Tag: Matt Gaetz
House Republicans pass U.S. debt bill, push Joe Biden on spending
House Republicans narrowly passed sweeping legislation Wednesday that would raise the government’s legal debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion in exchange for steep spending restrictions,...
Kevin McCarthy preps House GOP debt deal to draw Joe Biden...
Speaker Kevin McCarthy convened House Republicans behind closed doors Tuesday to build support for his plan to allow the nation’s debt limit to rise in return...
House GOP meet with Volodymyr Zelenskyy as far right opposes more...
A handful of congressional Republicans met Tuesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a signal of continued U.S. support even as hard-right...
Donald Trump’s MAGA forces threaten to upend vote for RNC chair
By week’s end, the Republican National Committee is set to resolve a bitter leadership feud that has exposed perilous divisions within a party that...
House Republicans to target border crisis, IRS funding, more with new...
Now that U.S. House Republicans have a leader in Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., they are turning their eyes toward an agenda with...
Kevin McCarthy elected the 55th Speaker of the House
Congressman Kevin McCarthy became the 55th Speaker of the House early Saturday on the 15th ballot. McCarthy prevailed 216 to 212 for House Minority...
Matt Gaetz, Freedom Caucus held line on McCarthy speakership over seven...
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida, was among 20 House members withholding support from new Speaker Kevin McCarthy until the California Republican would...
Kevin McCarthy makes big gains for speaker, but still falls short
Republican leader Kevin McCarthy flipped 15 colleagues to support him in dramatic votes for House speaker on Friday, making extraordinary gains on the...
Andy Biggs and colleagues to hold hearing on ‘Bidenflation’
Congressman Andy Biggs will hold an off-site hearing on Tuesday to discuss what he terms "Bidenflation" and "Biden's energy crisis." The hearing...
Mark Brnovich joins 16 attorneys general to file legal brief...
Seventeen Republican attorneys general have filed an amicus brief with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in support of a Florida law...