Kevin McCarthy hasn’t had a great week, but it got a little better on Friday.
The California congressman lost 11 House speaker ballots over three days, with about 20 Republicans declining to vote for him each time. He’s now lost his 12th, but he gained some ground, picking up votes from Reps. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.), Josh Brecheen (R-Okla.), Michael Cloud (R-Texas), Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.), Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), Ana Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), Mary Miller (R-Ill.), Ralph Norman (R-s.C.), Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), Scott Perry (R-Pa.), Keith Self (R-Texas), and Rep.
The California congressman lost 11 House speaker ballots over three days, with about 20 Republicans declining to vote for him each time. He’s now lost his 12th, but he gained some ground, picking up votes from Reps. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.), Josh Brecheen (R-Okla.), Michael Cloud (R-Texas), Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.), Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), Ana Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), Mary Miller (R-Ill.), Ralph Norman (R-s.C.), Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), Scott Perry (R-Pa.), Keith Self (R-Texas), and Rep.
- 1/6/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Kevin McCarthy has lost his seventh, eighth, and ninth House speakership ballots.
Nineteen Republicans voted for Rep. Byron Donalds after the third day of voting commenced on Thursday. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) voted for former President Donald Trump, who had not received any votes over the first six rounds of voting, and Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) voted “present.” Twenty-one Republicans also didn’t vote for McCarthy on the eighth, ninth, and tenth ballots.
The results means McCarthy has not picked up any ground despite making major concessions Wednesday night. The...
Nineteen Republicans voted for Rep. Byron Donalds after the third day of voting commenced on Thursday. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) voted for former President Donald Trump, who had not received any votes over the first six rounds of voting, and Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) voted “present.” Twenty-one Republicans also didn’t vote for McCarthy on the eighth, ninth, and tenth ballots.
The results means McCarthy has not picked up any ground despite making major concessions Wednesday night. The...
- 1/5/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Update: The House will adjourn until noon Et/9 a.m. Pt on Thursday, giving Kevin McCarthy more time to try to sway holdouts to support his bid for speaker — or work out some other sort of deal.
The scene on the House floor was raucous as Democrats objected to the motion to adjourn, forcing a vote on the issue. They sought to stay in session for the evening, something that would have likely meant another embarrassing roll call vote and defeat for McCarthy. And Democrats nearly got their wish. With the tally neck and neck, Democrats at one point rushed one member through the aisles to cast her ballot before the House clerk called a close to the process. But some Republicans switched their votes to adjourn, eventually giving them a 216-214 majority in favor of adjournment.
McCarthy’s team likely will see the procedural victory as glimmer of hope for his speakership bid,...
The scene on the House floor was raucous as Democrats objected to the motion to adjourn, forcing a vote on the issue. They sought to stay in session for the evening, something that would have likely meant another embarrassing roll call vote and defeat for McCarthy. And Democrats nearly got their wish. With the tally neck and neck, Democrats at one point rushed one member through the aisles to cast her ballot before the House clerk called a close to the process. But some Republicans switched their votes to adjourn, eventually giving them a 216-214 majority in favor of adjournment.
McCarthy’s team likely will see the procedural victory as glimmer of hope for his speakership bid,...
- 1/5/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Kevin McCarthy is addicted to losing.
Twenty-one Republicans did not vote for the House speaker hopeful on the fourth, fifth, and sixth ballots on Wednesday. Twenty voted for Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), who was the only Republican to vote for McCarthy on Tuesday before changing his vote on the third ballot, while one, Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) voted “present” after having voted for McCarthy on Tuesday.
McCarthy’s new batch of failed attempts comes hours after former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to publicly rally Republicans behind him,...
Twenty-one Republicans did not vote for the House speaker hopeful on the fourth, fifth, and sixth ballots on Wednesday. Twenty voted for Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), who was the only Republican to vote for McCarthy on Tuesday before changing his vote on the third ballot, while one, Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) voted “present” after having voted for McCarthy on Tuesday.
McCarthy’s new batch of failed attempts comes hours after former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to publicly rally Republicans behind him,...
- 1/4/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Republican members of Congress who refused to hold then-President Donald Trump accountable for delaying congressionally approved military aid to Ukraine are now criticizing President Biden for not providing more military aid to the nation.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), a fierce opponent of impeaching Trump for trying to extort Ukraine into digging up dirt on Joe Biden ahead of the 2020 election, had the nerve to blame Biden for not doing enough to equip Ukraine. “The challenge that we have is, it’s the actions that we could have done before from...
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), a fierce opponent of impeaching Trump for trying to extort Ukraine into digging up dirt on Joe Biden ahead of the 2020 election, had the nerve to blame Biden for not doing enough to equip Ukraine. “The challenge that we have is, it’s the actions that we could have done before from...
- 3/1/2022
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
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