On Monday, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) responded to reports that the Department of Justice had secretly obtained two full months of phone records from the Associated Press, prompting the AP’s President and Chief Executive Officer Gary Pruitt to
On Thursday, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani told CNN that the three University of Massachusetts Dartmouth college students arrested Wednesday on charges related to the Boston Marathon bombings should also be charged as accessories to the murder of
On Thursday, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) said that the so-called Hastert Rule “was never a rule to begin with,” implying that he could proceed with legislation without a majority of his own party in support. Responding to
When California finishes tapping out the taxpayers in its state to pay for its nonsensical high speed rail, it will ask the taxpayers of other states to chip in, according to a new Government Accountability Office report requested by House
On Sunday, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press, where he said that Democrats were engaging in “the old Washington fiscal game of Jenga. You try to build as much debt as you can take,
FOX NEWS: House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy sounds off on President’s failure to meet a budget deadline and on ObamaCare fears…
Late Sunday evening, in the aftermath of reports that House Republican leadership was considering passage of bills on major issues like gun control and immigration without a majority of House Republicans in support, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy reached out to
With more and more conservatives in the House rebelling against John Boehner’s increasingly questionable Speakership, Republican House leadership is now moving to quash in-house concerns by reaching across the aisle for support. Leadership is moving in the wake of a
The Reserve Officers Association (ROA), a membership association chartered in 1922 by Congress dedicated to providing a voice for Reserve Component service members of all military branches, released a report on Thursday regarding how sequestration would affect the Department of Defense budget.
After failing multiple times during President Barack Obama’s first term to get credit for successfully “rebranding” the Republican Party, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) will again attempt to do so on Tuesday when he gives an address at the
AUDIO: Rep. Tom Price interview on WMAL with Brian Wilson and Breitbart News’ Larry O’Connor discussed Speaker John Boehner’s leadership challenges in the House. – ‘I think we need red state leadership’ Last time we checked, Boehner’s Ohio, Majority Leader
With all the talk surrounding moves to unseat House Speaker John Boehner, Republican strategist Dee Dee Benkie told Breitbart News on Saturday she thinks his replacement should be Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy. “Kevin is number three in House leadership. It’s
In the month and a half since the November elections, the conservative movement has taken some not so subtle hits from those in the D.C. establishment. Well, after the show of force by principled conservatives in the U.S. House of
In the wake of House GOP Leadership’s strategic miscalculation last night, legitimate questions are being raised about the future of Speaker John Boehner’s leadership. But, it is important to remember that the House GOP is led by a triumvirate. In
House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy blew off a scheduled meeting with the conservative Republican Study Committee (RSC) on Wednesday. At the meeting, McCarthy was going to explain the secret criteria list, including a voting scorecard, that he created for House
House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy has agreed to debrief the conservative Republican Study Committee on Wednesday about his role in drafting Speaker John Boehner’s conservative purge secret scorecard criteria list, a congressman close to the situation told Breitbart News Tuesday
According to Kansas Republican Rep. Tim Huelskamp, who was purged from a House committee leadership position, House Speaker John Boehner admitted by careful wording late on Monday that he and House GOP leadership did indeed use a secret list of
A House GOP source has confirmed to Breitbart News that House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy was the one who drafted the secret criteria list House Speaker John Boehner used in his purge of conservatives from House committees. The source, someone
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UPI) —A top House Republican insisted the Obama administration’s goal in the fiscal cliff talks was to get more money for spending rather than deficit reduction. Republican Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., contended the White House’s insistence on
Michigan Republican Rep. Justin Amash told Breitbart News that it’s “hypocritical” for House Speaker John Boehner to criticize President Barack Obama over his administration’s lack of transparency while keeping the secret list of criteria used in his conservative purge from
During a Transportation Committee meeting in Washington, D.C., Rep. Janice Hahn (D) battled fellow California state Congressman Kevin McCarthy (R) over a high-speed rail project planned to connect Los Angeles to San Francisco. Hahn claimed, “Transportation congestion is strangling the business potential
House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday warned his House Republican conference against dissent from GOP leadership – and threatened retaliation similar to that against the already-purged conservatives if anyone else breaks from his pack. The Hill reports that, according to
Club for Growth spokesman Barney Keller told Breitbart News that he thinks the House GOP leadership’s purge of conservatives from powerful House committees could backfire on Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Whip Kevin McCarthy. That’s because Keller
House Republican leaders used a secret criteria list to decide which conservatives to purge from powerful House committees, Breitbart News has learned. As this time, it appears they will keep the criteria list hidden from the public, too. Spokespeople for
House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said there may be a fissure developing in the united front Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi are presenting in their desire to raise taxes on the highest American earners. McCarthy noted that Pelosi has indicated recently
Any climate change “tax” that environmental leftists hope to implement will face unified opposition in the Republican Party. All of the GOP leaders in the House are unanimous; Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and Whip Kevin
When news broke that Democrat legislators in Iowa had stormed out in protest over pro-Second Amendment bills which Republicans in the Republican-controlled legislature had brought up for a vote, I wasn’t too surprised. After all, since when do Democrats approve
facebookguests on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan will talk about what they’re doing in Washington D.C. to help the U.S. economy rebound and how
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), the third ranking Republican in the House, told Hugh Hewitt that despite what the New York Times says, there is no deal between the White House and Speaker John Boehner. McCarthy said that the House is
Here’s a chance to stop the Pigford fraud in its tracks – Rep. Steve King (R – IA) has introduced an amendment to halt Pigford Funding. This is about the multi-billion dollar “Black Farmers Settlement” that we’ve been exposing as
In a celebrated 2008 essay for the Village Voice, David Mamet made the startling announcement that he was “no longer a brain-dead liberal.” I think it only fair to mention here that I rejoiced. Mr. Mamet is a terrific playwright,
I feel like, “We warned you,” is not quite poignant enough. But well…we warned you. Those of us in the free market technology policy sector have been trying to wake up various think-tanks and Republican politicians alike to the dangers
House GOP leaders are lining up behind the conservative Republican Study Committee to support additional spending cuts next week when the 2011 continuing resolution reaches the floor. But even with leadership on board, will it be enough to hit the
Character actor Harold Gould is probably best known for his showy turn as the dapper Kid Twist in “The Sting,” Rhoda Morgenstern’s father in both the “Mary Tyler Moore Show” and later “Rhoda,” and his recurring role as a suitor
Kevin McCarthy and Edie Sedgwick at a pool party in New York City(1965) Associated Press: Soon after, he became an early member of the Actors Studio and was chosen by Elia Kazan to play Biff, the son of Willy Loman,
Director Rob Zombie’s biggest mistake in 2007’s remake of “Halloween” was in his desire to “explain” Michael Myers. Most of the narrative was spent building an unimaginative trailer trash mythology, which in turn drained off what made Myers so uniquely
I have to hope for the sake of our country’s future that when people voted for Obama they really had no idea what a disaster he would be, even though I kept warning them that he was a left-wing lug