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The Washington senator is the Senate’s President Pro Tempore, a largely ceremonial post that is normally third in the presidential order of succession

Newly released documents from the House Jan. 6 committee show that the former Wisconsin Republican Party chairman testified that U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson spoke to him weeks before Joe Biden assumed the presidency about having the state’s GOP-controlled Legislature, rather than voters, choose Wisconsin’s presidential electors

Mr McCarthy could not garner enough GOP votes to claim the speaker’s gavel after two consecutive voice votes

This is the first time in more than 100 years that a Speaker's bid has failed on the first ballot.

The arm-twisting, dealmaking and vote hunting around Kevin McCarthy’s quest to be named House speaker have put on full display the fact that razor-thin majorities in both the House and the Senate are becoming a fact of life at the federal level.

The outgoing GOP congressman encourages pastors and priests to ‘rise up and call this out’

WASHINGTON — House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy fell short of the necessary number of Republican votes to succeed Nancy Pelosi as speaker in an initial roll call Tuesday, and appeared set to become the first majority party leader in a century to fail to secure the speakership on the first…

McCarthy tries to woo far-right critics by limiting nonpartisan watchdog while empowering the GOP-led House panel

Democrats have not lost as much ground with Latino voters as some predicted — at least for now.