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GOP House Leader Kevin McCarthy Chastises Marjorie Taylor Greene Over Holocaust Remarks

By NPR News May 25, 2021

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks with reporters last week. Win McNamee/Getty Images

Nearly four months after condemning Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's comments on antisemitic conspiracy theories, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is once again rejecting the Georgia Republican's rhetoric — this time over her equating of COVID-19 safety measures with the treatment of Jews during the Holocaust.Read More

Kevin McCarthy, Top House Republican, Opposes Bipartisan Commission To Probe U.S. Capitol Attack

By NPR News May 18, 2021

Protesters gesture to U.S. Capitol Police in the hallway outside of the Senate chamber inside the Capitol on Wednesday. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy came out Tuesday against a bipartisan proposal to establish a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The announcement comes a day before the House of Representatives is slated to vote on the legislation.Read More

‘All Is Not Calm’: Congress Scrambles After President Trump Blasts COVID-19 Relief Package

By NPR News December 24, 2020

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds a press conference Sunday. Congress is scrambling after President Trump blasted a major aid and spending package that lawmakers passed Monday. CREDIT: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

With millions of Americans waiting for desperately needed economic aid, a massive relief package remains in limbo as President Trump weighs whether to sign it into law.Read More

House GOP Leaders Move To Discipline Rep. Steve King After White Supremacy Remarks

By NPR News January 14, 2019

Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, is under fire again for making controversial remarks. CREDIT: J. Scott Applewhite/AP

The longtime Iowa Republican congressman is under fire, once again, for controversial, racially charged remarks. House Democrats are also planning a vote of disapproval and some want to censure King.Read More