If the debt ceiling deal hammered out between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-California, passes Congress and is signed into law by the president, the pause on federally funded ...

This week marks the biggest test yet for the speakership of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. McCarthy needs to show that he can keep his members together to approve the Republican version of a ...

As a rule, one of the great things about being in the majority on Capitol Hill is control of the floor: If a House speaker, for example, doesn’t like a bill, it doesn’t get a vote. But as regular ...

Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) debt-ceiling spending plan–which takes aim at some small-business benefits–passed the House this week, setting up negotiations with the Senate as the country ...

After House Speaker Kevin McCarthy briefed House Republicans on the outlines of a bill to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for spending cuts and policy changes, lawmakers emerged seeking more ...