Tag: Speaker
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Speaker Mike Johnson demands Biden use executive actions and ‘suspend’ immigration to fix border chaos: Top Republican calls for return to Trump policies as crossings hit historic levels
Published: 2:39 PM EST, December 21, 2023 | Updated: 2:39 PM EST, December 21, 2023 As immigration talks in Congress stall, House Speaker Mike Johnson sent a letter to President Biden urging him to use executive power to stem the flow of migrants at the southern border . The speaker instructed the president to end…
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Kevin McCarthy’s advice to Speaker Mike Johnson as he prepares to leave Congress at the end of the year: ‘Do not govern like you’re afraid somebody’s going to make a motion to vacate’
Published: 4:37 PM EST, December 10, 2023 | Updated: 4:37 PM EST, December 10, 2023 Despite being ousted as Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Kevin McCarthy said he did what he thought was right by striking a deal with Democrats to pass a continuing resolution to keep the government open and funded to…
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Republican who stepped in as acting Speaker when Kevin McCarthy was ousted WON’T seek re-election: Patrick McHenry joins exodus from Congress
“At the end of my current term, I will retire from Congress. This is not a decision I make lightly, but I believe there is a season for everything.” McHenry dismissed any suggestion that he would leave because of the unrest in the House and appeared optimistic about the future of the House. “I really…
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Marjorie Taylor Greene tries force ANOTHER vote to impeach Alejandro Mayorkas – and says she’s ‘frustrated’ with Speaker Mike Johnson because he has only passed ‘Biden’s budget’
Published: 4:15 PM EST, November 29, 2023 | Updated: 4:15 PM EST, November 29, 2023 Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene forces a new vote on the impeachment of Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas. It is the second attempt by the loose-knit Republican in just a few weeks to oust the secretary. The latter failed when eight…
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Matt Gaetz’s approval in Florida plummets to 21% after he led the bid to oust Kevin McCarthy as Speaker and as the results of his ethics investigation linger
Rep. Matt Gaetz helped take down a House Speaker but may want to think twice before considering running for statewide office. Gaetz, the Donald Trump loyalist and one of eight Republicans who voted to oust Kevin McCarthy as chairman, has a statewide public approval rating of just 21 percent, with just 9 percent of Florida…
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Matt Gaetz praises Speaker Mike Johnson for releasing 44,000 hours of Capitol riot footage – as Mike Lee demands probe of Dem-led Jan. 6 committee for ‘hiding’ the video
Republicans are expressing joy after House Speaker Mike Johnson began releasing thousands of hours of surveillance footage from the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The first tranche of approximately 90 hours of footage was released on a public commission website Friday, with the remainder of the 44,000 hours expected to be…
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Speaker Mike Johnson endorses TRUMP: Top Republican says he is fully behind the former president, despite once saying that he was DANGEROUS
Published: 4:32 PM EST, November 14, 2023 | Updated: 4:43 PM EST, November 14, 2023 Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson on Tuesday gave his full support to Donald Trump in the 2024 Republican presidential nomination race, while simultaneously defending the former president’s claims that his 2020 election loss was fraudulent. “I’m all…