Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that Republicans are currently a “political dumpster fire” trying to do things voters do not think is important.
The House has approved a bill to reduce Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s salary to just $1 after his repeated failures.
The House of Representatives Thursday evening passed legislation to send $14.3 billion in emergency aid to Israel and cut $14.3 billion from IRS funding, though Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has said the upper chamber will not take the bill up.
Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “All In” with newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) in the position, former President Donald Trump “cemented his hold over the Republican Party.”
Representative Steve Womack (R-AK) said Friday on CNN’s “The Lead” that while attempting to choose a House Speaker, his Republican colleagues were “peeing on the electric fence.”
Former Speaker McCarthy nominated Speaker-Designate Jim Jordan for the speaker’s gavel Friday, emphasizing he is an “effective legislator.”
The House of Representatives will meet again Friday morning for another round of voting for a new Speaker of the House.
Arizona Republican Abe Hamadeh is launching a bid for U.S. Congress in Arizona’s Eighth Congressional District as Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-AZ) announced she would not seek another term on Tuesday.
Speaker-Designate Jim Jordan is calling on House Republicans to “stop attacking each other” as infighting followed Tuesday’s speaker vote.
The House of Representatives will meet on Wednesday, October 18, to vote again for a new Speaker of the House.
A handful of establishment Republicans blocked Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) from locking down the speakership on Tuesday, so Jordan and the vast majority of House Republicans are set to try again on Wednesday.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) is attempting to undermine Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan’s (R-OH) bid for the Speakership gavel after voting for him on the first ballot, sources familiar with the matter have confirmed to Breitbart News.
The House of Representatives is expected to vote on a new speaker on Tuesday, October 17, with Rep. Jim Jordan as the Republican nominee.
House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) sees the House Speaker’s gavel within reach, as the House GOP conference nominee for the speakership heads to the floor shortly after noon on Tuesday in an attempt to unify the GOP conference and end the chaos that started two weeks ago when now former Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted from the position.
Fourteen more House Republicans publicly backed Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as Speaker-designate hours before a potential vote for Speaker.
Grassroots conservatives nationwide are rallying behind Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as he seeks to lock down the speakership in a Tuesday afternoon floor vote, with activists “melting” phone lines with respectful pleas to GOP members of Congress to unify and end the conference’s divisions by finally electing Jordan as Speaker of the House.
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer has formally ruled out a Speakership bid as House Republicans slowly but surely rally around Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), the GOP conference nominee for Speaker, in the drawn out Speakership fight, as it enters its third week.
Rep. Steve Scalise won the Republican nomination for Speaker of the House but failed to garner enough support to win on the House floor.
Rep. Pete Aguilar said that Rep. Steve Scalise is someone Democrats can talk to, but Rep. Jim Jordan “is dangerous for our democracy.”
Kevin McCarthy signaled that he is open to being a consensus House Speaker candidate in the event that Republicans cannot pick a new leader.
Several of the top leaders in the conservative movement endorsed Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) for House Speaker, praising his voting record and leadership of the House Freedom Caucus, House Judiciary Committee, and House Weaponization Committee.
China’s state-run Global Times on Wednesday celebrated the ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as further evidence of American democracy’s inferiority to Chinese fascism. A handy “Chinese expert” was quoted to describe the state of U.S. politics as “a host of demons dancing in riotous revelry.”
Representative Mike Lawler (R-NY) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports” that Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) ousting Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) should result in the Florida congressman being “expelled” from the House Republican Conference.
House Republicans took revenge on their Democrat colleagues for voting to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as speaker of the house.
House Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry booted former Speaker Nancy Pelosi from her private office in the Capitol building on Tuesday night.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is running for speaker of the House, he confirmed to Breitbart News. The Chairman of the House Judiciary and Weaponization Committees rose to prominence as a fierce opponent of President Barack Obama and Republican Speakers John Boehner (R-OH) and Paul Ryan (R-WI). Jordan transitioned from Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) primary irritant to one of his firmest allies, leading to his ascension atop the Judiciary Committee.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy will announce that he will not run for the position of Speaker of the House again after being removed from the position on Tuesday.
Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Tuesday succeeded in his effort to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), upending the House.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-FL) plans to come after his speakership will fail.
Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) had “no sway” to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as he promised to do this week.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that it was a “moment of panic” while defending Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) pulling a fire alarm to possibly delay a vote on legislation designed to avoid a government shutdown.
Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) said Friday on MSNBC’s “Alex Wagner Tonight” that Democrats would only agree to save Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from a government shutdown and motion to vacate his speakership if they got a “50/50 power-sharing agreement.”
Representative Tim Burchett (R-TN) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that he would “strongly” consider supporting removing House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) if he made a spending deal with House Democrats.
Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) said Tuesday on Newsmax TV’s “The Balance” that Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has done his job in a “reckless and unhinged and rattled and misogynist” manner.
Virginia Democrat Rep. Jennifer Wexton announced Monday she will not seek reelection in her district, which is critical to her party.
Representative Nancy Mace (R-SC) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that “everything is on the table” when it comes to backing a motion to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).
MSNBC political analyst Cornell Belcher said Wednesday on “Deadline” that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) must be giving up on keeping the House majority in 2024 because he is opening up an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) encouraged President Joe Biden to “fully cooperate” with the impeachment inquiry he announced on Tuesday.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced the House is launching an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden, citing at least six allegations.
House Republicans are pressuring their colleagues to block radical Biden administration excesses and advance priorities like border security.