Category: Kevin McCarthy

Why 1994 Matters in 2024

Commentary As Speaker Kevin McCarthy continues to lead the House successfully, I often get asked how his speakership is similar to my own—and what I think he should do to keep building his success. Fortunately, this is exactly the topic of my new book, “March to the Majority.” When my long-time friend and advisor Joe…


‘Dark Day for the United States of America,’ McCarthy Criticizes Biden Over DOJ Trump Indictment

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and other top House Republicans have criticized the Biden administration, after former President Donald Trump announced that he had been charged over his handling of classified documents. “Today is indeed a dark day for the United States of America,” McCarthy wrote on Twitter on June 8, shortly after Trump…


House Leaders Cancel Votes for Rest of Week After Conservative Mini-Rebellion

House leaders on Wednesday canceled scheduled votes for the remainder of the week after a rebellion by around a dozen conservative Republican members jolted party unity. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told reporters on Wednesday evening that his goal is to “try to work this out by the end of the night.” The group of…


McCarthy Rejects Supplemental Defense Spending Bill

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) threw cold water on the idea of a supplemental defense spending bill. In comments to reporters on Capitol Hill on June 5, McCarthy cited that the bipartisan debt ceiling bill that passed Congress last week and was signed into law by President Joe Biden on June 3 addressed defense spending….


LIVE NOW: House Speaker, Committee on CCP Hold Roundtable to Mark Tiananmen Square Massacre

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Chairman of the Select Committee on China Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), and other congressional members hold a roundtable meeting at 5:30 p.m. ET on June 5 to commemorate the Tiananmen Square massacre and the fight for freedom in China. …


House Speaker, Committee on CCP Hold Roundtable to Mark Tiananmen Square Massacre

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Chairman of the Select Committee on China Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), and other congressional members hold a roundtable meeting at 5:30 p.m. ET on June 5 to commemorate the Tiananmen Square massacre and the fight for freedom in China. …


What Led Capitol Police to Stop a Youth Performance of the ‘Star-Spangled Banner’

Video of a children’s choir singing the national anthem in the U.S. Capitol, only to be unceremoniously cut off by police, spread across social media on Friday. Capitol Police say singers from Rushingbrook Children’s Choir from Greenville, South Carolina, were stopped May 26 because of a miscommunication. Musical performances in the hallowed seat of Congress…


Capitol Police Stop a Youth Performance of the ‘Star-Spangled Banner’

Video of a children’s choir singing the national anthem in the U.S. Capitol, only to be unceremoniously cut off by police, spread across social media on Friday. Capitol Police say singers from Rushingbrook Children’s Choir from Greenville, South Carolina, were stopped May 26 because of a miscommunication. Musical performances in the hallowed seat of Congress…


House Speaker Issues New Subpoena Threat to FBI Director

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said that FBI Director Christopher Wray will face charges of contempt if he doesn’t prove a document that alleges a bribery scheme between President Joe Biden and a foreign national to the House Oversight Committee. “We have a responsibility of oversight,” the California lawmaker told Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures”…


Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s Strategic Victory

Commentary The great debt ceiling negotiation of 2023 is over. People will argue over how much the House Republicans got and how much President Joe Biden got in the final details of the legislation. What people cannot refute is the narrow House Republican majority’s historic achievement of leading the debate in a city dominated by…