The leaders of a group of about 70 centrist Republicans wrote in a Friday letter that they'd only vote for the GOP leader, no matter how many ballots came up.
Tuesday's speaker of the House election is fast approaching, and the path for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to enter the vote with enough backing to claim the gavel remains murky.
The House will convene Tuesday to elect a speaker for the new Congress. The majority of the Republican conference plans to nominate Kevin McCarthy as the party takes over control
Kevin McCarthy is set to face a case of deja vu come Tuesday. The political future of the 57-year-old will once again be at stake as Republican lawmakers
For the first time in exactly 100 years, the election for speaker of the House of Representatives will go to a second ballot. Despite securing Republicans a razor-thin margin in Congress's lower chamber, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) secured just 203 votes to become the third-in-line to the…
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) told reporters the vote to elect a new House speaker could last for days just moments after the Republican leader failed to garner enough support to clinch the speakership during the first round of roll call votes on Tuesday.
