Exhausted members of the U.S. House of Representatives took their seats a little after 1 a.m. on Jan. 7 to watch the maiden address of Speaker Kevin McCarthy (D-Calif.), who was finally elected to hold the gavel after the longest, most contentious, and bruising Speaker votes since the Civil War. And as the protracted episode…
Kevin McCarthy One Vote Short in 14th Vote for House Speaker
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) came within one solitary vote from being elected speaker of the House of Representatives in a nail-bitingly close election on Jan. 6 that ran almost until midnight in the lower chamber of the U.S. Capitol. McCarthy needed 217. He got 216. McCarthy’s 216 total again bested Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New…
Kevin McCarthy Elected as Speaker of the House for the 118th Congress
It took 15 votes beginning Jan. 3, but Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) finally gained enough votes to be elected speaker of the House of Representatives in a nail-bitingly close election that ran past midnight in the lower chamber of the U.S. Capitol. McCarthy’s 216 votes total bested Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York who received…
McCarthy Supporters, Holdouts Say They’re Approaching a Speakership Deal
Republican lawmakers have been negotiating to end a stalemate and bring enough votes in for Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to become the next House speaker. The Republican-majority House of Representatives met for a fourth day of votes on the speakership on Friday. Ahead of voting on Friday, McCarthy agreed to some concessions from holdout Republican…
McCarthy Ever so Close, Claims He’s Confident of Imminent Victory in the Speaker Race
Rep. Kevin McCarthy was within two or three votes of winning the marathon race to become Speaker of the House when the Republican majority voted on Jan. 6 to adjourn until 10 pm. The adjournment is meant to give McCarthy and his team time to find a way to switch enough of the last six…
McCarthy Ever so Close, Says He’s Confident of Imminent Victory in the Speaker Race
Rep. Kevin McCarthy was within two or three votes of winning the marathon race to become Speaker of the House when the Republican majority voted on Jan. 6 to adjourn until 10 pm. The adjournment is meant to give McCarthy and his team time to find a way to switch enough of the last six…
Heavy Rain in California Causes Flooding; Why Are We Still in a Drought? | The Larry Elder Show | EP. 106
January 6, 2023
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A deluge of storms is dumping serious amounts of rain across notoriously dry California. Even so, the recent downpours are still nowhere near enough to pull the state out of its intense years-long drought, according to media reports. Can a state be both in flood and drought? To decipher this dilemma, Larry Elder sits down…
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…
PREMIERING 3 PM ET: Heavy Rain in California Causes Flooding, Why Are We Still in a Drought? | The Larry Elder Show | EP. 106
January 6, 2023
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Byron DonaldsCalifornia droughtCalifornia StormEpochTVKevin McCarthyLarry KrasnerLive VideosPhiladelphia D.A.Speaker of the HouseThe Larry Elder ShowVideo
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A deluge of storms is dumping serious amounts of rain across notoriously dry California. Even so, the recent downpours are still nowhere near enough to pull the state out of its intense years-long drought, according to the media reports. Can a state be both in flood and drought? To decipher this dilemma, Larry Elder sits…
Kevin McCarthy Flips 13 Votes in 12th Vote on House Speaker
All but seven of the 20 populist conservative dissidents who have hung tough all week against Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s campaign to be elected Speaker of the House of Representatives relented and voted for him on Jan. 6 in the 12th balloting of the contest, but the California Republican still fell short, meaning the contest continues….
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