In 20 years, will people understand what this House speaker fight was really about?
Tag: McCarthy, Kevin (1965- )
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Chaos in House Rolls On: ‘I’m Never Getting Sworn In, Am I?’
Near collisions abound on Capitol Hill as House members make history in failing to elect a speaker after three days and more than 10 futile votes.
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Just What Do McCarthy’s Antagonists Want, and Why Won’t They Budge?
The Republican holdouts are showing that party leaders’ usual methods of arm-twisting no longer work. “It’s not about policies, it’s about the fight,” said one former operative.
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100 Years Later, a Modern Speaker Showdown Feels Eerily Similar
The parallels between a drawn-out clash for speaker in 1923 and one in 2023 suggest that not much has changed in Congress over a century.