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January 8, 2023

Florida Rep. Byron Donalds reveals committee appointment in exchange for McCarthy House speaker vote

Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., revealed Sunday he has been appointed to the Republican House Steering Committee in exchange for supporting Kevin McCarthy for House Speaker.

January 8, 2023

Rep. Mike Rogers apologizes to Gaetz after tense confrontation on House floor: 'I briefly lost my temper'

Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., and Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., made amends on Sunday after a tense encounter on the House floor during chaotic speaker votes on Friday evening.

January 8, 2023

McCarthy's 15 rounds of voting for House speaker was summed up in one word: 'wow'

The House GOP could see a bumpy road as the 118th Congress takes off following a narrow majority win in the House speaker race, definitely deciding Kevin McCarthy as the speaker.

January 8, 2023

Progressive Rep. Khanna says he agrees with Justice Gorsuch on Title 42 ahead of Biden's first border visit

Progressive Rep. Ro Khanna, D-California, said he agreed with Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch’s descent regarding Title 42, as the Biden administration expanded migrant expulsions.

January 8, 2023

Gaetz and Rogers weren’t the first: Here are the wildest times lawmakers have come to blows inside the Capitol

Congress has a long history of violence between lawmakers, and the 118th Congress nearly added to that history when Rep. Mike Rogers had to be restrained from Rep. Matt Gaetz.

January 8, 2023

Jordan defends speaker vote, says this is how democracy is supposed to be

Rep. Jim Jordan claimed that the drama that unfolded during the election of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is part of the democratic process, saying Republicans will now unite.

January 8, 2023

Republicans enter Congress with record number of women after putting up diverse slate of GOP candidates

A record number of Republican women and minorities are now serving in Congress after the party fielded its most diverse pool of candidates ever in the 2022 midterm elections.

January 8, 2023

Andy Biggs, who opposed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, shares 'few positives' of dramatic process

Rep. Andy Biggs shared a number of positive takeaways after Republicans in the House of Representatives took several days and 15 ballots to elect House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

January 7, 2023

Rep. Ilhan Omar calls McCarthy speakership agreement a 'deal with far right insurrectionists'

Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar took to Twitter on Friday and called Republicans who cut a deal to make Rep. Kevin McCarthy the Speaker of the House "far right insurrectionists."

January 7, 2023

‘It’s how you finish’: Speaker McCarthy's years-long struggle to grasp the gavel after battling 'Never Kevins'

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was elected to serve as speaker of the House less than 24 hours ago, bringing an end to what has been a long quest to secure the speaker's gavel.