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 1, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
The debt limit deal worked out between House leadership and President Joe Biden has passed and is headed to the Senate. The bill, which both Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) laud as a bipartisan compromise that works for America, cleared the lower chamber...
by Kelli Ballard | Feb 10, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
Dr. Anthony Fauci, so-called “America’s doctor,” has had his fair share of fame and fortune since the COVID pandemic started in 2019. As the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the position from which the 81-year-old recently...
by James Fite | Jan 5, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Politics
The second day of voting for the Speaker of the House ended early with no decision other than to come back and try again that evening. The House reconvened at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, but called it a night less than half an hour later and without another vote. It...