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McCarthy faces a rocky road to speakership, given the GOP’s election showing.
During a private meeting last year, US House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said former President Donald Trump had no idea his supporters were carrying out the attack on the US Capitol, according to previously released audio. McCarthy told two police officers who defended the US Capitol that he considered asking Trump to step down after…
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McCarthy is under attack as the former president seeks support for a campaign.
The top Republican in the US House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, has said he does not have the 218 votes he needs to become the Speaker of the House. In the GOP’s internal leadership elections, McCarthy only needs a simple majority to win his party’s nomination for Speaker. Biggs has said he will challenge McCarthy…
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Republican Senator Pat Toomey said he’s “not sure” if he’ll support US House Majority leader Kevin McCarthy in the upcoming leadership elections. He added, “I don’t think he’s going to be my first choice to lead.” “There will be a challenge to (McCarthy) as a speaker candidate,” Toomey further said. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump said…
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GOP leaders are planning on having tense talks after the election.
US House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s opponents are considering a long-shot challenge to him as the leader, according to reports. “I’ve heard from multiple of our constituents who question the wisdom of proceeding forward with that leadership,” Arizona Rep Andy Biggs said, adding that there needs to be a “frank conversation” about who they elect…
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The Republican agenda is being outlined by Kevin McCarthy days before the elections.
US House Speaker-designate Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday said that he has no restrictions on which committees actress-turned- congresswoman Diane Greene can serve. ” Members request different committees and as we go through the steering committee…we’ll look at it,” he added. Greene, who is seeking the post of House speaker, has said she wants to sit…
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Kevin McCarthy outlines the Republicans’ agenda.
US House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy has said that the first thing he would ask President Donald Trump to do is not to call “half the nation idiots” and say “things about them because they have a difference of opinion”. “I’ll ask the president to not to call half the nation idiots or say things…