Kevin McCarthy
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Former U.S. Speaker Kevin McCarthy leaving Congress by end of yearIt took a record 15 votes over four days early this year for McCarthy to line up the support he needed to win the post he had long coveted, to only be ousted in October.U.S. NewsDec 6, 2023
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Jim Jordan pushes on with bid for U.S. House speaker despite GOP resistanceJordan, who has lost two votes for speaker this week, emerged from an hours-long closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans to say he would press ahead with a third vote.U.S. NewsOct 19, 2023
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Trump-ally Jim Jordan to push Republican bid for US House speakerSome of Jim Jordan's opponents predict that other Republican candidates for speaker will jump into the race if he fails to get elected on the floor.U.S. NewsOct 16, 2023
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Steve Scalise struggles for votes after winning Republican U.S. House speaker nomRepublicans want to avoid another public spectacle like January, when hardline conservatives forced Kevin McCarthy to endure 15 floor votes over four days before winning the gavel.U.S. NewsOct 12, 2023
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Kevin McCarthy positions himself as de facto leader as Republicans seek new House speakerThe upheaval in the House puts the U.S. Congress at a crossroads during a moment of crisis, the first time in history it has booted a speaker from power.U.S. NewsOct 10, 2023
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Donald Trump endorses Jim Jordan for U.S. House speakerFormer President Donald Trump is backing Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the pugnacious House Judiciary Committee chairman and longtime Trump defender, to succeed Kevin McCarthy.U.S. NewsOct 6, 2023
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U.S. House chaos puts future Ukraine aid in doubt, Biden expresses ‘worry’President Joe Biden's request for more funding to support Ukraine's war effort was already in jeopardy before House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's ouster, which has paralyzed Congress.WorldOct 4, 2023
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8 Republicans ousted Kevin McCarthy as U.S. House Speaker. Who are they?Kevin McCarthy – who served in the job nine months after an intense 15-round struggle to get it – said after the vote he would not run for the position again.U.S. NewsOct 4, 2023
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Kevin McCarthy ousted as U.S. House speaker. What happens now?The House of Representatives is entering uncharted territory after a far-right effort to remove fellow Republican Kevin McCarthy from the speakership succeeded.U.S. NewsOct 4, 2023
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Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy ousted in extraordinary voteRepublican House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history.U.S. NewsOct 3, 2023
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