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PublishedOctober 13, 2023
Republicans pick Jim Jordan as nominee for House speaker, putting job within the Trump ally’s reach
Electing Jordan, a founding member of the Freedom Caucus, to the powerful position second in line to the presidency would move the Republican’s far right into a central seat of U.S. power.
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PublishedOctober 12, 2023
House left leaderless as Republican Scalise ends speaker bid
After hours of private meetings over two days and late into Thursday evening at the Capitol, it was clear lawmakers were not budging from their refusal to support the Louisiana Republican.
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PublishedOctober 8, 2023
Jim Fossel: House Republicans must end the chaos
Eight lunatics fired Speaker Kevin McCarthy for ... simply doing his job.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2023
Supporters of U.S. aid to Ukraine are watching the House turmoil with growing alarm
Leaders dropped $6 billion in Ukraine aid from the temporary funding measure passed Saturday as they focused on passing it quickly, just hours before the government would have shut down.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2023
McCarthy’s ouster leaves House adrift as divided Republicans seek a new leader
It is a wide open battle for the job just as Congress faces a new deadline to fund the government by mid-November, but work on that legislation is on hold due to the vacancy in the speaker's office.
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PublishedOctober 3, 2023
Kevin McCarthy is out as speaker of the House. No one knows for sure what comes next.
There is no obvious successor to lead the House Republican majority, should Kevin McCarthy opt not to run for the job again.
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PublishedOctober 3, 2023
Golden and Pingree vote with House majority to remove Speaker McCarthy
The Maine Democrats joined other members of their party in voting to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, which means the Republican leader did not get enough support to keep his job.
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PublishedOctober 3, 2023
Kevin McCarthy becomes the first speaker ever to be ousted from the job in a House vote
McCarthy told lawmakers he would not run again for speaker, and next steps are highly uncertain as there is no obvious successor to lead the House Republican majority.
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2023
Rep. Jared Golden urges U.S. Justice Department to focus on violence in Mexico
Bipartisan congressional group tell attorney general "to intervene" to protect Americans
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2023
House Speaker McCarthy is back to square one as Senate pushes to avert federal shutdown
A shutdown would furlough millions of federal employees, leave the military without pay, disrupt air travel and cut off vital safety net services.
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