Category: GOP

Alabama GOP Declares No Confidence in Ronna McDaniel as RNC Chair

Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel faces another hurdle in her bid to retain leadership in a vote later this month, as the Alabama GOP issued (pdf) a vote of no confidence for her and called on a leadership change following the midterm elections. “The Alabama Republican Party leadership is committed to representing our…


McCarthy, GOP Oversight Chair, Allege 2 Standards in Response to Documents From Biden’s Former Office and FBI Raid of Trump’s Home

Newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), and newly appointed House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), alleged a potential political double standard in how classified documents are handled after a White House attorney revealed that potentially classified documents were discovered in a locked closet at the Penn Biden Center. On Monday evening, Special…


McCarthy, GOP Oversight Chair, Allege Double Standards in Handling of Documents From Biden’s Former Office

Newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), and newly appointed House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), alleged a potential political double standard in how classified documents are handled after a White House attorney revealed that potentially classified documents were discovered in a locked closet at the Penn Biden Center. On Monday evening, Special…


Proposed Panel Would Give House GOP Oversight of ‘Ongoing Criminal Investigations’

Members of a proposed House subcommittee to investigate the “weaponization of the federal government” will have the authority to review ongoing criminal investigations if the new House rules package is approved on Jan. 9. Proposed as a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, the panel’s sweeping powers were agreed to by Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)…


GOP Speaker Showdown Harbinger of Congressional Reform, Says Experts

News Analysis A veteran U.S. political analyst said on Jan. 6 that the emerging consensus coming out of the fight that started as a disorganized rebellion over the speakership of the United States House of Representatives will be a win for the American people in reforming the way Congress does business. But another expert cautioned…


GOP Speaker Showdown Harbinger of Congressional Reform, Experts Say

News Analysis A veteran U.S. political analyst said on Jan. 6 that the emerging consensus coming out of the fight that started as a disorganized rebellion over the speakership of the United States House of Representatives will be a win for the American people in reforming the way Congress does business. But another expert cautioned…


Kevin McCarthy Drama Underscores Impotence of Republican Elite

Commentary After Republicans clinched their narrower-than-expected new House majority in November’s midterm elections, the only relevant questions for Congress-watchers seemed to pertain to what Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) impending House speakership would look like. To what extent, if any, would he return House rules to “regular order,” whereby bills are drafted and marked up in…


LIVE 7 PM ET: Newsmakers (Jan. 4): Why Can’t House Republicans Agree on a Leader?

Mark Tapscott, Epoch Times congressional correspondent, talks about why House Republicans are not together in their vote for speaker of the House. Mike Davis, president of the Article III Project, also talks about the vote for House speaker. He shares his thoughts on frontrunner Kevin McCarthy. Thomas Hogan, senior research faculty at the American Institute…


LIVE NOW: Newsmakers (Jan. 4): Why Can’t House Republicans Agree on a Leader?

Mark Tapscott, Epoch Times congressional correspondent, talks about why House Republicans are not together in their vote for speaker of the House. Mike Davis, president of the Article III Project, also talks about the vote for House speaker. He shares his thoughts on frontrunner Kevin McCarthy. Thomas Hogan, senior research faculty at the American Institute…


Newsmakers (Jan. 4): Why Can’t House Republicans Agree on a Leader?

Mark Tapscott, Epoch Times congressional correspondent, talks about why House Republicans are not together in their vote for speaker of the House. Mike Davis, president of the Article III Project, also talks about the vote for House speaker. He shares his thoughts on frontrunner Kevin McCarthy. Thomas Hogan, senior research faculty at the American Institute…