Tag Archives: Kevin McCarthy

After tough negotiations to reach a tentative deal with the White House on the US borrowing limit, the next challenge for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is pushing it through the House, where hardline Republicans are already threatening to sink it. As Democratic and Republican negotiators iron out the final details …

Top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy said on Saturday he was making “progress” in negotiations with Democratic President Joe Biden on raising the federal government’s debt ceiling, as the nation faced the risk of default in little more than a week. Time is tight. The Treasury Department on Friday said the …

The White House and congressional Republicans on Friday aim to put the final touches on a deal to raise the U.S. government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling for two years while capping spending on many government programs, according to a U.S. official. Negotiators for Democratic President Joe Biden and House of …

A second meeting on Friday between White House and Republican congressional negotiators on raising the federal government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling broke up with no progress cited by either side and no additional meeting set. That came at the end of a day of acrimonious talks that were broken off …

US President Joe Biden and top Republicans and Democrats from Congress are set to sit down this week to try to resolve a three-month standoff over the $31.4 trillion U.S. debt ceiling and avoid a crippling default before the end of May. The Democratic president is calling on lawmakers to …

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has arrived in New York on a sensitive transit trip to the United States, as China has threatened to “resolutely fight back” if she meets House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The Taiwanese president left Taipei on Wednesday afternoon for a 10-day trip to visit Central …

Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives early on Saturday, after making extensive concessions to right-wing hardliners that raised questions about the party’s ability to govern. The 57-year-old Californian suffered one final humiliation when Representative Matt Gaetz withheld his vote on the 14th ballot as …

The United States House of Representatives has adjourned again without choosing a new speaker as the Republicans remained divided over choosing the GOP leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who has failed to secure the votes of far-right Republicans. McCarthy on Thursday night lost an unprecedented 11th round of voting after three …

Congress remains in deadlock as insurgent Republicans continue to thwart Representative Kevin McCarthy’s bid for House speaker The US House of Representatives has adjourned yet again after lawmakers failed to appoint a new House speaker for the second day in a row, leaving Congress in disarray amid an uprising against …

US House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has called for an investigation into President Joe Biden’s policy towards Afghanistan, where the state – weakened by 20 years of occupation – collapsed before a resurgent Taliban, days after the withdrawal of most American troops from the country. McCarthy said in an …

The top Republican in the US House of Representatives faced calls to apologize or resign Sunday after joking about hitting Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the head with a gavel. It was the latest round in a nasty spat between the Republican minority leader Kevin McCarthy and Pelosi, the chamber’s top …