Boehner Throws Leadership Races a Curveball
It is perhaps that anticipated backlash that prompted Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, to jump into the speaker race.
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It is perhaps that anticipated backlash that prompted Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, to jump into the speaker race.
“I hope we’re not going to see this kind of stunt next week,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said of the NDAA, directly following the filibuster of the MilCon-VA appropriations bill
Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., and James B.
Current contenders include Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Fla., for speaker, with McCarthy the favorite to win.
Joe Wilson, R-S.C., to shout “You lie!” at the president. Wilson later apologized for the outburst. Steven T. Dennis contributed to this report.
If Scalise loses the race for leader, that would mean no vacancy for whip, freezing out Sessions and others with aspirations for the role, including Chief Deputy Whip Patrick T.
Patrick T. McHenry of North Carolina, the appointed chief deputy whip, and Rep.
Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, nine months after the fired communications director filed suit in District of Columbia court.
(When former Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., became the chamber’s top ranking Republican in 1995, he was 51.)
Attached to the email to fellow House Republicans is a letter Roskam penned to Republican Conference Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., asking her to hold the special summit.
Scalise, however, could be at a disadvantage with Chief Deputy Whip Patrick T. McHenry, R-N.C., eying a run for the No. 3 spot.
Scalise, however, could be at a disadvantage with Chief Deputy Whip Patrick T. McHenry, R-N.C., eying a run for the No. 3 spot.
Pope Francis was on a tight schedule during his Capitol Hill visit Thursday, his coordinates obsessively orchestrated and timed to a T.
Matt Salmon, R-Ariz., said he didn’t anticipate there would be a government shutdown on Oct. 1 but wouldn’t elaborate beyond that. Rep.
Sporting a white T-shirt featuring the face of Pope Francis near the back of the crowd, Hawkins said she made a point to see the last pope when he came to Washington.
Sporting a white T-shirt featuring the face of Pope Francis near the back of the crowd, Hawkins said she made a point to see the last pope when he came to Washington.
Grassley, R-Iowa; Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairwoman Linda T. Sanchez, D-Calif., and Rep.
And Collins, R-Maine, said Tuesday after the weekly conference lunch that Republicans across the Rotunda should see the writing on the wall.
Irving and Architect of the Capitol Stephen T. Ayers should appoint an acting police chief.
Irving and Architect of the Capitol Stephen T. Ayers should appoint an acting police chief.