Republican lawmakers, including Rep. Matt Gaetz, may push for a vote on impeaching President Biden, and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy could face consequences if he obstructs their efforts, according to Gaetz.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has issued a not-so-veiled threat against House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as McCarthy considers moving forward with an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is facing a significant threat to his position as factions within the Republican Party feud and consider turning on him during the battle to fund the government, with some ultra-conservatives and centrist Republicans expressing dissatisfaction with his leadership.
Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz threatens to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his position due to a lack of compliance with agreements and failure to address key issues.
Facing threats to his speakership, Kevin McCarthy is confident that his critics won't have enough votes to oust him, and he is ready to fight it out on the floor if necessary; however, his critics are determined to proceed with a motion to vacate the chair, putting the House GOP in a state of turmoil.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces the challenge of rallying his fragmented caucus to avoid a government shutdown, risking his speakership in the process, as Republicans in the House and Senate remain divided on spending and policy issues.
Rep. Nancy Mace is challenging Rep. Matt Gaetz to follow through on his promise to introduce a motion to remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy, with tensions between Gaetz and McCarthy escalating in recent days.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is taking a more aggressive approach towards his conservative critics, daring them to vote against a proposed GOP stopgap and potentially isolating them from the rest of the party.
House Republican Representative Matt Gaetz criticized House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for not being serious about the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, stating that if McCarthy were serious, he would have subpoenaed Hunter Biden by now, suggesting that the investigation is a form of "failure theater."
Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz accused House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of being behind a social media campaign targeting Gaetz, which McCarthy denied, during a heated exchange behind closed doors at a House GOP conference meeting.
Rep. Matt Gaetz and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy got into a heated exchange during a closed-door meeting amid tensions and accusations of online manipulation, with Gaetz threatening to oust McCarthy from his position as speaker.
Rep. Matt Gaetz is leading a charge to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, driven by a deep personal animosity between the two men rather than policy differences, a factor that is contributing to the current standoff over a potential government shutdown.
House Freedom Caucus members and other hardline Republican conservatives are furious with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for relying on Democratic votes to pass a short-term funding extension, but it remains uncertain whether they will take action to oust him as speaker.
Rep. Matt Gaetz plans to file a motion to vacate Speaker Kevin McCarthy's role this week, escalating the standoff between McCarthy and the right flank of his conference after working with Democrats to avoid a government shutdown on Saturday.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is facing a conservative revolt as Congressmen threaten to remove him from his speakership using a procedural tool called a motion to vacate.
Rep. Matt Gaetz believes that Speaker Kevin McCarthy will rely on Democrats to survive the conservative effort to remove him from power, which could weaken his standing among House Republicans.
Six House Republicans, including Rep. Matt Rosendale, now support the motion to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, while several others are undecided but open to supporting the motion, leaving McCarthy's future as speaker uncertain.
In an unprecedented move, the House voted to remove Kevin McCarthy from the speakership, leaving the chamber without a leader and plunging it into chaos; it is unclear who will succeed McCarthy as speaker.
A group of GOP representatives wrote a letter expressing their disapproval of the ousting of Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker, stating that it goes against the will of the majority of Republicans and calling for a review of the rules changes made earlier this year; meanwhile, House Republicans are scrambling to elect a new speaker and pass spending bills before government funding runs out.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy is open to serving as House speaker again if enough Republicans who voted for his removal are willing to reinstate him.
Despite being voted out by his own caucus, Republican Kevin McCarthy is open to retaking the position of Speaker of the House if asked, while his fellow Republicans contemplate their next move amidst the international crisis in Israel.
The recent vote to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the House of Representatives is a sign that the institution is becoming more like a parliamentary system, with party leaders having increased power and bipartisanship becoming more difficult.
Matt Gaetz and his House Republicans have caused chaos within the GOP, resulting in the failure of Kevin McCarthy and Steve Scalise, and leaving the House ineffective in addressing critical issues.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy scolded Rep. Matt Gaetz during a closed-door GOP conference meeting after Gaetz tried to interrupt McCarthy's remarks.
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy blames Rep. Matt Gaetz and other GOP hard-liners for the chaos and inability to elect a Speaker in the House of Representatives.
Rep. Matt Gaetz is upset that his preferred replacement for Rep. Kevin McCarthy, Rep. Jim Jordan, was voted off the ticket in a secret closed-door meeting, blaming it on the "swamp," while McCarthy expressed concern about the damage done by Gaetz and his colleagues.
