Tag: House of Representatives

Republican presidential candidate Ben CarsonÂ said he was "not open" to being drafted into the House speaker race "at this time."Â ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Carson: ‘Not open’ to being House speaker

Sarah Bedford · October 9, 2015 12:20 pm

Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Fla. says heÂ can bring a fresh perspective to GOP leadership. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

House Freedom Caucus sticking with Webster

Sarah Bedford · October 9, 2015 11:53 am

Byron & Barone: Kevin McCarthy drops out and Hillary Clinton flips on trade

Byron & Barone: Kevin McCarthy drops out and Hillary Clinton flips on trade

Lisa Ruhl · October 9, 2015 10:30 am

Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., introduced the amendment to remove a contentiousÂ provision, which was not included by voice vote.Â (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Beltway Confidential

Can House conservatives be leaders, not rebels?

W. James Antle III · October 9, 2015 4:01 am

Erick Erickson: “Paul Ryan will be Speaker”

Red Alert Politics

Erick Erickson: “Paul Ryan will be Speaker”

Editorial Staff · October 9, 2015 1:53 am

Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif. answers a question during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, after stepping down as a nominee for House Speaker to replace John Boehner. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

McCarthy exit baffles conservatives who were ready to deal

Susan Ferrechio · October 9, 2015 1:35 am

Rep. Reid Ribble, R-Wis. dropped out of the House Freedom Caucus on Thursday.Â (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Freedom Caucus loses another member

Daniel Chaitin · October 9, 2015 1:28 am

According to a House leadership aide, John Boehner was alerted to Kevin McCarthy's plan to pull out of the race just moments before McCarthy announced it to the conference. (AP Photo)

Republicans have no Plan B in speaker’s race

Susan Ferrechio · October 9, 2015 12:17 am

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., center, turns to his wife Judy McCarthy as they enter a House Republican caucus vote on its nominee to replace House Speaker John Boehner, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

The House Republican rebels: The Samson Caucus?

Michael Barone · October 8, 2015 11:38 pm

Has GOP hit rock bottom? No, it could actually get a lot worse

Has GOP hit rock bottom? No, it could actually get a lot worse

Byron York · October 8, 2015 11:02 pm

The tumult that has brought down John Boehner and derailed Kevin McCarthy is the same tumult that has brought about a government shutdown, threatened to hit the debt limit and jumbled up the presidential field. (AP Photo)

Creative destruction comes to Congress

Timothy P. Carney · October 8, 2015 10:49 pm

"It is dictatorial. It is unaccountable," said former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Gingrich says he’d consider interim speakership

Al Weaver · October 8, 2015 8:41 pm