Kevin McCarthy has been ousted as Speaker of the House of Representatives. The vote comes as part of a campaign from Rep. Matt Gaetz and a posse of like-minded Republicans who have long opposed McCarthy, who is the first speaker to be axed as a result of a motion to …
Read More »Matt Gaetz Moves to Oust Kevin McCarthy From Speakership
Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz on Monday evening filed a motion to vacate against Rep. Kevin McCarthy that, if passed, would oust the Republican leader from his position as Speaker of the House. The resolution to remove the speaker follows a face-off between Gaetz and McCarthy over Congress’ annual appropriations approvals, …
Read More »Gaetz Wants to Oust McCarthy From Speakership for Averting a Shutdown
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy pulled an end run around the far-right wing of his party, striking a deal with Democrats to pass a clean spending bill and avert a government shutdown, and GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz is so mad about it he wants McCarthy ousted as speaker. “I do intend …
Read More »AOC Says She Would 'Absolutely' Vote to Oust 'Very Weak' Speaker McCarthy
In a rare moment of unity, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she would support Rep. Matt Gaetz’s efforts to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his leadership position. “It’s not up to Democrats to save Republicans from themselves,” the New York congresswoman said when Jake Tapper asked if she would vote …
Read More »Everything You Need to Know About the Looming Government Shutdown
Chaos has been the norm in Congress for some time now, but this week a truly noisome stench is looming over the Capitol as Republicans prepare to shut down the government. At its core, a shutdown is a failure of Congress to accomplish its most essential legislative task: funding the …
Read More »House Republican Gives Flimsiest Answer Possible When Pressed on McCarthy
While Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) said definitively Sunday that he “will bet on Kevin McCarthy any day” amid the Republican House Speaker’s struggle to wrangle enough votes from his party to fund the federal government and stave off a government shutdown next month, one of Turner’s colleagues took a different …
Read More »How Real Are the Allegations Fueling the Biden Impeachment Push?
House Republican leadership is sure of one thing: they’d like to start the impeachment process against Joe Biden. What’s less clear is what they’d like to impeach him over. In his first comments to the press about the impeachment inquiry launched this week, Speaker Kevin McCarthy spoke about “a picture …
Read More »Kevin McCarthy Orders Impeachment Inquiry Against Biden Without House Vote
The House is back in session, and Speaker Kevin McCarthy‘s first order of business was to announce that he will direct a House committee to open “a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.” Notably, the decision allows McCarthy and Republicans to skirt a full vote in the House on …
Read More »'These People Look Pathetic:' Pelosi Slams McCarthy for Seeking to Expunge Trump Impeachments
Donald Trump has reportedly extracted a promise from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy that the House will vote to expunge the former president’s impeachments, a deal former speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi said makes him “look pathetic.” McCarthy allegedly made the promise to Trump after enraging him by saying on national television …
Read More »Kevin McCarthy Says Defense Bill Will Prevent Disneyland From Corrupting the Troops
Kevin McCarthy’s brain is broken. During a press conference discussing the House passing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Friday, Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) claimed the bill sent a message to the Senate to “stop using taxpayer money to do their own wokeism.” “A military cannot defend themselves if …
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