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Kevin Mccarthy

Chaos Brews Under House GOP Leadership

Politico | Posted 05.01.2013 | Politics

Less than two weeks ago, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy walked upstairs to Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s Capitol office to discuss a sensitive i...

Republicans Pull Health Care Measure After Conservative Backlash

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 04.24.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — An effort by House Republicans to highlight problems with President Barack Obama's health care law by bailing out a program for peo...

Lawmakers Spar Over Keystone Pipeline

The Huffington Post | Lucia Graves | Posted 03.18.2013 | Politics

Reps. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), appearing on NBC's "Meet The Press" on Sunday, sparred briefly over the State Department...

Jason Linkins

So How's That Grand Bargain Working Out?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.13.2013 | Politics

Well, another day, another dollar of revenue that's not being exchanged for a dollar of entitlement cuts. As sequestration remains in effect, and peop...

Top Republican Slams Obama Over March Madness Brackets

The Huffington Post | Gabrielle Dunkley | Posted 03.13.2013 | Politics

House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) suggested in an interview on Tuesday that President Barack Obama spends more time "filling out his March...

Republicans Cautiously Optimistic After Obama Wooing

AP | Posted 03.10.2013 | Politics

BY PHILIP ELLIOTT, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers said Sunday they welcome President Barack Obama's courtship and suggested t...

Jennifer Bendery

Kevin McCarthy: 'I Wouldn't Underestimate The House Ability To Pass The Immigration Bill'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 03.10.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), the third-highest ranked Republican in the House, signaled Sunday that there is enough support in the Ho...

Sequester Cuts Should Be Made to Fall Hardest on Tea Party Districts

Paul Abrams | Posted 04.22.2013 | Politics
Paul Abrams

Because the Tea Party types consider government spending to be evil, corrupting, dependency-producing and tyrannical, they should greet their disproportionate reduction with dancing and flowers.

Elise Foley

House Republicans To Paul Ryan: Good To See You, Now 'Get Back To Ohio'

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 09.14.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan received a hero's welcome Thursday at the House of Representatives, with his fellow House Republ...

Jennifer Bendery

GOP Leader: DOMA Defense Is Our 'Responsibility'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 08.01.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) signaled Wednesday that despite recent setbacks, House Republican leaders will keep spendi...

Paul Blumenthal

Gingrich Super PAC Donor Moves His Money

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 04.16.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A super PAC launched to protect the Republican Party majority in the House of Representatives received its biggest infusion of cash to d...

Romney Hits Obama Over 'Alarming And Troubling Development'

AP | By KASIE HUNT | Posted 03.26.2012 | Politics

SAN DIEGO -- Mitt Romney trumpeted a flurry of conservative endorsements along with backing Monday from a delegate who belonged to campaign dropout Jo...

John Celock

Iowa Democrats Walk Out In Protest Of GOP Gun Bills

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 02.29.2012 | Politics

Democratic members of the Iowa House of Representatives staged a walkout Wednesday morning in protest over what they say is a Republican attempt to de...

Luke Johnson

House GOP Offers Deal In Big Fight

HuffingtonPost.com | Luke Johnson | Posted 02.13.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- House GOP leaders announced Monday they were putting forward a "backup plan" that would extend the payroll tax cut for 10 months, while ...

State House Democrats Push For Softer Pension Reform Bill

Posted 12.13.2011 | Chicago

Citing constitutional concerns, several Illinois Democrats are pushing for a softer version of previously-approved state pension reform legislation --...

We Can't Afford to Give Away the Great Outdoors

Voto Latino | Posted 02.05.2012 | Latino Voices
Voto Latino

To allow some of our countries most pristine and spectacular landscapes to be exploited under the guise of "responsible multiple uses" and "access" is at best deceitful.Ā 

Eric Cantor Quietly Finds Success In Hollywood

Roll Call | Jonathan Strong | Posted 12.06.2011 | Politics

Politically, Hollywood is known for glitzy fundraisers for Democrats, like Steven Spielberg and David Geffen headlining A-list events to benefit Presi...

'There Is An Urgent Need To Safeguard The Remaining Forest Lands'

| Posted 01.22.2012 | San Francisco

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Susanne Rust Nearly 60 million acres of national forests were put off-limits to motor ...

Jennifer Bendery

Pelosi, House Democrats File Brief In Case Challenging DOMA

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 01.03.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- House Democrats may not be in the majority, but they took action on Thursday to make it clear they don't agree with the decision by Hous...

Paul Blumenthal

New Super PAC's Got Boehner's Back

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 12.13.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans will soon have another big money vehicle supporting them. The Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC that can rais...

The Forked Tongue of Congress

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 12.07.2011 | Politics
Maggie Van Ostrand

My respect for members of Congress has sunk even lower than my respect for the Supreme Court.

Paul Blumenthal

Eric Cantor Staffer Creating Leadership Super PAC

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 12.05.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The deputy chief of staff to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) is leaving the congressman's office to start a leadership super P...

Americans Speak up for Our Great Outdoors

Bill Meadows | Posted 11.29.2011 | Green
Bill Meadows

In the midst of one of the most anti-conservation Congresses in the recent memory, a collection of Wilderness designation bills have been introduced by conservation leaders in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

Wildlands Are Your Lands

Michael Brune | Posted 11.27.2011 | Green
Michael Brune

Woody Guthrie put it best when he sang, "This land is your land." Until, that is, someone steals it from you.

Tyler Kingkade

Democrats Strike Back At GOP For Trying To Cut Department Of Energy Loan Program

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 11.20.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Democratic leaders on Tuesday struck back against House Republicans' efforts to make cuts to a Department of Energy loan program in exch...