Tag: John Boehner
Joe Guzzardi: Clock ticking on Alejandro Mayorkas; House files impeachment articles
The 118th Congress had barely convened before the Senate’s amnesty addicts traveled to the border and began pontificating about the bipartisan immigration...
Kevin McCarthy makes big gains for speaker, but still falls short
Republican leader Kevin McCarthy flipped 15 colleagues to support him in dramatic votes for House speaker on Friday, making extraordinary gains on the...
Robert Aderholt plans to vote for Kevin McCarthy for Speaker
In the November midterms, the voters gave Republicans a small majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. The new GOP House majority should select...
Kevin McCarthy’s race for speaker risks upending House on Day One
In his quest to rise to House speaker, Kevin McCarthy is charging straight into history — potentially becoming the first nominee in 100 years...
In virus talks, Nancy Pelosi holds firm; Steven Mnuchin wants a...
There are limits, and legal pitfalls, in trying to make an end run around the legislative branch.
The end of an era? Tea party class of House Republicans...
The Republican newcomers stunned Washington back in 2010 when they seized the House majority with bold promises to cut taxes and spending and to...
Paul Ryan vents frustration over GOP infighting over immigration
A frustrated Speaker Paul Ryan chided House Republicans for election-season infighting over immigration that sank the party’s farm bill last week, participants in a...
Kevin McCarthy and Steve Scalise are likely contenders for House speaker
Some say it’s a fight between West and South. Or who might win an endorsement from President Donald Trump. Or a test of who...
Paul Ryan’s retirement sending ripples of uncertainty through GOP
House Speaker Paul Ryan’s abrupt announcement that he will retire rather than seek another term in Congress as the steady if reluctant wingman for...
What’s next for Paul Ryan?
Paul Ryan’s future as House speaker has been such a topic of speculation that even the simple question of whether he will seek re-election...
