Tag: Republicans

Exhausted House Republicans see fresh start in Mike Johnson speakership: ‘He’s a reconciler’

David Sivak · October 25, 2023 10:45 am

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) arrives as Republicans meet to decide who to nominate to be the new House speaker on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023.

Gaetz demands Air Force take action to halt DEI strategic plan

Brady Knox · October 25, 2023 3:11 am

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks during a television interview on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023.

Johnson is next to win GOP speaker nomination as Republicans push for floor vote

Cami Mondeaux, Reese Gorman · October 25, 2023 1:55 am

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) speaks as House Republicans celebrate the passage in the House of a bill that would bar federally supported schools and colleges from allowing transgender athletes whose biological sex assigned at birth was male to compete on girls' or women's sports teams at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 20, 2023.

White House starts countdown to ‘House Republican shutdown’ amid speaker impasse

Naomi Lim · October 24, 2023 11:30 pm

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) steps out as Republicans meet to decide who to nominate to be the new House speaker on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023.

House Republicans back at the drawing board as they seek to elect new speaker

Cami Mondeaux · October 24, 2023 10:38 pm

House Republicans take another run off the cliff

Byron York · October 24, 2023 10:05 pm

Despite rising concerns with the law, Democrats led by House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi are fighting changes to Obamacare. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Republicans must use political capital on spending cuts, not speaker spats

Tiana Lowe Doescher · October 24, 2023 9:39 pm

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) speaks as House Republicans celebrate the passage in the House of a bill that would bar federally supported schools and colleges from allowing transgender athletes whose biological sex assigned at birth was male to compete on girls' or women's sports teams at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 20, 2023.

Emmer drops out of speaker race, sending GOP into scramble once again

Cami Mondeaux, Reese Gorman · October 24, 2023 8:28 pm

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, during a briefing at the White House in Washington.

White House withholds judgment on Emmer speakership nomination

Naomi Lim · October 24, 2023 7:16 pm

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), center, is flanked by Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), the temporary leader of the House of Representatives, left, and Rep. David Joyce (R-OH), right, as lawmakers convene to hold a third ballot to elect a speaker of the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023.

Beltway Confidential

Yes, Republicans and Democrats should cooperate on House speaker vote

Quin Hillyer · October 24, 2023 7:15 pm

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN).

Who is GOP speaker-designate Tom Emmer?

Jack Birle · October 24, 2023 6:24 pm

Tom Emmer, left, and Mike Johnson

Emmer and Johnson advance to final round for GOP speaker candidate

Reese Gorman, Cami Mondeaux, David Sivak · October 24, 2023 3:58 pm