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May 12, 2025

Kevin McCarthy

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Kevin McCarthy’s ouster as House speaker could cost the GOP its best fundraiser heading into 2024

October 13, 2023 Will Weissert, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Kevin McCarthy spent years raising mountains of Republican campaign cash, flying around the country to recruit top candidates in key districts and painstakingly building political relationships as he worked his way toward […]

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Gaetz says he will seek to oust McCarthy as speaker this week. ‘Bring it on,’ McCarthy says

October 1, 2023 Kevin Freking, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Matt Gaetz said Sunday he will try to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a fellow Republican, from his leadership position this week after McCarthy relied on Democratic support to pass legislation […]

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McCarthy: Russia must pull out of Ukraine

May 3, 2023 Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Monday said Russia must pull out of Ukraine, blistering Russia’s “killing of the children” and distancing himself from some in his Republican party who oppose additional major […]

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Speaker McCarthy: 100 days in power and a tough road ahead

April 20, 2023 Associated Press

When Rep. Kevin McCarthy emerged from a messy 15-ballot election and ascended to House speaker, he was emboldened rather than chastened by the fight, declaring that his father taught him early on in life: “It’s […]

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Intensity and insults rise as lawmakers debate debt ceiling

April 10, 2023 Kevin Freking, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fights over increasing the nation’s borrowing authority have been contentious in Congress, yet follow a familiar pattern: Time and again, lawmakers found a way to step back from the brink before markets […]

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JOHNSTON: Team Red’s new game plan

January 13, 2023 Kelly D. Johnston

Sports metaphor warning:  Many political journalists began as sports writers. The result is generations of writers who cover politics like sports.  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy survived his first grueling contest with a playbook handed to […]

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MATTHEWS: The Kevin McCarthy House Speaker drama was good for democracy

January 11, 2023 Stacey Matthews

As you may have heard, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), the former House Minority Leader for the GOP, won the House Speakership over the weekend after 15 rounds of voting that saw a lot of high […]

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GINGRICH: Kevin McCarthy: earning the speakership 

December 22, 2022 Newt Gingrich

The effort by a handful of unhappy Republicans to blackmail the rest of the U.S. House Republican Conference is nothing new.   I faced similar efforts twice — in 1995 and 1997. Speakers John Boehner and […]

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Hudson, McHenry sign on to list backing McCarthy

December 22, 2022 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — Two high-ranking Republicans from North Carolina are part of a 54-member list of public supporters of California Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy in his bid to secure the votes needed to come the new […]

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McCarthy’s race for speaker risks upending House on Day One

December 22, 2022 Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In his quest to rise to House speaker, Kevin McCarthy is charging straight into history — potentially becoming the first nominee in 100 years unable to win the job on a first-round […]

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