A House Committee on Rules hearing on Tuesday on H. CON. RES. 9, a resolution titled “Denouncing the Horrors of Socialism,” became a civil and intense discussion and debate on the merits of capitalism and free enterprise and the evils and destructive influence of a system of state and public-owned means of production, and also the horrors of…
Does GOP Politicking Weaken the Party or Empower Americans?
January 10, 2023
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Republicans voted 15 times before they elected Kevin McCarthy to be House speaker and second in line to the White House. Mainstream media complained that the delay was evidence the GOP can’t govern. In fact, it showed how democracy is supposed to work, and how a small faction led by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) used…
McCarthy Facing Big Challenges Leading a Fractured Republican Party
Exhausted members of the U.S. House of Representatives took their seats a little after 1 a.m. on Jan. 7 to watch the maiden address of Speaker Kevin McCarthy (D-Calif.), who was finally elected to hold the gavel after the longest, most contentious, and bruising Speaker votes since the Civil War. And as the protracted episode…
Kevin McCarthy One Vote Short in 14th Vote for House Speaker
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) came within one solitary vote from being elected speaker of the House of Representatives in a nail-bitingly close election on Jan. 6 that ran almost until midnight in the lower chamber of the U.S. Capitol. McCarthy needed 217. He got 216. McCarthy’s 216 total again bested Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New…
Kevin McCarthy Elected as Speaker of the House for the 118th Congress
It took 15 votes beginning Jan. 3, but Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) finally gained enough votes to be elected speaker of the House of Representatives in a nail-bitingly close election that ran past midnight in the lower chamber of the U.S. Capitol. McCarthy’s 216 votes total bested Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York who received…
McCarthy Ever so Close, Claims He’s Confident of Imminent Victory in the Speaker Race
Rep. Kevin McCarthy was within two or three votes of winning the marathon race to become Speaker of the House when the Republican majority voted on Jan. 6 to adjourn until 10 pm. The adjournment is meant to give McCarthy and his team time to find a way to switch enough of the last six…
McCarthy Ever so Close, Says He’s Confident of Imminent Victory in the Speaker Race
Rep. Kevin McCarthy was within two or three votes of winning the marathon race to become Speaker of the House when the Republican majority voted on Jan. 6 to adjourn until 10 pm. The adjournment is meant to give McCarthy and his team time to find a way to switch enough of the last six…
Kevin McCarthy Flips 13 Votes in 12th Vote on House Speaker
All but seven of the 20 populist conservative dissidents who have hung tough all week against Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s campaign to be elected Speaker of the House of Representatives relented and voted for him on Jan. 6 in the 12th balloting of the contest, but the California Republican still fell short, meaning the contest continues….
Kevin McCarthy Flips 14 Congress Members in 12th Vote for House Speaker
A number of the 20 populist conservative dissidents who have hung tough all week against Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s campaign to be elected Speaker of the House of Representatives relented and voted for him on Jan. 6 in the 12th balloting of the contest, but the California Republican still fell short, meaning the contest continues. Members…
Kevin McCarthy Flips 13 Congress Members in 12th Vote for House Speaker
A number of the 20 populist conservative dissidents who have hung tough all week against Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s campaign to be elected Speaker of the House of Representatives relented and voted for him on Jan. 6 in the 13th balloting of the contest, but the California Republican still fell short, meaning the contest continues. Members…
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