Tag: Kevin McCarthy

‘Abuse of Power’: GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy Refuses To Cooperate With Jan. 6 Panel

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday said he won’t cooperate with the Jan. 6 committee probing the breach of the U.S. Capitol, accusing the committee of an “abuse of power.” Hours earlier, the House Select committee asked the California Republican to voluntarily hand over information, including about former President Donald Trump’s mental state during…


Democrat-Dominated Jan. 6 Committee Sets Its Sights on Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy

The Democrat-dominated Jan. 6 Committee, which has long faced accusations of partisan conduct, now has its sights set on GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). The Jan. 6 Commission was created by the Democratic-led House during the summer of 2021 in an almost totally party-line vote. Only two Republicans, Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger…


McCarthy’s Record-Breaking Speech Prompts Democrats to Delay Vote on Massive Spending Package

Democrats in the House of Representatives early Friday delayed a vote on President Joe Biden’s massive spending bill after House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) took to the House floor for over eight hours. Democrat leaders wanted to vote on the $1.8 trillion bill before the clock struck midnight, but McCarthy started speaking at 8:38 p.m….


McCarthy’s Record-Breaking Speech Forces Democrats to Delay Vote on Massive Spending Package

Democrats in the House of Representatives early Friday delayed a vote on President Joe Biden’s massive spending bill after House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) took to the House floor for over eight hours. Democrat leaders wanted to vote on the $1.8 trillion bill before the clock struck midnight, but McCarthy started speaking at 8:38 p.m….


McCarthy: Greene, Gosar Will Get Committee Posts Back If GOP Flips House of Representativess

Punitive actions against Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) will be reversed if the Republican Party wins back the House of Representatives in the 2022 midterm elections, the top Republican in the body said Thursday. “They’ll have committees,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington….


GOP Introduce ‘Parents Bill of Rights Act’ to Counter Officials Who ‘Dictate’ School Curriculum

A group of leading Republicans on Wednesday introduced a “parents’ bill of rights,” saying that Democrats have recently started to take power away from parents and hand over more control to politicians and teachers unions to “dictate what our children should be taught in classrooms.” “Parents matter. Their involvement is critical to a child’s academic…


House GOP Leader Predicts More House Democrat Retirements Ahead of Midterms

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) predicted there will be more Democrat retirements ahead of the 2022 midterm elections—coming after three announced they wouldn’t seek reelection in the past week. “Once you get past Thanksgiving and members go home, and they’re Democrats and they’ve been challenged before and they’re going to get beat up, Congress…


Companies That Comply With House Democrats’ Probe May Lose Ability to Operate in US: Mccarthy

Social media and telecommunication companies that turn over information to House Democrats would be violating federal law, the top Republican in the lower chamber said Tuesday. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) decried efforts from House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the chairman of the…


House Leaders Say Congressmen Shouldn’t Have Gone on Secret Afghanistan Trip

The two congressmen who went on a secret trip to Afghanistan to observe the evacuation process should not have gone, House leaders from both parties said Wednesday. “It was not, in my view, a good idea,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told reporters in Washington. “This is deadly serious. I do not want members to…


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