
Although often seen as a day to kick off the Christmas shopping season, Thanksgiving is perhaps the most deeply American holiday and its tradition is connected to the idea of “American exceptionalism.”
by Jarrett Stepman26 Nov 2015, 4:10 AM PST0

Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL), the former Speaker of the Florida House who’s currently a candidate for the U.S. House Speakership, is looking forward to running against House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) on the floor of the House on Thursday.
by Matthew Boyle28 Oct 2015, 2:19 PM PST0

Rep. Paul Ryan won the first round of votes for the job of House Speaker, but 45 Republican legislators voted against him. Those 45 members are enough to block him from getting the Speakership during the partisan floor vote on
by Matthew Boyle28 Oct 2015, 12:16 PM PST0

The giant debt ceiling increase rolled together with a budget deal was introduced at 11:36 p.m. Monday, in the dead of night, several congressional sources confirm to Breitbart News.
by Matthew Boyle27 Oct 2015, 1:21 PM PST0

Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL) has confirmed to Breitbart News through a spokeswoman that he is running for Speaker of the House against Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI).
by Matthew Boyle26 Oct 2015, 9:58 PM PST0

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) is sticking to his principles and will follow through with his endorsement of former Florida House Speaker Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL) on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.
by Matthew Boyle22 Oct 2015, 5:53 PM PST0

Representative Daniel Webster (R-FL) stated that he’s staying in the race for speaker and that he doesn’t see anything in Representative Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) plan that changes “the way the process is” on Wednesday’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on
by Ian Hanchett21 Oct 2015, 3:02 PM PST0

Representative Mo Brooks (R-AL), a member of the House Freedom Caucus suggested that Republicans should “perhaps” look at someone other than Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI), who he described as “from the liberal half” of the conference, as speaker and that
by Ian Hanchett21 Oct 2015, 1:14 PM PST0

Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL) is still running for Speaker of the House, and won’t back down to make way for House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI).
by Matthew Boyle21 Oct 2015, 7:29 AM PST0

Many Democrats legislators are willing to unite with Republican legisaltors to elect a “consensus choice” for Speaker of the House, Democratic Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said this weekend. “I think in our caucus there is interest and support, there’s an openness to a bipartisan approach to this [the election of the next Speaker of the House],” Pelosi said at the Texas Tribune Festival, according to Conservative HQ.
by Alex Swoyer19 Oct 2015, 6:57 AM PST0

Rep. Steve King (R-IA) is reminding members of the House of Representatives that nothing has changed since Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) dropped out of the running for Speaker of the House. King is encouraging members to throw support behind Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL), saying he can “bridge the divides currently running through [the] Conference.”
by Alex Swoyer15 Oct 2015, 10:33 AM PST0

Rep. Bill Flores (R-TX) circulated a letter Monday saying that if Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) stays out of the race for Speaker of the House, Flores will throw his own name in the hat, according to CNN.
by Alex Swoyer12 Oct 2015, 5:36 PM PST0

Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) would make a great conservative Speaker of the House, suggests the American Conservative Union’s member scorecard.
by Alex Swoyer11 Oct 2015, 7:35 PM PST0

A new analysis from the American Conservative Union (ACU) of voting records of various potential GOP candidates for Speaker of the House under the soon-to-be-ending Speakership of Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) shows that Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is far and away the best viable candidate for Speaker.
by Matthew Boyle11 Oct 2015, 1:20 PM PST0

During the October 11 airing of Face the Nation, host John Dickerson went after Ben Carson for contending that the Jewish people would have suffered less under Nazism had they been armed. And instead of examining the substance of Carson’s observation, Dickerson tried to intimate that Carson was suggesting we are under a Nazi-like regime now.
by AWR Hawkins11 Oct 2015, 11:02 AM PST0

Representative Daniel Webster (R-FL) stated that the decision on how to handle shutdowns would be “up to the members” if he was speaker on Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room.” Webster was asked, “If you become speaker of the House,
by Ian Hanchett8 Oct 2015, 3:34 PM PST0

GOP presidential candidates Donald Trump, Gov. Mike Huckabee, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Gov. Jeb Bush made several statements following Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) dropping out of the race for Speaker of the House, suggesting a tough, conservative choice for the people.
by Alex Swoyer8 Oct 2015, 12:48 PM PST0

The House Republican Conference decided to postpone electing a new Speaker of the House when Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced he is dropping out of the running.
by Alex Swoyer8 Oct 2015, 9:52 AM PST0

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) dropped out of the race for Speaker of the House suddenly on Thursday morning, telling Republican colleagues in a caucus meeting that he no longer felt he could lead.
by Joel B. Pollak8 Oct 2015, 9:47 AM PST0

Rep. Steve King (R-IA), the chairman of the House’s Conservative Opportunity Society, endorsed Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL) for Speaker of the House on Wednesday evening.
by Matthew Boyle7 Oct 2015, 7:17 PM PST0

Republican North Carolina Rep. Walter Jones is urging all candidates for Speaker of the House to drop out of the race if skeletons in their closet might embarrass the Republican Party.
by Patrick Howley7 Oct 2015, 12:48 PM PST0

Representative Daniel Webster (R-FL) stated he would “stand firm” if Democrats threaten to shut down the government and that he would tell the Senate “No CRs” on Monday’s “Sean Hannity Show.” Webster was asked if the GOP surrenders when it
by Ian Hanchett5 Oct 2015, 10:31 PM PST0

Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) said he didn’t regret removing Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) from his subcommittee chairmanship for voting his conscience against GOP leadership, but that Chaffetz “learned” from that experience.
by Alex Swoyer5 Oct 2015, 11:24 AM PST0

At first, it seemed as if his heir apparent House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy would easily ascend into the speakership and that House Majority Whip Steve Scalise would easily replace McCarthy, and Chief Deputy Whip Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) would easily ascend into the Whip’s role. Now, one of that seems easy or likely as the growing conservative wing of the conference—emboldened by Boehner’s resignation—is demanding a series of structural reforms to the way business in done in Congress rather than just a reshuffling of the deck in leadership post-Boehner.
by Matthew Boyle4 Oct 2015, 5:46 PM PST0

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich tells Breitbart News that he thinks House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is “far and away the best man” to replace Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) as Speaker of the House when Boehner resigns later this month.
by Matthew Boyle4 Oct 2015, 2:15 PM PST0