Speaker Kevin McCarthy has only one way out of next week’s impending government shutdown: working with Democrats. It’s an exit he’s still refusing to take. During the most tumultuous stretch of his speakership so far, McCarthy hasn’t phoned a single member of the opposing party […]

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The long-shot idea that Democrats could bail out the beleaguered Speaker Kevin McCarthy is suddenly getting real. Small groups of centrist Democrats are holding secret talks with several of McCarthy’s close GOP allies about a last-ditch deal to fund the government, according to more than […]

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Kevin McCarthy is facing the greatest peril to his speakership since he clawed his way into the job eight months ago, with multiple factions of his party feuding and a looming revolt ahead during the battle to fund the government. Ultra-conservative members of the House […]

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Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) announced endorsements on Thursday for his 2024 reelection from the entire House Democratic leadership team, a sharp reversal from last year’s midterms, when he was all but abandoned by his party’s top brass. The endorsement list includes Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, […]

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Democrats are entertaining a once-unlikely prospect: retaking the House majority by winning in the South. The party is newly invigorated about its chance to pick up a seat each in Alabama, Louisiana and maybe even Georgia. After years of Republicans shutting them out of the […]

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The House’s conservative hardliners aren’t done exacting revenge on GOP leaders for what they see as Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s broken promises during Washington’s debt drama. A band of roughly a dozen firebrands, mostly in the Trump-aligned Freedom Caucus, have successfully derailed senior Republicans’ plans to […]

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A band of House conservatives mounted an extraordinary rebellion against their own party leaders on Tuesday, venting their angst over the recent debt limit fight with a surprise protest that derailed the chamber floor. Republican leaders spent nearly an hour working to resolve the standoff […]

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Kevin McCarthy is finally a leading player in a huge Washington drama with his gavel on the line. But as his team sits down with President Joe Biden’s, McCarthy is confronting a handicap that even his allies acknowledge is real: Four years in the minority […]

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Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Monday he remains confident that Congress could still beat a possible June 1 default deadline despite the weekend stall in talks with the White House. While McCarthy said he would’ve preferred a deal by Sunday night, he declared the U.S. could […]

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House GOP leaders and the White House resumed talks on a default-averting debt deal Friday evening, hours after Republicans had publicly announced a pause in those talks. One of Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s top deputies, House Financial Services Chair Patrick McHenry, confirmed the talks had resumed. […]

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Soon after House conservatives extracted enough concessions from Kevin McCarthy to let him claim the speakership, they began plotting their next move: Pushing him as far right as they possibly could on the debt ceiling. It started in late January, when a group of House […]

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House Republicans adopted a sweeping rules package Monday night, despite frustrations within the conference over private agreements GOP leadership made with the 20 conservatives. Only one House Republican, Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas, voted against the rules package released by Speaker Kevin McCarthy — a […]

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Stephanie Murphy and Kathleen Rice are leaving Congress earlier than most — with plenty of bones to pick. Murphy (D-Fla.) and Rice (D-N.Y.), two best friends and roommates during their years in Washington, will depart this month after a combined 12 years on the Hill […]

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The House on Friday approved a mammoth $1.7 trillion funding package, capping a chaotic week as party leaders dashed to avoid a shutdown and an intensifying winter storm just days before Christmas. It passed on a 225-201 vote, with one Democrat, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), […]

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Border funding will be one of House Republicans’ biggest causes next year. There’s just one hiccup: They’re struggling to find someone to lead the charge. The House GOP is still searching for a senior lawmaker willing to head the politically combustible panel that oversees funding […]

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Democrats just spent two harrowing years navigating one of the tiniest majorities in House history. Now it’s the GOP’s turn — and things could get even worse. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and his team are set to take over in January with the kind […]

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Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s 35-year legacy in Congress is defined by precision, from her calculated rise to her careful floor maneuvers to her tightly scripted message. Her exit from Democratic leadership was just as methodically choreographed. Pelosi’s plans have been snarled before. Donald Trump’s defeat of […]

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Nancy Pelosi, one of the most powerful speakers in modern U.S. history, will cede the helm of House Democratic leadership after 20 years and take on an unfamiliar role: Rank-and-file member. Since she reclaimed the top gavel in 2018, the first woman speaker — whose […]

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House Democrats will be waiting hours, if not days, to know the full results of Tuesday’s surprisingly close midterm election. They could have to wait even longer on the future of their leadership. Republicans are still poised to take back the House, but the size […]

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A growing number of Democrats are openly blaming Republicans for failing to rein in a rise in violent rhetoric in the wake of an assault on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, who survived with serious injuries. “A far right white nationalist tried to assassinate the Speaker […]

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