The House is set to vote on Tuesday for the potential election of a new speaker, as stated in a notice issued by the Democratic whip. This development comes after the House has been without a speaker, who holds the second position in the line of succession to the presidency, since October 3rd, when Rep. …
House Republicans remain unsure about the timeline for electing a new speaker following their meeting on Monday night. Reps. Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise are competing for the position, but some members are still hoping for former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to be reinstated after his removal last week. According to attending Republicans, the meeting …
Kevin McCarthy Removed as House Speaker in Historic No-Confidence Vote In a historic turn of events, Kevin McCarthy has been ousted as Speaker of the House in a no-confidence vote, marking the first time in U.S. history that a House speaker has been removed this way. The vote, with a final tally of 216-210, came …
The office of speaker of the House of the United States House of Representatives is hereby declared vacant. With those words, spoken in the House on Tuesday afternoon, Kevin McCarthy’s reign as speaker came to an inglorious end. McCarthy is the first speaker in history to be removed by his own party; eight Republicans voted …
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives on Tuesday ousted Republican Kevin McCarthy as speaker, marking a historic moment as it is the first time the chamber has removed its leader in a no-confidence vote. McCarthy, hailing from California, was unseated when a small coalition of eight conservative Republicans joined forces with all Democrats to pass …
Kevin McCarthy, the House speaker, defied his doubters for 269 days. Despite facing humiliating defeats, McCarthy managed to hold on to become speaker and narrowly averted national-debt default and a government shutdown. He expressed his determination to reporters and pleaded with his party to keep him in his post. But today, McCarthy’s streak of defying …
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks with reporters as he departs after a series of failed votes on spending packages at the U.S. Capitol in Washington ahead of a looming government shutdown, Sept. 29, 2023. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters WASHINGTON — The halls of Congress and the rest of Washington were abuzz on Monday with …
Kharkiv, Ukraine — The U.S. Congress avoided a federal government shutdown by removing additional aid for Ukraine from the last-minute funding package. This decision was made to satisfy the demands of some members of the Republican Party, including House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, the United States has provided over …
About three hours before a midnight deadline, the Senate passed a bipartisan bill to keep the government funded The Senate overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan bill just before a government shutdown was set to go into effect. The bill, which funds the government for 45 days, was signed into law by President Biden late Saturday night. …
The House passed a bill 335-91 Saturday afternoon to fund the government for 45 days, just hours before a government shutdown was scheduled to occur. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s bill received more support from Democrats than Republicans. While 90 Republicans voted against the continuing resolution to fund the government, only one Democrat voted against it. …