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May 25, 2021

McCarthy, Kustoff introduce bill targeting anti-Semitic hate crimes amid wave of attacks

EXCLUSIVE: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and GOP Rep. David Kustoff on Tuesday rolled out a bill to prevent anti-Semitic hate crimes after a wave of violent attacks against American Jews in the U.S. amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

May 25, 2021

McCarthy, Stefanik, Scalise rebuke Marjorie Taylor Greene's comparison of COVID-19 vaccine rules to Holocaust

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday condemned recent comments by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene comparing mask-wearing to Nazi practices of forcing Jews to wear yellow stars, comments that Greene doubled down on multiple times in recent days.

May 23, 2021

Kinzinger charges that McCarthy ‘failed to tell the truth’

Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois is taking aim at Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., charging that the House minority leader is not being honest with Americans.

May 21, 2021

Ilhan Omar says Israel-Hamas cease-fire not enough: 'We need accountability for every war crime committed'

Rep. Ilhan Omar late Thursday said that although she is happy a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas was agreed to after a week-and-a-half of fighting, that there needs to be “accountability for every war crime committed," and accused the U.S. of tacitly supporting those alleged crimes with its support for Israel.

May 20, 2021

Senate Republicans warn Jan. 6 commission bill gives Dems full authority over staff as bill faces uphill climb

The bill for a Jan. 6 commission that passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday faces an uncertain future in the Senate, where Minority Leader Mitch McConnell aligned himself with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy in opposition to the bipartisan legislation.

May 20, 2021

Trump, GOP leaders join forces to sink Jan. 6 commission

Whatever the merits of a commission to be run by outside appointees, Republican leaders viewed it as a dagger aimed at former President Donald Trump.

May 19, 2021

House fines 4 members for ignoring mask policy on the floor, warns 7 others

Three GOP members of Congress were fined $500 for failing to wear a mask on the House floor in protest of the congressional mandate they argue needs to be updated in light of new coronavirus guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

May 19, 2021

Jan. 6 commission expected to get support from moderate House Republicans, despite McCarthy's opposition

Nearly all of the 29 Republicans in the House Problem Solvers Caucus are expected to vote for the bipartisan bill for a Jan. 6 commission produced by House Homeland Security Committee Chair Bennie Thompson and Ranking Member John Katko, despite Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's opposition to the deal.

May 19, 2021

David Limbaugh: Biden's bipartisan sham – Republicans, put country first and fight Dems' radical agenda

Why would Republicans fall for the Democrats' age-old ploy of pressuring them into working on "bipartisan" legislation that will only advance the Democratic agenda and damage the nation?

May 19, 2021

McCarthy, GOP Doctors Caucus to introduce resolution for vote to roll back House mask policy

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and the House GOP Doctors Caucus are introducing a resolution to update the House mask policy so it reflects the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) newest guidance for vaccinated people.