Category: Andy Biggs

4 Republicans Explain Why They Opposed Speaker McCarthy’s Debt Limit Bill

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy led his fellow House Republicans in passing a bill on Wednesday that pairs an increase to the U.S. federal debt limit with trillions in future spending cuts. The bill passed mostly along party lines, but four Republicans joined Democrats in opposition to the debt limit arrangement—albeit for different reasons than their…


Rep. Gaetz: ‘We Don’t Have the Votes’ to Impeach Secretary Mayorkas

A Republican-led effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas may falter—despite the party’s narrow control of the House of Representatives. Republicans, who have been critical of Mayorkas’ handling of border security, have called for his impeachment as a way to remove him from office. But impeachment proponents have not yet been able to drum…


Mayorkas Faces New Impeachment Article Over Handling of Border Crisis

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) on Wednesday announced he is filing a new article of impeachment against Alejandro Mayorkas, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Flanked by more than a dozen fellow Republican lawmakers outside the Capitol, Biggs accused Mayorkas of having intentionally induced or exacerbated the crisis at the southern border. “This…


Rep. Biggs and Other Congressional Members to Release Articles of Impeachment Against Homeland Security Secretary

U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), joined by 15 other Congressional members, will unveil his 118th Congress impeachment articles against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas at the House Triangle at 3:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 1. Biggs was the first member of Congress to introduce articles of impeachment against Mayorkas, introducing them in August 2021…


LIVE 3 PM ET: Rep. Biggs and Other Congressional Members Release Articles of Impeachment Against Homeland Security Secretary

U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), joined by 15 other Congressional members, will unveil his 118th Congress impeachment articles against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas at the House Triangle at 3:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 1. Biggs was the first member of Congress to introduce articles of impeachment against Mayorkas, introducing them in August 2021…


LIVE NOW: Rep. Biggs and Other Congressional Members Release Articles of Impeachment Against Homeland Security Secretary

U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), joined by 15 other Congressional members, will unveil his 118th Congress impeachment articles against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas at the House Triangle at 3:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 1. Biggs was the first member of Congress to introduce articles of impeachment against Mayorkas, introducing them in August 2021…


Rep. Biggs and Other Congressional Members Release Articles of Impeachment Against Homeland Security Secretary

U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), joined by 15 other Congressional members, will unveil his 118th Congress impeachment articles against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas at the House Triangle at 3:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 1. Biggs was the first member of Congress to introduce articles of impeachment against Mayorkas, introducing them in August 2021…


GOP Lawmaker Doesn’t See ‘Any Scenario’ in Which He’d Support McCarthy for Speaker

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) on Thursday said that he doesn’t believe there is any scenario where he would support House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for speaker when he comes up for a vote on Jan. 3. Several weeks ago, Biggs said that he would challenge McCarthy for House speaker during the next Congress—coming after…


McCarthy Tells Senate Republicans to Trust Him as the Next House Speaker

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told Senate Republicans at a luncheon on Dec. 21 that they should have faith in him to lead the House Republican majority in the next Congress, according to The Hill. “It was a unifying message, he talked about how we need to work better together than we have in…


McCarthy Asks Senate Republicans to Trust Him in House Speaker Role

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told Senate Republicans at a luncheon on Dec. 21 that they should have faith in him to lead the House Republican majority in the next Congress, according to The Hill. “It was a unifying message, he talked about how we need to work better together than we have in…