WASHINGTON – Rep. Kevin McCarthy dropped out of the race to become Speaker of the House following a letter sent by a Republican colleague warning Speaker candidates to drop out of the race to hide personal indiscretions that could embarrass the party.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) says he wants to have a fresh face in charge, so he decided to drop out of the race for Speaker of the House. “We’ve been going through this campaign talking to a lot
The House Republican Conference decided to postpone electing a new Speaker of the House when Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced he is dropping out of the running.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) dropped out of the race for Speaker of the House suddenly on Thursday morning, telling Republican colleagues in a caucus meeting that he no longer felt he could lead.
No sooner had John Boehner announced his decision to resign as speaker than conservatives were lamenting the heir apparent.
Rep. Steve King (R-IA), the chairman of the House’s Conservative Opportunity Society, endorsed Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL) for Speaker of the House on Wednesday evening.
The House Freedom Caucus – a group of constitutional conservative Congressmen – announced Wednesday evening that it will support Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL) for Speaker of the House, to replace John Boehner at the end of the month.
Republican North Carolina Rep. Walter Jones is urging all candidates for Speaker of the House to drop out of the race if skeletons in their closet might embarrass the Republican Party.
The White House won’t join Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi in calling for the House Select Committee on Benghazi to be shut down, although the administration questions the integrity of its investigation.
Conservatives in the House of Representatives believe a bloc vote will help influence who will be the next Speaker of the House, so members of the House Freedom Caucus will meet Wednesday afternoon to debate which member – Rep. Kevin McCarthy, Rep. Daniel Webster, or Rep. Jason Chaffetz – they should support for Speaker.
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), the chair of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, reacted to remarks made last week by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), the leading candidate to replace House Speaker John Boehner
Monday on “The Steve Malzberg Show,” long-time journalist Sharyl Attkisson said it is “somewhat ironic” that Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is trying to “dance in and take credit” for the works of the House Benghazi Select Committee, chaired by Rep. Trey Gowdy’s (R-SC)
Hillary Clinton’s first national TV ad hits Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the Republican frontrunner to succeed House Speaker John Boehner.
Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) said he didn’t regret removing Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) from his subcommittee chairmanship for voting his conscience against GOP leadership, but that Chaffetz “learned” from that experience.
At first, it seemed as if his heir apparent House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy would easily ascend into the speakership and that House Majority Whip Steve Scalise would easily replace McCarthy, and Chief Deputy Whip Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) would easily ascend into the Whip’s role. Now, one of that seems easy or likely as the growing conservative wing of the conference—emboldened by Boehner’s resignation—is demanding a series of structural reforms to the way business in done in Congress rather than just a reshuffling of the deck in leadership post-Boehner.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich tells Breitbart News that he thinks House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is “far and away the best man” to replace Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) as Speaker of the House when Boehner resigns later this month.
House Oversight and Government Reform committee chairman Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), in his official announcement made on Sunday that he’s running for Speaker of the House, implicitly dinged House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for being unable to communicate effectively.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) hails from Bakersfield in the Central Valley. But local Republicans are divided about his prospects as Speaker of the House, as McCarthy emerges as the likely candidate to replace John Boehner, who announced his resignation last month, effective Oct. 31.
Some 55 conservative leaders throughout the United States are calling on Republican leaders in Congress to live up to their responsibility to align their party’s platform with the Constitution.
“I would like to see someone that’s very tough and that can negotiate with the Democrats, and I don’t know that he’s that person,” Donald Trump said about possible Speaker Kevin McCarthy. “We need somebody that’s a very, very tough, smart, cunning person. I don’t know that that’s him, and obviously this statement hurt him pretty badly in the eyes of some, unfortunately.”
“What I am recommending is that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) go to McCarthy and pledge to supply the requisite Democratic votes for him to become Speaker if he doesn’t have the required Republican votes,” says an op-ed published in TheHill.com, authored by D.C. political activist Mark Plotkin.
On Thursday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) addressed comments he made that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s poll numbers had dropped because of discoveries by the Benghazi Select Committee. McCarthy stated, “this
Thursday on CNN’s “At This Hour,” Rep. Thomas Massie (R–KY) criticized his colleague Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), a candidate to replace John Boehner as House Speaker, for his comments linking Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton‘s plummeting poll numbers to the House
As many as 80 conservative Republicans will meet with and vet candidates for Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, four separate private groups of members announced on Thursday.
The left has seized on a remark by aspiring Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to the effect that the Benghazi select committee in the House has been useful because it has dented Hillary Clinton’s election chances.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy officially announced his campaign to replace John Boehner (R-OH) as Speaker on Monday and laid out his foreign policy vision for the United States: a stronger, tougher America.
“After consulting with our conference, a large majority of our members have made clear they want these elections held next week,” departing Speaker John Boehner says. “With their considerations in mind, the House leadership elections will take place on Thursday, October 8.”
Republican Majority Leader Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) gave Speaker Representative John Boehner (R-OH) a B- and vowed to fight to defund Obamacare, the president’s executive action on immigration, Planned Parenthood, and the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox
The House approved a bill Tuesday that would make the defunding of Planned Parenthood easier in the states themselves.
Foster Friess, a conservative billionaire living in Wyoming, is supporting Kevin McCarthy’s race for House Speaker, following John Boehner’s resignation. “He seems to be a real upbeat guy in all my interactions with him,” Friess stated in a press release.
Monday on Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) who has announced he is running to succeed John Boehner (R-OH) as Speaker of the House, said he believes in former President Ronald Reagan’s 11th Commandment which
House Majority Leader Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) pledged “you’re going to see a select committee” on Planned Parenthood, there won’t be a shutdown of the government in December, and that border security should come first on immigration, in a discussion
McCarthy’s announcement comes on the heels of current Speaker John Boehner, an Ohio Republican, announcing his resignation last Friday. That came after Boehner lost significant support among his own party and apparently wouldn’t have won reelection should a motion to remove him have come up for a vote. Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) led the way in getting Boehner’s ouster, putting forward in late July a measure called a motion to vacate the chair. Meadows rallied his fellow Republicans against Boehner’s failed leadership, eventually leading to his resignation.
Conservatives in the House have many reasons to really dislike outgoing House Speaker John Boehner.
Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL), a candidate for Speaker of the United States House of Representatives against House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), tells Breitbart News in an exclusive interview exactly how he plans to reform Congress.
Republicans in the House of Representatives have banded together to ensure a cooperative debate on strategy and party disagreements before House GOP conference chairwoman Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) can try to help House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) take Rep. John Boehner’s ’s soon-to-be-vacated job as House Speaker, and instead force a special extended conference meeting that can now happen without McMorris Rodgers’ approval.
On Friday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) told GOP legislators he will resign in October. Boehner’s decision was likely prompted by at least 30 House Republicans who had threatened a no-confidence vote, which would leave Boehner in the uncomfortable position of needing Democratic votes to remain in his position.
There is going to be a race for Speaker of the House, Breitbart News has learned, and current House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy will not be a shoo-in to replace outgoing Speaker John Boehner.
Outgoing Speaker of the House John Boehner says he’s not being pushed out of the job he’s held for five years.
On Friday morning, Speaker of the House John Boehner announced that he would be leaving Congress on the day before Halloween. Presumably, he already has a gig booked the next night as a pumpkin.