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Congress' job approval hits six-year low after House speaker crisis: poll
Congress’ job approval has dropped to 13% in a new national poll following the three-week House of Representatives speakership fight — its lowest rating since 2017. Lawmakers saw their performance...
Hey, House Republicans: Elect a speaker and get back to doing your jobs
House Republicans: You've got nine candidates for speaker, and time to hear them campaign. Choose one and then elect him.
GOP's speaker chaos: Letters to the Editor — Oct. 21, 2023
The Issue: The House’s inability to elect a speaker, as Rep. Jim Jordan again failed to garner enough votes. To the Republicans who voted against Rep. Jim Jordan: Shame on...
Matt Gaetz ripped for email blasting 'RINOs working with radical Democrats'
The email read, "We are inches from electing Speaker Jim Jordan. But RINO's [sic] are working with RADICAL DEMOCRATS like AOC, ILHAN OMAR and RASHIDA TLAIB to BLOCK JIM JORDAN...
Gaetz got the chaos he wanted in speaker putsch . . . and America suffers
If this is what the Trumpist right in Congress sees as victory, we’d hate to see a defeat. The sanity wing of the party needs to get it together — before...
Matt Gaetz says booting McCarthy 'absolutely' worth it even if he gets expelled
Firebrand Rep. Matt Gaetz insists his efforts to sack former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy were worth it even if Republicans expel him in retaliation.
Ousting of Kevin McCarthy reflects today's crisis of authority
If a higher meaning can be attached to the incident, it’s as a warning: fasten your seatbelt, we face a lot of turbulence ahead.
45 House Republicans demand 'fundamental changes' to rules that led to McCarthy’s ouster
A group of 45 House Republicans are demanding “fundamental changes” to GOP rules in the lower chamber that allowed a small faction of lawmakers to strip Rep. Kevin McCarthy of...
Liz Cheney cheers Kevin McCarthy removal, warns of Jim Jordan ascension
Republican scion Liz Cheney welcomed Kevin McCarthy's ouster as speaker, castigating him as "unfit" for the role.
Hey, Congress: End outrages like $3.3 billion for furniture instead of indulging in palace intrigue
Hello? Congress needs to pass a multitrillion-dollar budget by Nov. 17. And if it can’t even look into (let alone control) what government shells out for furniture during a pandemic,...
House's vote to oust Kevin McCarthy: Letters to the Editor — Oct. 5, 2023
The Issue: The House’s vote to remove Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker on Tuesday.
House Republicans push change to rule that enabled Kevin McCarthy coup
"I’m not supporting ANYONE for Speaker until there is a commitment to reform the Motion to Vacate," Rep. Carlos Giménez said.
House GOP must drop 'any member can move to unseat the speaker' rule
The candidates for the job now should agree among themselves to put Gaetz & Co. on notice: Without a workable rule for the “motion to depose,” none of them should...
Jamaal Bowman's fire alarm stunt was criminal and unethical. Journos want it to go away
Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulled a fire alarm to disrupt a House vote over funding the government. Don’t believe his BS excuse about thinking it would open a door.
McCarthy lashes out at GOP rebels Mace, Gaetz and Rosendale in defiant exit speech
McCarthy (R-Calif.) pulled no punches when asked about Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), the mastermind of his historic removal as speaker of the House of Representatives.
McCarthy-connected PACs dropped millions on Republicans who booted him from speakership
Political action groups affiliated with former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy shelled out millions — to support the same Republicans who ousted him Tuesday.
Who is Steve Scalise? No. 2 House Republican could replace McCarthy as speaker
The majority leader is already in the process of gauging GOP support for his potential bid for the speakership, according to multiple reports.
Here's what happens next after House removed McCarthy as speaker
While McCarthy is now the first House speaker to ever be stripped of his power, the process for selecting a new leader of the lower chamber will be reminiscent of...
Why Matt Gaetz led charge to remove Kevin McCarthy as House speaker
Rep. Matt Gaetz led the charge in unseating Kevin McCarthy from his seat as House Speaker but their feud goes back much further.
Matt Gaetz burns down the Republican House
Oh, Rep. Matt Gaetz and his fellow rebels talked plenty about high principle and the crisis of the Republic, but all they were really doing was burning down the House, or at...