Category: Kevin McCarthy

Top House Republican Plans Special Committee on China

House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on Nov. 20 that if he becomes the speaker of the chamber, he will set up a committee with the sole focus on the communist Chinese regime. “China is the No. 1 country when it comes to intellectual property theft,” McCarthy said in an interview with Fox News…


Kevin McCarthy Plans to Oust Ilhan Omar From House Committee for ‘Anti-Semitic’ Comments

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on Saturday that when he becomes speaker of the House next year he will remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the House Foreign Affairs Committee because of her remarks that many deemed anti-Semitic. “We watch anti-Semitism grow, not just on our campuses, but we watched it grow in…


Republican Congressman Calls for McCarthy to Step Aside in Speaker Race as Opposition Grows

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) is calling on House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to step aside in the race for the next House speaker, arguing that a new candidate is needed. “I don’t think he’s going to get to 218,” Biggs said on Newsmax on Nov. 18, referring to the number of votes needed to…


PREMIERING NOW: Political Donations May Be Why Crypto CEO Is Not in Custody: Rep. Warren Davidson

Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) sits on the House Financial Services Committee and is the founder of the Sound Money Caucus. He wants to know what the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) knew about the state of the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX. He says the SEC was working closely with FTX and should have been well…


PREMIERING 7 PM ET: Political Donations May Be Why Crypto CEO Is Not in Custody: Rep. Warren Davidson

Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) sits on the House Financial Services Committee and is the founder of the Sound Money Caucus. He wants to know what the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) knew about the state of the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX. He says the SEC was working closely with FTX and should have been well…


Political Donations May Be Why Crypto CEO Is Not in Custody: Rep. Warren Davidson

Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) sits on the House Financial Services Committee and is the founder of the Sound Money Caucus. He wants to know what the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) knew about the state of the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX. He says the SEC was working closely with FTX and should have been well…


House GOP Leader McCarthy Reveals Why He Skipped Pelosi Retirement Speech

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) revealed why he skipped House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) retirement speech on Thursday. “I had meetings, but normally, the others would do it during votes—I wish she could have done that, I could have been there,” McCarthy told reporters after Pelosi’s speech ended. McCarthy said that he didn’t watch…


Republicans Pass First Round of Rule Changes After Flipping House

House Republicans passed the first round of several expected rule changes on Nov. 17. The conference addressed 12 of 24 proposed rule changes put forward by GOP members (pdf). Republicans, who will take control of the House in January 2023, are leaving more controversial rule changes for consideration after Thanksgiving. Several of the rules proposed…


Here’s Where House Races Stand After Republicans Near Majority

Republicans are just one seat away from taking the House of Representatives as Democrats’ slim hopes of retaining the majority were nearly extinguished after several more races were called in favor of the GOP on Monday. The GOP has won 217 seats to the Democrats’ 204. Five races were called in favor of Republican candidates on…


Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs to Challenge McCarthy for House Speaker

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) said on Monday night that he plans to challenge House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) when the GOP conference convenes on Tuesday to choose its nominee to be speaker of the House. “We have a new paradigm here, and I think the country wants a different direction from the House of Representatives,”…