Opinion: When McCarthy’s spending cuts get spelled out, even Republicans balk
Whether you’re for the demand by House Republicans for deep spending cuts as a condition for raising the nation’s debt ceiling or you’re against it,…
Whether you’re for the demand by House Republicans for deep spending cuts as a condition for raising the nation’s debt ceiling or you’re against it,…
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been strutting his stuff for two weeks since wheedling his slim majority of House Republicans to (barely) pass a bill…
It was one of House conservatives’ biggest demands: more representation on key committees and in senior roles. They got both, and they’re still bragging about…
WASHINGTON — When is an invitation not just an invitation, but a defiant breach of protocol, a brash partisan move and a self-interested political tactic? When…
The Republican leader has introduced a proposal to slash government spending along with increasing the federal debt limit. United States House of Representatives Speaker Kevin…
While praising the intent behind the House GOP efforts to expand work requirements for SNAP, which used to be known as food stamps, top Republican…
BAKERSFIELD — Before a Manhattan grand jury voted to indict former President Trump in connection with an alleged hush-money payment to adult film actor Stormy Daniels,…
Just after last fall’s midterm elections, congressional Republicans fumed at their historic underperformance and seemed ready to dump Trump. “Former President Trump is facing waves…
I spent my Sunday counting down to the Rihanna concert — I mean, the Super Bowl. In all seriousness, that halftime show combined her top…
What’s clear is many of McCarthy's doubters made out quite well as committee posts were doled out, but it wasn’t entirely equal. Donalds and Roy…
HANFORD, Calif. — At an Elks Lodge in the Central Valley, Larry Faria stood before a grassroots conservative group called the 1776 Sons of Liberty and…
WASHINGTON — Electing the House speaker may have been the easy part. Now House Republicans will try to govern. Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) passed his first…
They spoke about it in emotional terms. On conservative airwaves in Bakersfield, radio hosts devoted hours to “poor old Kevin,” or to how “stupid” the…
“It’s gonna take a lot of work and a lot of tough decisions to get us where we need to be,” said Rep. Gary Palmer…
Across the chamber, Democratic Reps. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) and Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) could be heard shouting “Be civil!”, according to a member who heard the…
For years, Kevin McCarthy wanted to be speaker of the House in the worst possible way, and that’s precisely what he accomplished by winning the…
Kevin McCarthy has spent years tying himself into political knots to win over the right-wing fringe of the Republican Party.But in one chaotic week, a…
WASHINGTON –The House of Representatives made history Thursday, moving to, and then surpassing, an 11th ballot after more stalemated efforts to elect a speaker of the…
The donations were among hundreds McCarthy spread around to the Republican conference and GOP challengers as he sought to help Republicans win the House majority…
That age, McCarthy’s travails make clear, is not defined exclusively by former President Donald Trump. Recall that the first time McCarthy vied for the speakership…