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After two weeks of the federal government being shut down, President Donald Trump is now less popular than new Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
The results came from a new Gallup poll which found that Pelosi has a favorable rating of 38% and an unfavorable rating of 48%, a gap of 10 points. However, Trump has a favorable rating is 40% compared to an unfavorable rating of 58%, a gap of 18 points.
President Donald Trump made a bold prediction on Saturday morning. He said that Rep. Nancy Pelosi, leader of the House Democrats, would once again be elected as Speaker of the House. According to Trump, Pelosi “deserves” the position of Speaker.
A company owned by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy‘s family was given over $7 million in federal contracts based on bogus claims of Native American ancestry, according to a Los Angeles Times report published on Sunday.
A desperate House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has told Republicans in Congress that nobody is safe in this year’s midterm elections, and nobody can take their seats for granted. McCarthy has confirmed that GOP leaders are extremely worried about a Blue Wave this year that will take away their congressional majorities.
Daily Kos Elections (DKE) has come out with some new statistics that should have Republicans shaking in their boots. In fact, it is this kind of information that probably led Paul Ryan to announce his retirement from Congress and as Speaker of the House. At the very least this will buoy Democratic Party optimism that they have a very good chance of retaking control of the House of Representatives this year.
"We are wiping the slate clean," we are told by Paul Ryan, which means the same "screw America" agenda advanced by a new face
There is plenty of blame to go around. No small share of it attaches itself to Boehner, who let the crazies take over the House on his watch
Republicans have a real problem. They can't find anyone for the job of Speaker. The base hates anyone with any pragmatism, no matter how nuts they seem to the rest of the country. Even their budget king, Paul Ryan, is facing steep criticism as a possible speaker, and he doesn't even seem to want the job.
Arkansas GOP Senator Tom Cotton wants to put chickenhawk Dick Cheney back into a position of political power.
With the Republicans in the House desperate for a new leader, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) has suggested that former vice president Dick Cheney be the next Speaker of the House.
House Republicans are frantically trying to convince Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) to run for Speaker of the House, but there is a problem, the same Republicans who sunk John Boehner and Kevin McCarthy may target Ryan next.
A spokesperson for Ryan reiterated that the Congressmen was still not interested in becoming the next Speaker of the House.
After recalcitrant members of the House Freedom Caucus threatened not to back McCarthy, the California Rep. surrendered without a fight.
Only 12 percent of Americans view McCarthy favorably, while 38 percent hold an unfavorable opinion of the California Congressman.
The two leading candidates for House speaker are mirror images and both will dutifully follow the Ted Cruz shut-down-the-government agenda
Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz plans to challenge Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy to become the next Speaker of the House.
Boehner lists his dubious accomplishments, but forgets all those failed Obamacare votes and Benghazi investigations and lies about the rest
This is really about opposition to Obama, and in violation of the Constitution, forcing him into the role of a compliant puppet of Congress
On Sunday’s 60 Minutes program, Americans got a glimpse of incoming Speaker of the House John Boehner, and it was not a pretty sight. The Ohio Republican broke down in a fit of blubbering, snot-nosed weep fest. It was disingenuous at best, for behind Boehner's tears is a right wing agenda to give to the rich at the expense of women, children, and the middle class.