McCarthy said on a hot mic before a Fox News interview on Tuesday that he s had it with her and lost confidence, while Scalise is openly expressing support for Rep. Elise Stefanik
McCarthy said on air during the Fox News interview that Republicans are concerned that Cheney, who voted to impeach Trump for inciting the mob that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, isn t carrying the message that most members of the party want.
“There s no concern about how she voted on impeachment. That decision has been made. I have heard from members concerned about her ability to carry out the job as conference chair to carry out the message,” McCarthy said.
House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.), the man responsible for bringing H.R. 51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, to the floor for a vote last week, was among those whose views on the matter have changed. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District of Columbia’s non-voting delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives, has been the capital city’s advocate for more than 30 years.
Congressional representation for her constituents who now number more than 700,000 has been a priority from the beginning.
Hoyer Discusses President Biden’s Joint Address on CBS News
WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) joined CBS News’ CBSN platform earlier today to discuss President Biden’s Address before a Joint Session of Congress and the President’s extraordinarily productive first 100 days in office. Below are excerpts of his interview and a link to the video: “Well, I hope to hear [from the President] the same thing he’s been doing over the last few months, frankly, what he did on the campaign, [and] what he said he was going to do, and that is work to bring our country together; to express in civil terms his vision for going forward, his sort-of normalness, if you will, [his] rationality [and] good sense. I think he’s going to bring that to this speech and I think he’s been doing that. I think that’s been good for the country, and I think the country is a little calmer and a little more likely to come together
Roll Call: Hoyer and Jeffries to pitch 20 percent boost for office funds to retain staff
Wanted to be sure you saw this Roll Call article published today on the letter sent by House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer and House Democratic Caucus Chair Jeffries to appropriators calling for an increase in office budgets to raise staff pay, which will bolster Congress’s ability to hire and retain talented, diverse, and experienced Congressional staff. To read the article click here or see below.
Roll Call
By Katherine Tully-McManus
After years of cuts and freezes, staff find it easy to leave
Leaders in the House are raising the alarm that the sluggish growth of staffer pay makes recruiting and retaining talented staff difficult and are urging appropriators to include a 20 percent increase for office budgets for fiscal 2022.
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