Top Republican Kevin McCarthy will meet Biden to discuss US debt default:
The talks will be McCarthy’s first with the president since he became House speaker ...
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Key FactsTop Republican Kevin McCarthy will meet with Joe Biden to discuss avoiding a US debt default.
Apr 11, 2023 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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- Top Republican Kevin McCarthy said he would meet with US President Joe Biden on Wednesday to discuss avoiding a US debt default, but he warned Biden that he should reconsider his refusal to consider spending cuts in exchange for raising the borrowing limit.
- Medicare and Social Security cuts, according to McCarthy, are "off the table."
- US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy appoints 13 Republicans to a new China committee. Members of the new Republican House majority, however, have threatened to obstruct the usual rubber-stamping of any increase above the current US$31.4 trillion.
- And Biden has stated that he will not negotiate on the issue.
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McCarthy: Social Security, Medicare cuts ‘off the table’ : Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said ahead of a meeting with President Biden this week that cuts to ...
thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/3835082-mccarthy-social-security-medicare-cuts-off-the-table/
White House blasts McCarthy for comments on strengthening Social Security, Medicare
thehill.com/homenews/administration/3835206-white-house-blasts-mccarthy-for-comments-on-strengthening-social-security-medicare/
McCarthy fends off questions about weakened Speakership: Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Sunday denied the idea that his leadership has been weakened by the ...
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Ilhan Omar Suggests GOP Effort to Boot Her From Committee Is Racist: Omar said “many” opponents “don’t believe a Muslim, a refugee, an African should even be in ...
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GOP national sales tax talk backfires, as Dems see political gold: “I believe it would cause the next Great Depression if we would impose it ...
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Schiff, Swalwell and Omar condemn GOP bid to remove them from committees: "The hypocrisy just grabs you by the throat."
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Jeffries’ Path to House Speaker Raises Specter of McCarthy-Style Revolt: Hakeem Jeffries could face his own version of intraparty rebellion in his bid for House ...
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McCarthy declares support for Trump in 2024: Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he is endorsing former President Trump for reelection in 2024 ...
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Key FactsMcCarthy Announces Exit as House GOP Majority Faces Further Loss
Dec 8, 2023 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced Wednesday that he plans to leave Congress at the end of 2023.
- California law likely means a special election for McCarthy’s seat will be called before Santos’s replacement election expected in February 2024.
- According to the article, the Republican House majority would fall to 221–213 after McCarthy leaves.
- Republicans would then have only three votes available before cooperation with Democrats becomes necessary.
You have Gaetz, who belongs in jail, and you have serious members.— Kevin McCarthy, in a Politico interview in November
White House: GOP plans would drive deficits up $3 trillion: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to go on the offensive against Republicans ...
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McCarthy says he’s forming bipartisan group to write lawmaker code of conduct following Omar vote
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A historic number of George Santos’s constituents want him to resign: Nearly 8 in 10 want him out (including 7 in 10 Republicans). About the only politician who ...
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U.S. Rep. Santos to recuse himself from committee assignments: U.S. Representative George Santos, who has admitted to fabricating much of his resume ...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene's Hopes of Removing Ilhan Omar Appear Dashed: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had hoped to remove Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee ...
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‘Bakersfield BS’: Schiff, Swalwell, Omar blast McCarthy over committee removals: A trio of Democratic House members targeted by Speaker Kevin McCarthy for ...
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George Santos is a fraud. Expel him from the House.: Either Kevin McCarthy moves against Santos in defense of the House’s integrity — or he proves that it has ...
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New York reps say Santos should not be allowed classified information: Two Democratic House members from New York called on Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif ...
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These Republicans will serve on panels to probe COVID-19, ‘weaponization’ of government
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Jeffries submits Schiff, Swalwell for Intel panel, forcing fight with McCarthy: The head of House Democrats has submitted Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif ...
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Opinion | There’s a Line on George Santos’s Résumé That No One Can Cross Out: The freshman representative fits right in to the Republican majority in the House.
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Democrats urge House Speaker McCarthy to deny GOP Rep. George Santos access to classified info
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Key FactsDemocrats are urging House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to deny Republican Rep. George Santos access to classified information.
Apr 11, 2023 · Reading time: ~20 sec.
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- George Santos' access to classified information, claiming the scandal-plagued freshman lawmaker "cannot be trusted" with sensitive information.
- Morelle and Meeks asked McCarthy in a letter on Wednesday to limit Santos' access to classified materials, "including preventing him from attending any classified briefings and limiting his access to such information through his committee assignments."
- "Congressman George Santos was assigned to committees whose jurisdiction may pertain to only a portion of our country's national security and foreign policy agenda, yet this does not stop or inhibit him from requesting a secure briefing or classified documents regarding a breadth of topics at any time," they said.
Republicans thrust gas stoves into the culture wars: A new culture war battle has broken out over gas stoves, with Republicans arguing that talk of a federal ban ...
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The key committee spots given to Kevin McCarthy's far-right critics: Members who blocked Mr McCarthy's path to Speaker of the House are assigned to influential ...
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Key FactsMarjorie Taylor Greene slams Matt Gaetz and describes herself as a "leading MAGA voice"
Apr 12, 2023 · Reading time: ~0 sec.
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- Matt Gaetz for her new committee assignments and instead chastised him for the House speaker election battle that lasted days.
- "She's going to do amazing work for the people on these key committees she has EARNED," Gaetz said in a tweet on Wednesday.
- Greene is "back on committee assignments now that Republicans have retaken the House and the Rep." he said, quoting a line from a blog post.
- Nonetheless, Greene retaliated against Gaetz.
- During the speaker vote, Greene became a high-profile McCarthy ally, rallying behind him in a rare break from members of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus, including Gaetz.
How the Biden administration can slow the GOP’s dangerous schemes: Attacking our economic and constitutional system is par for the course.
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McCarthy’s planned expulsions of Intel Democrats prompts howls: A GOP promise to expel two Democrats from the House Intelligence Committee would dramatically ...
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McCarthy vows to remove three Dems from committee posts: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) reiterated his pledge to remove Democratic Reps ...
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Key FactsMcCarthy as Speaker "Will Adhere to the Wishes" of Extremists, says Schiff
Apr 19, 2023 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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- "He is a very weak leader of his conference, meaning that he will adhere to the wishes of the lowest common denominator," added the congressman.
- According to Adam Schiff, "I suspect he will do whatever Marjorie Taylor Greene wants him to do."
- McCarthy's future speakership was also discussed by Adam Kinzinger.
- "He has cut so many deals with bad people to get to this position that I think he's not going to be a leader at all," Kinzinger said on CNN's State of the Union on Sunday.
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