Kevin McCarthy
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 'Elections should be — and often have been — clarifying'Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day By Harold Maass, The Week US Published Instant Opinion
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 Kevin McCarthy let the House winThe Explainer A burnt out former Speaker decides it's better to fade away. By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published The Explainer
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 House passes GOP spending bill as Democrats shrug off 'goofy' laddered structureSpeed Read House Speaker Mike Johnson had to rely on Democrats to fund the government through at least Jan. 19, though some found his methods a little bizarre By Peter Weber, The Week US Published Speed Read
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 Has the GOP speaker's race gone from firing squad to royal rumble?Today's Big Question What was once a single-file sequence of aspiring Republican speakers is degenerating into a nine-person free-for-all By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published Today's Big Question
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 Rep. Jim Jordan's speaker bid: Are Republicans damned either way?Today's Big Question Win or lose, Ohio congressman's quest for the gavel could backfire on the GOP in a big way By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published Today's Big Question
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 Scalise drops House speaker bid a day after winning GOP nomination. What happens now?Speed Read The House majority leader was the GOP's choice to succeed Kevin McCarthy, except he did not have enough Republican votes to seal the deal By Peter Weber, The Week US Published Speed Read
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 Is Rep. Steve Scalise's speaker bid already doomed to fail?Today's Big Question A narrow victory among the House Republican caucus could be a sign of trouble to come for the Louisiana conservative By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published Today's Big Question
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 Is Trump's Jim Jordan endorsement about the speakership or himself?Today's Big Question By backing his longtime congressional ally, the former President keeps an eye out for number one. By Rafi Schwartz Published Today's Big Question
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 'The beginning of the end'Instant opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day By Harold Maass, The Week US Published Instant opinion
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 Is Rep. Patrick McHenry a major player or a transitionary flash in the pan?Today's Big Question With nebulous authority over a fractured Republican caucus, the newly installed speaker pro tempore has his work cut out for him. By Rafi Schwartz Published Today's Big Question
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 Will Matt Gaetz's push to oust Kevin McCarthy backfire on him?Talking Point Some Republicans are calling for the Florida Republican to be expelled from the House By Justin Klawans Published Talking Point
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 Where do Republicans go from here?Today's Big Question The acrimonious removal of Kevin McCarthy is a sign of choppy waters ahead for the GOP By Rafi Schwartz Published Today's Big Question
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 How Kevin McCarthy 'dug his own grave' in his failed bid to remain House speakerThe Explainer McCarthy's speakership did not have to collapse in such a dramatic fashion By Peter Weber Published The Explainer
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 Kevin McCarthy says he won't run for House speaker again after historic ousterSpeed Read McCarthy became the first speaker ever removed by his House colleagues, and he leaves no obvious successor By Peter Weber Published Speed Read
