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A Week of Chaos in Kevin McCarthy’s Washington
16Sep By adminNo Comments
Entertainment

A Week of Chaos in Kevin McCarthy’s Washington

Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You ListenSign up to receive our twice-weekly News & Politics newsletter.The Washington Roundtable: Congress has returned from summer recess to a hectic month of business. This week, as Kevin McCarthy sought to avoid a government shutdown, the House Speaker announced that he plans to initiate an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. McCarthy is feeling pressured by hard-right Republicans who forced fifteen rounds of voting to occur in order to elect him to his post in January. Now, just weeks before the end-of-September deadline to either fund the government or shut it down, this same faction has brought the House to a standstill. What is the logic behind these disruptions? The New Yorker staff writers Susan B. Glasser,...
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Kevin McCarthy Has Just Two Weeks to Soothe GOP Critics and Keep Government Open
16Sep By adminNo Comments
World

Kevin McCarthy Has Just Two Weeks to Soothe GOP Critics and Keep Government Open

Listen to article(2 minutes)WASHINGTON—Kevin McCarthy made a series of promises to conservative Republicans to win the House speakership and keep legislation on track. Now, many of them are coming due, with a possible government shutdown and potentially his own job on the line. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Slammed Over ‘Seceding’ Message
12Sep By adminNo Comments
Politics

Marjorie Taylor Greene Slammed Over ‘Seceding’ Message

Conspiracy theorist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) was called out on social media on Monday after she gave secession yet another shout-out. “If the Biden admin refuses to stop the invasion of cartel led human and drug trafficking into our country, states should consider seceding from the union,” wrote Greene, a close ally of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).She also called Biden’s border policies “traitorous” in her message on X (formerly Twitter), which she posted on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Greene has made similar calls in the past. On President’s Day, she called for a “national divorce” “We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government. Everyone I talk to says this,” she wrote in a post that many Democrats and Republicans alike...
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Congress Summer Break Leaves Little Time To Avoid Shutdown
6Aug By adminNo Comments
Politics

Congress Summer Break Leaves Little Time To Avoid Shutdown

As House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) wrapped up his pre-summer break press conference in late July, he chided reporters who had been skeptical of House Republicans’ ability to overcome an unruly caucus and pass legislation.The Capitol press corps had a pattern of questioning Republicans’ unity at the beginning of each week, he said, only to be proved wrong when the GOP majority would secure wins on the House floor by week’s end.“I will look forward to your questions on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of doubting us,” McCarthy said. “But more importantly, I look forward to your questions on Thursday and Friday, but asking about the next week as well.”At the time, McCarthy was on a bit of a high. The House had just passed the first of a dozen bills funding the day-to-day activities of v...
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Eric Swalwell Calls Kevin McCarthy A ‘P***y’ In House Altercation
28Jul By adminNo Comments
Politics

Eric Swalwell Calls Kevin McCarthy A ‘P***y’ In House Altercation

Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D-Calif.) claws came out during a pair of tense confrontations with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) last month.Swalwell and McCarthy’s dispute began with the House Republicans’ vote to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on June 21 and reportedly ended with Swalwell calling McCarthy a “pussy” on the House floor a day later, according to The Daily Beast.Swalwell told the outlet he would not discuss the story, but he did not deny the reports. McCarthy did not respond to the outlet’s requests.HuffPost has reached out to both McCarthy and Swalwell’s offices for further comment.The conflict started when Swalwell led Democrats in protest after Schiff’s censure, crying “shame” on Republicans after the censure vote.While Swalwell stood near McCarthy’s podium, he alle...
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Kevin McCarthy Mocked For Saying Disneyland Shouldn’t Train Military
14Jul By adminNo Comments
Politics

Kevin McCarthy Mocked For Saying Disneyland Shouldn’t Train Military

Anyone worried that Disneyland might somehow take over the training of the military can relax: It won’t happen on Kevin McCarthy’s watch.The House speaker made that very ― sorry, can’t help it ― goofy promise Friday after the chamber passed the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, which raises pay for service members by 5.2% while also blocking abortion coverage, Pentagon diversity initiatives and transgender health care. After the Senate passes its own version of the bill, a compromise will have to be reached on the final legislation.“We don’t want Disneyland to train our military,” the California Republican said, touting the bill’s passage in the House. He added on Twitter that the legislation “ENDS the wokism in the military.”Not surprisingly, McCarthy was thoroughly mocked for his...
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