GOP leaders don’t want to ‘rush’ coronavirus bill that would help Americans
Republicans are dismissing a Democratic bill to provide economic relief to vulnerable workers hit by the coronavirus outbreak.
By Emily Singer - March 12, 2020Republicans are dismissing a Democratic bill to provide economic relief to vulnerable workers hit by the coronavirus outbreak.
By Emily Singer - March 12, 2020Kevin McCarthy called the novel coronavirus the ‘Chinese coronavirus’ — a racist name public health advisers have warned against using.
By Emily Singer - March 10, 2020House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy absurdly suggested that Donald Trump mostly avoids rich people.
By Josh Israel - February 18, 2020Republican House Leader Kevin McCarthy doesn’t think it’s a problem that Trump had an impeachment witness removed from his post last week.
By Josh Israel - February 11, 2020Republicans are conveniently ignoring their own misdeeds over the years as they attempt to make an issue out of Pelosi’s response to Trump’s State of the Union address.
By Josh Israel - February 06, 2020Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) recently called the Trump impeachment a ‘waste of time and money.’
By Josh Israel - February 04, 2020The GOP controlled Congress for Trump’s first two years in office before losing 41 House seats in 2018. It went poorly.
By Josh Israel - February 03, 2020House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy defended the Trump administration after a GAO investigation found it broke the law.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 16, 2020McCarthy also accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi of hurting the presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 14, 2020Yet another politically motivated investigation into Hillary Clinton comes up blank.
By Emily Singer - January 10, 2020House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy claimed impeachment was somehow to blame for Trump’s escalation with Iran.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 07, 2020House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy endorsed former Rep. Scott Taylor, who was accused of voter fraud, in order to put Congress ‘back on the right course.’
By Dan Desai Martin - January 06, 2020House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is facing 25 retirements from his caucus, and there may be more to come.
By Josh Israel - December 30, 2019When Republicans failed to adjourn the House, they moved to stalling the impeachment proceedings with procedural motions.
By Emily Singer - December 18, 2019Republicans accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of holding back a trade deal until Democrats could impeach Trump.
By Emily Singer - December 10, 2019Kevin McCarthy does not want anyone to bring up that time he said Donald Trump is on Vladimir Putin’s payroll.
By Josh Israel - December 05, 2019Despite being presented with a mountain of evidence that Trump abused his office, Republicans plan to stick by him.
By Emily Singer - November 22, 2019The self-described ‘Grim Reaper’ Mitch McConnell is blocking more than 400 pieces of legislation passed by the House.
By Josh Israel - October 31, 2019It’s completely within the rules for Democrats on the House committees leading the impeachment inquiry to hold hearings behind closed doors.
By Josh Israel - October 24, 2019House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy insists ‘there’s nothing’ wrong with Trump’s repeated requests that Ukraine investigate his political rival.
By Oliver Willis - October 16, 2019Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman gave thousands in campaign donations to several Republicans and a Trump-aligned super PAC.
By Oliver Willis - October 11, 2019Republicans gave Trump a pass for years, but are now criticizing his abandonment of U.S. allies in Syria.
By Oliver Willis - October 09, 2019The White House notably waited until the summer was over to try to submit the deal to Congress.
By Josh Israel - October 07, 2019The House minority leader ignored Trump’s own comments from the White House lawn.
By Dan Desai Martin - October 07, 2019Kevin McCarthy was in favor of taking power away from the minority when the GOP was in control — but now he wants it back.
By Dan Desai Martin - October 03, 2019Republicans claim House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff knew about the complaint before it was filed.
By Oliver Willis - October 02, 2019House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy did not seem to know basic facts about the recently released White House memo on Trump’s call with Ukraine.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 30, 2019Kevin McCarthy is a leading Republican defender of Trump despite ongoing corruption revelations.
By Oliver Willis - September 27, 2019House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy spreads disinformation about the phone call between Trump and the Ukrainian president.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 25, 2019Several Republicans who once condemned election interference have refused to comment so far on Trump’s latest admission.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 24, 2019