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- FILE—House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., center, is flanked by Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., the temporary leader of the House of Representatives, left, and Rep. David Joyce, R-Ohio, 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. After the rejection of former speaker Kevin McCarthy, Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan by the GOP caucus, Emmer is emerging as the newest probable candidate to hold the gavel. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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It's Day 20 with no House speaker, and lower-level names are starting to reach for the gavel
By LISA MASCARO - AP Congressional Correspondent
Mon,10/23/23-11:43AM , 444 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Day 20 without a House speaker, and Republicans found themselves starting over on Monday — bumbling ahead with few ideas about who will lead, what they are fighting over and when they will get Congress work
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- Republicans have chosen firebrand Rep. Jim Jordan as their new nominee for House speaker, putting the gavel within reach of the staunch ally of GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump. (Oct. 13)
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GOP's Jim Jordan is shoring up support and peeling off detractors ahead of a House speaker vote
By LISA MASCARO - AP Congressional Correspondent
Mon,10/16/23-12:34PM , 564 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — With a push by allies of Donald Trump, far-right firebrand Rep. Jim Jordan appeared Monday to be shoring up support to become U.S.
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- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, walks with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., right, at Capitol Hill on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
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How $6 billion in Ukraine aid collapsed in a government funding bill despite big support in Congress
By LISA MASCARO - AP Congressional Correspondent
Sat,10/07/23-7:56AM , 589 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The collapse of Ukraine aid in Congress was months in the making, and exactly what Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell had feared.
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- Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 17, 2023. McCarthy faces a political standoff when the House resumes this week. He needs to steer the House to fund the government and avoid a government shutdown. But he's also trying to launch an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden over his son Hunter Biden's business dealings. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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McCarthy juggles a government shutdown and a Biden impeachment inquiry as the House returns for fall
By LISA MASCARO - AP Congressional Correspondent
Sun,09/10/23-11:00PM , 187 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is a man who stays in motion — enthusiastically greeting tourists at the Capitol, dashing overseas to the G7 summit of industrial world leaders, and raising funds back home to elect fellow Republicans to the House majority.
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