House Republicans’ failure to elect a speaker on Tuesday after multiple rounds of voting isn’t just denying the GOP a leader — it’s holding up much of the functioning of the chamber.
The new House GOP majority is locked in a chaotic once-in-a-century fight to determine who will serve as the next speaker after Republican Kevin McCarthy failed to secure the necessary support to win in three rounds of voting on Tuesday. The House is now adjourned until Wednesday at noon as Republicans scramble to find a path forward.
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., apologized late Tuesday for a tweet that appeared to threaten to release unsavory allegations about President Trump’s former fixer, Michael Cohen, as the onetime attorney prepared to testify publicly before Congress. Gaetz was responding to a tweet from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California that said, “Comments made on social media or […]
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he was canceling Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s previously undisclosed trip to war-torn Afghanistan, telling the woman second in line to the presidency that she can’t use a military jet but is welcome to fly commercially if she wants. A U.S. Air Force bus loaded with lawmakers, including Reps. Adam Schiff, […]
The compromise House GOP immigration bill will include a provision that children will not be separated from their parents at the border. Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif., one of the moderate Republicans involved in negotiations over the legislation, said the provision will be part of the yet-to-be-written text of the measure. A senior GOP aide confirmed […]
It’s not quite “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” but former GOP House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday said President Donald Trump has taken over the Republican Party. “There is no Republican Party. There’s a Trump party. The Republican Party is kind of taking a nap somewhere,” he said at the Mackinac Policy Conference in Michigan. […]
