The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives meets to try to elect a speaker of the House at 10 p.m. on Jan. 6. The newly Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives meets to try to elect a leader after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) again fell short of the votes needed to be elected as the speaker, a…
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McCarthy’s New(est) Deal: The ‘Secret’ Details Were in the Gaggle
Four days, 14 votes, no Speaker of the House. But, with the chamber adjourned for the afternoon, a 15th vote is set for 10 p.m. Friday after 14 of the 20 Republican representatives who’d refused to support Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) tortured bid for the post agreeing to do so—for now. “I know you’re all…
Why Freedom Caucus Members Are Now Voting for McCarthy for House Speaker
Four days, 14 votes, no Speaker of the House. But, with the chamber adjourned for the afternoon, a 15th vote is set for 10 p.m. Friday after 14 of the 20 Republican representatives who’d refused to support Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) tortured bid for the post agreeing to do so—for now. “I know you’re all…
LIVE 6:30 PM ET: NTD Evening News (Jan. 6): McCarthy Closer to Speakership After Flipping 15 Votes; Americans Divided on Significance of Jan. 6
Rep. Kevin McCarthy on Jan. 6 inched closer to holding the speaker’s gavel for the 118th Congress, winning won over most of the 20 members who have opposed him all week. President Joe Biden awarded presidential medals to election officials and police officers on the two-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. Newly disclosed…
NTD Evening News (Jan. 6): McCarthy Closer to Speakership After Flipping 15 Votes; Americans Divided on Significance of Jan. 6
Rep. Kevin McCarthy on Jan. 6 inched closer to holding the speaker’s gavel for the 118th Congress, winning won over most of the 20 members who have opposed him all week. President Joe Biden awarded presidential medals to election officials and police officers on the two-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. Newly disclosed…
McCarthy Supporters, Holdouts Say They’re Approaching a Speakership Deal
Republican lawmakers have been negotiating to end a stalemate and bring enough votes in for Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to become the next House speaker. The Republican-majority House of Representatives met for a fourth day of votes on the speakership on Friday. Ahead of voting on Friday, McCarthy agreed to some concessions from holdout Republican…
In Pictures: Fourth Day of Voting in Kevin McCarthy House Speaker Bid
U.S. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) walks out of the House Chamber during the fourth day of elections for Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Jan. 6, 2023. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) U.S. Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) (R) talks to Rep.-elect Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) in the House Chamber during…
In Pictures: 4th Day of Voting on Kevin McCarthy Speaker Bid
U.S. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) walks out of the House Chamber during the fourth day of elections for Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Jan. 6, 2023. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) U.S. Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) (R) talks to Rep.-elect Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) in the House Chamber during…
McCarthy Opposition Not an Extension of the MAGA Movement: Gingrich
Denying Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speakership is not advancing the Make America Great Again agenda popularized by former President Donald Trump, according to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. “They would like to pretend it is,” Gingrich, a contributor to The Epoch Times, said in an interview. McCarthy has failed to garner enough support to be…
McCarthy Opposition Not an Extension of MAGA Movement: Gingrich
Denying Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speakership is not advancing the Make America Great Again agenda popularized by former President Donald Trump, according to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. “They would like to pretend it is,” Gingrich, a contributor to The Epoch Times, said in an interview on Jan. 6 before the House reconvened voting, referring…
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