But McCarthy did exactly what he said would: Unite his fractious conference in an ambitious effort to force President Biden to the negotiating table. "The Republicans have raised the debt limit. You ...
Notably, there is no increased funding for the border because Donald Trump ordered the Republicans to reject it so that he ...
Mike Johnson became speaker of the House in late October 2023, many observers expressed their condolences. He had gone from ...
Here’s the crazy irony: The only way to actually sack the speaker is to rely on Democrats’ votes. Eight Republican mutineers ...
Republicans control, if that is the right word, the House with 218 votes, a bare majority. Democrats hold 213 seats, with ...
The Republican speaker’s problems spring from his predecessor’s efforts to placate the far right as he grasped for the gavel.
negotiations between the White House and congressional Republicans led by Speaker McCarthy have been sluggish. GOP leadership has said that it would not support the Biden administration’s request to ...
Speaker Kevin McCarthy surprised Washington when he ... s borrowing capacity and avert a potentially catastrophic debt default. Biden on Thursday had no direct response to McCarthy’s maneuver.
“I can’t imagine any debt ceiling provision passed out of the Senate with 60 votes could actually pass this particular House,” he added. Biden and McCarthy have agreed to meet to talk about ...
Jack Sullivan, National Security Advisor, has termed 'nonsense' on Russian allegations where Putin's officials claimed that ...