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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks during a news conference on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021 in Washington, DC.

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Would-be Speaker McCarthy can learn from predecessors' struggles for the big gavel

12:42pm December 04, 2022

by Ron Elving

Rep. McCarthy is still likely to win the House Speaker role on January 3rd. However, managing the majority and achieving its legislative and political goals in another matter.

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana (left) and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California are running to keep their leadership jobs when Republicans move to the minority next year.

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House Republicans To Choose Leaders After Midterm Defeat

1:49pm November 14, 2018

by Kelsey Snell

With Democrats winning control of the House in the midterm elections, GOP representatives and party freshmen will elect leaders to run a smaller, more conservative conference in the next Congress.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speaks to the media during his weekly news conference at the Capitol on Thursday.

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House Speaker Paul Ryan Says Author Of Critical Op-Ed Is 'Living In Dishonesty'

4:22pm September 06, 2018

by Tim Mak

First lady Melania Trump called the writer of an anonymous piece describing President Trump as amoral and petty "cowardly." The New York Times attributed the column to an administration official.

House Majority PAC has unveiled a campaign ad taking aim at top House Republican leaders.

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Democrats Unveil Ad Attacking House GOP Leaders

5:47pm August 17, 2018

by Kelsey Snell

An outside group supporting House Democrats is running a digital ad that uses a strategy the party used in 2006 to challenge Republican control of the House — focusing on personal scandals.

President Trump told reporters on Tuesday that he has "full faith and support for America's great intelligence agencies."

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Trump Walks Back Controversial Comments On Russian Election Interference

3:49pm July 17, 2018

by Brian Naylor

Before a meeting with GOP lawmakers Tuesday, the president told reporters he misspoke in Helsinki: When he said he saw no reason why it "would" be Russia that interfered, he meant to say "wouldn't."

Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan talks to reporters before a House Republican conference meeting Wednesday. Members are rallying to his side, despite his alleged awareness that an Ohio State team doctor was sexually abusing wrestlers when Jordan was an assistant co

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Republicans Rally Behind Rep. Jim Jordan Amid Sex Abuse Investigation

10:38am July 12, 2018

by Kelsey Snell

Top House GOP leaders, who frequently clash with Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, stood by him as he fights allegations he ignored sexual abuse reports when he coached wrestling at the Ohio State University.

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House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is trying to unite his conference around a compromise immigration bill modeled on the four items President Trump has demanded in a legislative proposal.

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House GOP Leaders Delay Vote On Compromise Immigration Bill

5:54pm June 21, 2018

The immigration debate in the House this week demonstrates deep divisions inside the House Republican conference and spotlights a controversial issue just months ahead of the midterm elections.

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Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., represents a district where 70 percent of his constituents are Hispanic and nearly half are foreign born.

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Immigration Debate Shines Spotlight On Divided House GOP

12:23pm June 07, 2018

House Republicans are struggling to find consensus on an immigration bill that can unify the GOP's ideological divide over how to address the legal status of people brought to the U.S. as children.

Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif., (left) speaks next to Rep. David Valadao, R-Calif., and Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, during a May 9 news conference on a discharge petition to force votes on immigration legislation.

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Immigration Clash In Congress Coming In June

10:30am June 04, 2018

by Susan Davis

Lawmakers thought the immigration debate was over, but a group of House Republicans is agitating for a floor showdown later this month. The House GOP Conference will meet Thursday to strategize.

In his resignation letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan, the Rev. Patrick Conroy noted that he was stepping down "as you have requested" and has since made it clear that he had no interest in leaving Capitol Hill.

Ryan's Dismissal Of House Chaplain Sparks Outrage And Suspicion

4:58pm April 27, 2018

Speaker Paul Ryan's quiet firing of the House chaplain, the Rev. Patrick J. Conroy, has erupted into a partisan fight on Capitol Hill.

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