Kevin McCarthy gets about a dozen GOP holdouts to flip and vote for him to become the Speaker of the House. He’ll still need a few more, though. Listen Here:
With no Speaker of the House having been appointed yet, we continue to wait for a resolution. Fox News reports:  House Freedom Caucus (HFC) member Troy Nehls claims House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is aware that he will need the caucus’s support to get future bills passed. “Kevin is aware that any legislation he […]
Kevin McCarthy is still short of 218 votes and there appears to be a stalemate. NY Times has more:  Representative Kevin McCarthy of California offered fresh concessions to a hard-right band of rebels in a desperate effort to lock down the votes to become speaker, as a historic Republican deadlock that has paralyzed Congress entered […]
Here are some of the concessions that the Freedom Caucus holdouts have secured from Kevin McCarthy – as he tries to overcome their opposition to be US Speaker of the House. Listen Here:
Congressman Dan Bishop (R-NC) outlines his opposition to electing Kevin McCarthy as the Speaker of the House. Listen Here:
After failing to secure enough votes yesterday to become Speaker of the US House, Kevin McCarthy tries again today. And again. And again. Listen Here:
Kevin McCarthy and Hakeem Jefferies are still in the mix as the house goes into day 2 without appointing a speaker. New York Times reports: Â Representative Kevin McCarthy of California grasped on Wednesday for the votes he needs to become speaker after failing three times to win the post, as Republicans began their second […]
U.S. Congressman Ralph Norman joins Vince to talk about McCarthy’s chances to be selected as new House Speaker. POLITICO reports:  As Kevin McCarthy begins the final descent of his turbulent bid for the speaker’s gavel, Republicans are bracing to see whether he lands the plane or crashes and burns. After weeks of intense, down-to-the-wire negotiations, […]
The latest on Title 42 via The Hill:  The Biden administration on Tuesday asked Chief Justice John Roberts to rule against 19 GOP-led states that initiated court action to keep the controversial Title 42 policy in place. The administration was responding to Roberts’s administrative stay from Monday in which he temporarily halted the end of the policy, set […]
With many conservatives tired of the current GOP leadership, the GOP need to inject some new blood into the party. Politico has more. Â Survivors of the Robb Elementary school shooting are suing the Uvalde Police Department, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District and others, for $27 billion. CNN has more on the story: Â […]
