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McCarthy’s allies believe his task was impossible. The debt limit law set up a two-year budget deal with Democrats that McCarthy quickly reneged on. It bought him time with hard-liners, but the ...
A handful of hardliners led by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., blocked McCarthy in January from becoming House speaker, and many of them cast the votes Tuesday on the “motion to vacate” to remove the ...
Less than a week after McCarthy's ouster, Israel — one of the United States' closest allies — was attacked by the militant group Hamas, which began the 2023 Israel-Hamas War. McCarthy's ouster and the subsequent leadership debacle have been cited as the main reasons behind a failure for an aid package to be passed in support of Israel. [42]
As the Republican caucus considers its next steps, they must choose a leader whose stewardship signals a clear break from the past, writes Geoff Duncan.
One of few members who was absent yesterday and unable to vote was Nancy Pelosi, the former speaker, who masterfully managed a majority the same size as McCarthy’s, but had many victories for ...
This abuse of Zwicker, a distinguished officer and highly decorated battlefield hero of World War II, provoked anger against McCarthy from many quarters, including the Army and President Eisenhower, [7] who shortly thereafter initiated the Army–McCarthy hearings that led to McCarthy's downfall and censure.
The Green Feather Movement was a series of college protests directed against McCarthyism at the height of the Red Scare in the United States. The movement arose in response to an attempt to censor Robin Hood because of its alleged communist connotations and eventually spread to universities across the nation.
The ousted speaker had relied on his skills of working with factions and placating the GOP's radical flank. But 'his strengths ended up undoing him.'