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...Johnson was also able to placate congressional Democrats, who proved unwilling to do deals with his backslapping predecessor, Kevin McCarthy....
...Earlier this year, Hakeem Jeffries, the top House Democrat, predicted there would be a “reasonable number” of House Democrats who think Johnson “should not fall”....
...They think the latest proposal is little changed from the package agreed between Biden and Johnson’s predecessor Kevin McCarthy....
...Scott, a backer of the outgoing Speaker, Kevin McCarthy, could emerge as a compromise name....
...It was a question that echoed across Washington on Tuesday evening, after the House took the unprecedented step of removing Kevin McCarthy as Speaker — plunging the Republican party into turmoil and grinding...
...Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader in the House, also indicated on Wednesday that he would be directing party members to get behind the funding for Ukraine in particular, telling reporters: “This is...
...Kevin McCarthy has been ousted as Speaker of the US House of Representatives, becoming the first leader in the history of the lower chamber of Congress to be removed from the position....
...But Jeffries said his party remained willing to work in a “bipartisan” fashion with Republicans to elect a Speaker....
...Republicans control the House by a razor-thin margin after the departure in recent weeks of several members of Congress, including former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy....
...All 212 House Democrats voted for Jeffries for Speaker in Tuesday afternoon’s ballot....
...Turner called the ousting of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy earlier this month a “very bad deal for America”....
...Democrats have made clear that they have no interest in crossing the political aisle to support Jordan’s candidacy, with House Democratic majority leader Hakeem Jeffries calling the Ohio congressman an “...
...At the same press conference, Kevin McCarthy, House speaker, declared: “We don’t want Disneyland to train our military.”...
...Hakeem Jeffries, the top Democrat in the House, said he supported the bill “without hesitation, reservation or trepidation”, adding: “Not because it’s perfect....
...Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy accused US president Joe Biden of not wanting a deal on the debt ceiling, as a meeting at the White House involving the two leaders was postponed until next...
...Kevin McCarthy was in celebration mode on Wednesday night after convincing lawmakers to pass his deal with President Joe Biden to avoid a US debt default....
...It will hurt everyday Americans, and it’s time to end the brinkmanship,” said Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic minority leader of the House....
...The House of Representatives has now been without a Speaker for more than three weeks, after the ouster of Kevin McCarthy earlier this month....
...Kevin McCarthy, the Republican congressman from California, was re-elected as House Republican leader earlier this month but faces a tough battle in winning over members of his own party if he is to secure...
...But he has been icier in his approach to Kevin McCarthy, the Republican who is likely to become Speaker of the House....
...Kevin McCarthy has been elected as Speaker of the House of Representatives, ending a tortuous week of wheeling and dealing on Capitol Hill that exposed sharp divisions in the Republican party and raised...
...Joe Biden will cut short a planned overseas trip and return to Washington on Sunday, after Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy offered the first hint that lawmakers were moving towards a deal to raise the...
...It’s just the beginning,” Jeffries told NBC News....
...government risks running out of money as soon as June 1, Treasury secretary Janet Yellen warned in a letter to congressional leaders on Monday, as US President Joe Biden invited Republican Speaker of the House Kevin...
...After the meeting, Kevin McCarthy, the Republican House speaker, said there had been “no new movement” and “everybody reiterated the positions they were at”....
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