Tag: Kevin McCarthy
How Congress Affects Joe Biden’s Term
Washington While the US Congress is in turmoil, US President Joe Biden is counting on continuity. His schedule is full: the program includes the inauguration of a traffic bridge, a…
Chaos without end – so it goes on in the US Congress
Washington The heart of American democracy, the US Congress, is in turmoil as the House of Representatives, one of two chambers, is fighting for a new leader for the second…
Chaos without end – so it goes on in the US Congress
Washington The heart of American democracy, the US Congress, is in turmoil as the House of Representatives, one of two chambers, is fighting for a new leader for the second…
Kevin McCarthy does not get a majority in the fifth ballot either
Washington Republican Kevin McCarthy fails again: Even in the sixth attempt at the election for chairman of the House of Representatives, he was unable to secure a majority. This resulted…
Kevin McCarthy does not get a majority in the fifth ballot either
Kevin McCarthy Kevin McCarthy lacks the support of the Republicans’ ultra-right wing. (Photo: AP) Washington Republican Kevin McCarthy has failed for the fifth time in his election as Speaker of…
Republican Kevin McCarthy also fails in the fourth ballot
Kevin McCarthy Kevin McCarthy lacks the support of the Republican right wing. He is the first politician not to be elected President of the US House of Representatives on the…
Donald Trump urges Republicans to vote for McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy Kevin McCarthy lacks the support of the Republican right wing. He is the first politician not to be elected President of the US House of Representatives on the…
Donald Trump urges Republicans to vote for McCarthy
Washington After several unsuccessful rounds of voting for the most powerful post in the American Parliament, the US House of Representatives has met again. The deputies gathered in the chamber…
Donald Trump urges Republicans to vote for McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy Kevin McCarthy lacks the support of the Republican right wing. He is the first politician not to be elected President of the US House of Representatives on the…
Republican McCarthy fails in the first ballot
Kevin McCarthy For a long time, the Republican had tried to persuade his critics to change their minds by making all kinds of concessions in internal negotiations. (Photo: AP) Washington,…
Kamikaze in US Congress – Republicans blow up chance for a fresh start
US Congress MPs vote on the speaker of the House of Representatives. (Photo: Bloomberg) Washington The name Kevin McCarthy may not be familiar to every reader, but that is likely…
Republican McCarthy fails in the first ballot
Kevin McCarthy For a long time, the Republican had tried to persuade his critics to change their minds by making all kinds of concessions in internal negotiations (Photo: AP) Washington,…
Republican McCarthy fails in the first ballot
Kevin McCarthy The 57-year-old fears for the support of ultra-conservative party members. (Photo: Reuters) Washington, Berlin Republican leader Kevin McCarthy lost the first round of voting to become speaker of…
That’s what the world can expect from the new US Congress
Washington The US Democrats are preparing for a complicated year, because the new US Congress will be constituted on Tuesday. Then the time of their unqualified majority in Washington will…
Democrats hold Senate – Republicans win majority in House
Washington After winning the Senate, US President Joe Biden’s Democrats lost their majority in the House of Representatives in the congressional elections. The Republicans will in future have more than…
An opportunist wants the third highest office in the United States
Kevin McCarthy The MP from California has been working towards being elected Speaker of the House of Representatives for eight years. (Photo: AP) Washington On the evening of the midterm…
Nancy Pelosi is at the center of the hate
san francisco “Where’s Nancy? Where’s Nancy?” Around 2:30 a.m. Friday morning, a man broke into the home of Paul and Nancy Pelos in San Francisco. He was looking for the…
Donald Trump presents himself as a victim
Denver, New York Donald Trump reacted as usual to the court-ordered investigation of his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida: with an attack. “These are dark times for our nation as my…
Donald Trump presents himself as a victim
Denver, New York Donald Trump reacted as usual to the court-ordered investigation of his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida: with an attack. “These are dark times for our nation as my…
House of Representatives adopts Biden’s big social and climate package
US President Joe Biden Biden said the successful vote was “another giant step forward” in implementing his plan to strengthen and modernize the US economy. (Photo: imago images / UPI…