by Liberty Nation Authors | Oct 3, 2023 | Articles, Politics
The House of Representatives voted this afternoon (Oct. 3) on whether Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy would retain his position. In a close vote of 216 to 210, a handful of GOP members led by Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz were joined by a united Democrat caucus to oust...
by Mark Angelides | Oct 3, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Politics
After the last vote on Monday, October 2, Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) filed his motion to oust Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy. Standing up on the House floor – to the chuckles of attendant Democrats – he said, “Pursuant to clause two A1 of Rule nine, I rise...
by James Fite | Oct 2, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
The day after Congress passed its last-minute continuing resolution (CR), Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) announced his campaign to have Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) vacated by week’s end. “If at this time next week, Kevin McCarthy is still speaker of the House, it will be...
by James Fite | Jun 3, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
President Joe Biden spoke to the nation Friday night in his first ever primetime Oval Office address to tout the latest debt limit deal. The Fiscal Responsibility Act, which Biden plans to sign later today, cleared the Senate 63-36 Thursday, June 1, after passing...
by Andrew Moran | Jun 2, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
For the next 19 months, the curtains will be closed for the debt ceiling political theater season. The federal government will add about $4 trillion to the national debt heading into 2025. Then the drama will unfold again, and whoever comes out on top in 2024 will be...