Kevin McCarthy - report

U.S. Speaker of the House (born 1965)

Kevin Owen McCarthy is an American politician who is the 55th and current speaker of the United States House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party, McCarthy represents California's 20th congressional district.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_McCarthy

2022 2023 2024

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House Democrats had hoped to pass their $2 trillion social spending bill today. But House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) spent hours bashing the bill on the floor. The bill ended up being passed on Friday morning with a vote of 220 to 213, with only one Democratic defection.
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy will pull all five Republican lawmakers he appointed to the panel. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected two of his appointees and asked him to name replacements. McCarthy called Pelosi's move 'an egregious abuse of power'
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The final vote tally Wednesday evening was 252-175, which was announced on the floor by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as she banged her gavel. 'I beg you to pass this bill,' said Rep. John Katko, the New York Republican who negotiated with Democrats to get the bill finished. Democrats killed a resolution put forth by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy that would end mask-wearing in the House.
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was caught on a hot mic Tuesday complaining about Rep. Liz Cheney. Cheney is the No. 3 Republican in the House and voted to impeach former President Trump. McCarthy suggested Major League Baseball should make up lost revenue to small businesses.
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the No. 5 Democrat in the House, told GOP House Leader Kevin McCarthy that 'he should sit this one out' McCarthy and House Republicans are gearing up to censure Rep. Maxine Waters after comments she made during a Minneapolis demonstration. Waters said Saturday activists should 'get more confrontational' if officer Derek Chauvin is found not guilty.
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GOP Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash. – said GOP leader Kevin McCarthy told her Trump had dismissed pleas for help as his supporters ransacked the U.S. Capitol. She said McCarthy asked Trump to publicly ‘call off the riot’ and told Trump the violent mob were Trump supporters, not far-left antifa members. But Trump told McCarthy, 'Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are,' she says.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasted her Republican colleagues on Capitol Hill. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, has come under fire for her social media posts. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lambasted GOP leadership for putting Greene on the House's Education committee.
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President Trump and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy had a "tense, 30-minute-plus phone call" Trump ranted about election fraud and McCarthy cut him off, saying: "Stop it. It's over. The election is over" Trump has not publicly accepted any responsibility for the unrest at the Capitol.