Rep. Kevin McCarthy leaves a House Republican Conference meeting at the US Capitol on Dec. 5, 2023.
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(TriceEdneyWire.com)—After three weeks of chaos, the Republicans got their man. In a party-line vote, Republican Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana was finally elected speaker...
by Matthew Green, Catholic University of America
After the House of Representatives took the unprecedented step on Oct. 3, 2023, of removing its own speaker,...
by Jim Clyburn
— October 3, 2023, was Groundhog Day in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Republican Caucus voted to remove Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-20)...
by Charles R. Hunt, Boise State University
Political observers, most Americans and even members of Congress can’t remember a battle for the post of speaker...
CONGRESSWOMAN SUMMER LEE
U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, a 2005 graduate of Woodland Hills High School and former Pa. state representative of the 34th District, released...
Shutdown averted, at least through mid-November.
Late Saturday, at the eleventh hour, President Joe Biden signed off on a temporary funding bill to keep federal agencies operating....
by Laura Blessing, Georgetown University
The U.S. is moving toward a government shutdown. House and Senate appropriators are divided on spending levels, policy riders and...
