep Seeking Speaker Agreement

Rep. Kevin McCarthy lost a tenth straight vote for a new speaker of the House of Representatives on Jan. 5, but the back-room bargaining continues between the California Republican and populist conservative dissidents demanding new leadership. As occurred on the nine previous counts on Jan. 3 and Jan. 4, Democratic leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of…


House Adjourns as McCarthy, Opponents Struggle Toward Deal Making Him Speaker of the House

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) claimed “good progress” late on Jan. 5 in his long-running, often fractious negotiations with dissident populist conservatives who oppose his bid to be speaker of the House. Leaving the negotiating room in the Capitol, McCarthy told reporters that he thinks “it’s probably best that people keep working tonight. I don’t think…


McCarthy Inching Closer to Deal With Dissidents That Will Make Him Speaker of the House

Rep. Kevin McCarthy lost an 11th straight vote late Thursday in his bid to become the new speaker of the House of Representatives, but his team’s intensive back-room bargaining appeared to be closing in on a deal with many of the populist conservatives who are demanding new leadership in Congress. As occurred in the 10 previous…


Critical for President Biden to Visit the Southern Border: Congressman Byron Donalds

After his recent visit to the U.S. southern border, Congressman Byron Donalds (R-Florida) said it is essential that President Joe Biden go to the border and talk with Border Patrol personnel to get a first-hand account of what is happening before ending Title 42. “It’s critical. I don’t, for the life of me, understand how…


Biden Playing ‘Catch Me If You Can’: Rep. Byron Donalds on Vaccine Mandate

According to Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), President Joe Biden knew the vaccine mandate was unconstitutional, but he ordered it anyway to force people to comply until the court stopped him. “Joe Biden knows this. He knows it’s unconstitutional,” Donalds told NTD’s “Capitol Report” in an interview premiered Wednesday, referring to Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. “What he’s…


Biden’s New Vaccine Mandate ‘Fascist’: Rep. Donalds

In response to President Joe Biden announcing his vaccine mandate for federal workers, Republican members of Congress have criticized the new rule for infringing on personal freedoms. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) called the mandate, “fascist— downright totalitarian.” “Listen, the president of the United States just simply doesn’t have the authority for this kind of order….


Rep. Byron Donalds: ‘I’m Not Getting Vaccinated Because I Don’t Want To’

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) said that the Biden Administration shouldn’t pressure people to get vaccinated against COVID-19, and he won’t get the vaccine because it’s his own decision as a “free-thinking human being.” “Listen, I’m 42 years old. I had COVID-19. I’m not getting vaccinated because I don’t want to,” Donalds told “Fox and Friends”…


Video: Border Must Be Secured Before Any Talk of Amnesty—Rep. Byron Donalds

At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), we sit down with Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), who gives his perspective on how to fix America’s broken immigration system. Securing the border must come before any discussion of amnesty, he says, otherwise, it signals to traffickers, or “coyotes,” that they can continue to abuse and traffic people…