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US House fails to pick Speaker on first ballot for first time in a century
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
US House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy failed to attain the required number of votes to succeed Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) as a Speaker on the first ballot thus sending the House to a second ballot for the first time in a century, The New York Post reported.
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US House passes USD 1.7 trillion spending Bill for Ukraine
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A USD 1.7 trillion spending Bill to provide more aid to a devastated Ukraine was cleared by the House on Friday (local time), as lawmakers race to finish their work for the year and avoid a partial government shutdown, reported CNN.
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US House Speaker Pelosi says will not seek leadership role in next Congres
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Democrats are slated to lose their majority in the House following midterm elections last week, with current Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy favoured becoming speaker under Republican control of the chamber.
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US House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy nominated to be next Speaker
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
McCarthy's nomination comes after an underwhelming performance in the midterm election. This led to a search among conservatives for a challenger. The vote puts McCarthy in line to be the next speaker of the House, only if he wins at least 218 votes in the full House of Representatives.
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US lawmaker dies in car crash, Biden expresses grief
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 4 (ANI): US President Joe Biden expressed grief over the death of Indiana Republican representative Jackie Walorski along with two members of her staff in a car accident on Wednesday (local time) in Indiana.
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US House committee seeks cooperation from top House Republican
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 13 (ANI/Xinhua): The U.S. House panel investigating the January 6 Capitol riot on Wednesday asked House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for a voluntary interview and records in his possession that is related to the attack.
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Won't support bipartisan deal for 9/11-style commission to probe January 6
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US] May 19 (ANI): The US House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday said he will not support bipartisan legislation for the 9/11-style commission to probe the January 6 Capitol riot as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has "refused to negotiate in good faith" on the parameters of t
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Capitol Hill rioters 'more upset about the election than you are': Trump t
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 13 (ANI): Former US President Donald Trump reportedly told House of Representatives Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy during a phone call on January 6 that the rioters were "more upset about the election" than the California Republican.
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US: Kevin McCarthy elected as Minority Leader of the House
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 15 (ANI): Representative Kevin McCarthy of the Republican party was elected as the minority leader of the House on Wednesday.
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Trump is on Putin's payroll : GOP Majority Leader in 2016
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], May 19 (ANI) : It has been reported that a month before Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination, House majority Leader Kevin McCarthy had made a politically explosive statement, saying that Trump could be the beneficiary of payments from Russian President Vladimir Pu
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