Biden will speak ‘directly to the American people’ in first prime time Oval Office address as president to celebrate avoiding ‘catastrophic’ default as Fitch keeps U.S. credit on ‘negative watch’ due to repeated ‘standoffs’ Biden will speak from the Oval Office in prime time He will cheer bipartisan debt deal he’ll sign two days before…
Republican Senators aren’t happy with the debt ceiling deal passed in Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s House Wednesday evening – claiming it will be ‘about as popular as Bud Light.’ Utah Sen. Mike Lee is among those in the upper chamber the most critical of the bill, calling out McCarthy’s agreement with President Joe Biden for ‘not…
After the bipartisan passage of the debt ceiling deal in the House with 16 more Democrats than Republicans voting “yea” Wednesday evening, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) “took a victory lap,” in remarks running about six minutes. BREAKING: The Biden/Kevin McCarthy debt ceiling deal passes with more Democrat votes than Republicans. pic.twitter.com/TmqBHuwLrO — Greg Price…
House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik is declaring total victory over President Biden on the debt ceiling messaging war, and praising House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s ‘strong leadership’ to get the debt deal across the finish line despite Republican holdouts. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy struck a deal with Biden to raise the debt ceiling through 2025, claw…
The House passed the debt limit deal between Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden on Wednesday 314 to 117. 71 Republicans opposed the deal, arguing it caved too far to White House demands, while 165 Democrats voted in favor of it. The deal, which suspends the debt limit until Jan. 1, 2025, now heads to the upper chamber…
The debt ceiling deal between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden cleared its first major hurdle on Wednesday when Democrats stepped in to allow the bill to pass a rules vote. Now the deal, known as the Fiscal Responsibility Act, heads to a final vote Wednesday night. Democrats had long insisted that it would…
Utah Republican Representative Chris Stewart is expected to announce plans to resign from Congress sometime on Wednesday. The cited reason is his wife’s health, though limited information is available on that. Stewart, a former Air Force pilot, has represented Utah’s Second District in Congress since 2013 and sits on the House Appropriations Committee and Intelligence…
Former Vice President Mike Pence issued a statement ripping the new bipartisan budget deal as ‘smoke and mirrors’ while House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his lieutenants are rushing to line up the votes to try to pass it. Pence, who served in the House Republican leadership before serving as Indiana governor and joining Donald Trump…
There’s still a long way to go, but House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s debt ceiling bill took an important step forward Tuesday night as the Rules Committee voted 7-6 to advance the measure to the floor and a vote by the full House. There’s not much time left if the nation is to avoid default: The…
Republicans are moving forward with contempt charges against FBI Director Chris Wray after he failed to hand over an internal document that they claim shows President Joe Biden was involved in a $5 million ‘criminal’ scheme with a foreign national. Tuesday marked the deadline for the agency to turn over an internal unclassified FD-1023 form that apparently…
The final language in the budget deal that President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are pushing toward a big vote this week will still bring on board thousands of new enforcement agents who are tasked with driving up revenue collection rates with a focus on the rich. And White House officials are keeping…
Rep. Dan Bishop said he has absolutely ‘zero’ confidence in Kevin McCarthy as he became the first Republican to publicly float the idea of ousting the speaker due to the debt limit deal. ‘What basis is there for confidence?’ Bishop asked reporters after he was the only one in a House Freedom Caucus press conference…
President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy are each loudly proclaiming victory in the deal they finally struck this weekend to raise the debt ceiling. But let’s be honest: this 11th-hour compromise was as inevitable as it is depressing, with no real winner, and just one big loser – the American people….
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is facing criticism from members of his own political party on a debt ceiling deal he struck over the weekend with President Biden that hard line conservatives say doesn’t go far enough to curb federal spending. The 99-page bill released Sunday would raise the debt ceiling by $4 trillion to a total…
President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are remaining confident Congress will get the debt ceiling deal across the finish line, despite opposition from some disgruntled Republicans and progressive Democrats who are threatening to try and tank the bill. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy struck a deal over the weekend with President Biden to raise the…
‘You guys realize you’re not in the real world’: Biden mocks reporters for debt ceiling questions and laughs when asked about DeSantis pardoning Trump as he heads to Delaware for one night Biden said there was ‘no reason’ why the bipartisan deal wouldn’t pass by June 5 He said reporters who asked about it weren’t…
In this episode of The Most Trusted Name in News, the hilarity is off the charts. In addition to comedy gold, CNN’s argument against work requirements for welfare recipients is the most revealing truth about the left to spew forth from the embattled left-wing network in quite a while — and that says a helluva…
I have to give it to Speaker McCarthy. Since his election as Speaker of the House back in January, which took 15 ballots to achieve, he has been doing a bit of a Houdini act. BREAKING: 15th Vote Finally Decides Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House He has kept the GOP caucus together during…
The “McCarthy-Biden plan” is being criticized for a lack of spending cuts and other problematic features. ⚠️ With our nation barreling toward $50T in national debt, it is disappointing to see common sense solutions soften as a result of ongoing negotiations. There is still time to reverse course, but @HouseGOP must hold the line and…
I have to give it to Speaker McCarthy. Since his election as Speaker of the House back in January, which took 15 ballots to achieve, he has been doing a bit of a Houdini act. BREAKING: 15th Vote Finally Decides Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House He has kept the GOP caucus together during…