The US House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker – a historic moment that threatens to plunge House Republicans even further into chaos and turmoil.
House ousts McCarthy as speaker in historic vote
Category: Republicans
Republican hard right threatens to plunge the House of Representatives into chaos
One scenario being considered is for a large number of Democrats to vote present or abstain. It is also possible that they may vote against the motion being submitted to the House for consideration — a way of rejecting the motion to vacate via a procedural step.
House GOP members seek to expel Gaetz amid renewed threat to vacate House Speaker McCarthy
The House Republican members will seek to expel Gaetz if the ethics committee report comes back with findings of guilt, Fox News has learned. One member told Fox News the report is mostly written but does not know what it contains.
Pro-Trump Republicans furious as their own party scotches shutdown threat at 11th hour
The House voted 335 to 91 for a stopgap spending bill called a continuing resolution (CR) as it continues to pass the 12 spending bills before the end of the year.
Congress averts government shutdown in stunning twist, passing deal with bipartisan support
After lawmakers in Congress spent weeks fighting over how to avoid a shutdown that would impact millions of people, they passed a measure Saturday that would temporarily fund the government
There are more of us than there are of them
The 14th Amendment isn’t going to save us from Donald Trump. Nor is a ruling in New York state that he defrauded multiple banks and insurance companies over a ten-year period. Nor are the 91 charges against him in his four criminal indictments.
GOP blames looming shutdown on 21 Republican holdouts
“There are 21 Republicans who just voted to defund the United States military and keep the border open,” said Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.). “They need to be called out by name. I mean, this is not a Republican shutdown. This is a shutdown — if we don’t get this done soon — that is caused by 21 individual members of the Republican conference.”
First defendant in Trump Georgia case pleads guilty
Scott Hall, a bail bond business owner, after reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors pleaded guilty to five misdemeanor counts of conspiracy to commit intentional interference with the performance of election duties before Judge Scott McAfee at an impromptu hearing Friday afternoon.
Georgia Republicans Suspend GOP State Senator Who Wanted To Impeach Trump Prosecutor Fani Willis
Georgia’s Republican Senate Caucus is suspending a GOP state senator who attacked them for opposing his plan to impeach Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for indicting former President Donald Trump.
The third kick of the shutdown ‘mule’: McConnell’s warnings go unheeded
“There’s no education in the second kick of the mule,” McConnell said, in one of several interviews that week invoking the phrase. He had just negotiated a political surrender after a 16-day federal shutdown left Republicans battered.
