Matt Gaetz

By Elisabeth Buchwald | CNN The United States is one step closer to losing its last perfect credit rating after Moody’s Investors Service changed the outlook of the nation’s debt to negative on Friday after markets closed. While the move…
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Rep. Jim Jordan's bid to become speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives failed Wednesday for the second time in as many days, a devastating blow to the Ohio Republican's viability as a candidate to lead the chamber.Jordan's failure to…
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Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, talks to reporters after a House Republican Conference meeting in the U.S. Capitol on the speaker of the house nomination on Thursday, October 12, 2023.Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty ImagesHouse Republicans on Friday…
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U.S. House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) listens during a press conference following a House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., July 18, 2023.Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesRepublican…
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday lashed out at Rep. Matt Gaetz, saying that the fellow Republican lawmaker who is seeking to oust him has "personal things in his life that he has challenges with."McCarthy's jab on CNBC's "Squawk Box"…
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Rep. Matt Gaetz said Sunday he will try to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a fellow Republican, from his leadership position this week after McCarthy relied on Democratic support to pass legislation that avoided a government…
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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., conducts a news conference in the U.S. Capitol on border security, government funding, and other issues, on Friday, September 29, 2023. Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesRepublican Rep. Matt Gaetz…
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By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking and Stephen Groves | Associated Press WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep the federal government temporarily open collapsed on Friday as hard-right holdouts rejected the…
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By Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer, Lauren Fox and Manu Raju | CNN With the clock ticking down toward a government shutdown, Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz approached a Democratic lawmaker on the House floor this week with a surprising pitch.…
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