Tag: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy

Soft Food or Starbucks: McCarthy and Biden Exchange Jabs Amid Debt Ceiling Standoff

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and President Joe Biden continued their verbal sparring over who’s ducking whom in scheduling a meeting on the debt ceiling. The two met to discuss the subject on Feb. 1, a meeting both described as a good start at working together. However, they have not met since as both insist…


Speaker Kevin McCarthy Has Not Seen Video of Fatal Ashli Babbitt Shooting on Jan. 6, Her Mother Says

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told Ashli Babbitt’s mother that he has yet to watch video of the Jan. 6 shooting that led to Babbitt’s death at age 35. During a 30-minute Capitol Hill meeting, McCarthy (R-Calif.) promised to watch the videos Micki Witthoeft left with him, she said. “I said, ‘Well, I want to talk…


House Republicans at Retreat Focus on China, Parents’ Rights, Energy as Trump Arrest Looms

ORLANDO, Fla.—The 500-acre Ritz Carlton Grande Lakes, with its 580-plus luxury rooms, Greg Norman-designed golf course, and waterpark, is figuratively if not geographically a million miles away from Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach or New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s Manhattan office. With events in both locations dominating the news, more than 150 House Republicans…


At House GOP Retreat, Lawmakers Focus on China, Parents’ Rights, Energy as Possible Trump Arrest Looms

ORLANDO, Fla.—The 500-acre Ritz Carlton Grande Lakes, with its 580-plus luxury rooms, Greg Norman-designed golf course, and waterpark, is figuratively if not geographically a million miles away from Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach or New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s Manhattan office. With events in both locations dominating the news, more than 150 House Republicans…


California Republicans Build Support for Legislation to Address Fentanyl, Border Crises

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy blamed the Biden administration’s border policies for the alarming rise in deaths from fentanyl overdoses in the United States at the recent California Republican Party (CAGOP) convention. “I want you to think for one moment what this fentanyl is doing, because it is killing Americans,” he told Republicans gathered in Sacramento…


McCarthy Agrees to Full Public Release of Jan. 6 Tapes

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has agreed to a full public release of the security footage recorded at the U.S. Capitol during the events of Jan. 6, 2021. In an interview with Breitbart News that aired on Thursday, McCarthy discussed his decision to share the footage with Fox News host Tucker Carlson and said defendants…


Republicans Denounce Biden’s Budget, but Haven’t Provided an Alternative of Their Own

Surrounded by painters, dry-wallers, and apprentices, President Joe Biden took the podium at a union training center in Philadelphia to announce his plan to invest in American jobs, education, health care, and tech innovation, all while reducing the nation’s deficit. The speech on Mar. 9 unveiled the president’s budget for 2024, and showcased his economic…


Bipartisan Budget Briefing a ‘Good Start’ for Cooperation on Debt Reduction

Democrats and Republicans met for a rare joint briefing on March 8 to hear a briefing from the Congressional Budget Office on the outlook for the nation’s financial health. The news, though sobering, was intended to form a common understanding of the facts that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) hopes will lead to bipartisan cooperation…


Schumer Calls McCarthy’s Decision to Share Jan. 6 Footage ‘Despicable’

Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s decision to share footage of the Jan. 6, 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol with Fox News host Tucker Carlson a “despicable” move. “Look, I think what McCarthy did was despicable, damaged our security,” Schumer told The Hill on Tuesday. Schumer went on…


US Congressional Committees Have Been Infiltrated by Socialist Members

The new speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, recently removed Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell from the House Intelligence Committee because of national security concerns. Trevor Loudon argues that more members should be removed from a variety of congressional committees because they don’t have America’s best interests in mind. …