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People attending the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, sing the national anthem during the opening session, at the National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, March 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Jan. 6 defendants at CPAC say Republican leaders have forgotten them

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump, storm the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

GOP Rep. Scalise says Democrats were the ones who released ‘sensitive’ Jan. 6 riot footage

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., left, talks to Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., right, in the House chamber as the House meets for the fourth day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington on Jan. 6, 2023. Some members of Congress are asking that the House floor be more fully open to cameras in the interest of transparency. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Drama of McCarthy’s election may open House to more cameras

By David Bauder - Associated Press

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., talks to reporters Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

McCarthy says Sinaloa cartel is now biggest employer in southern Arizona county

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

"I Voted Today!" stickers can be seen at the Mt. Bethel Baptist Church voting station on Rhode Island Avenue in Northwest where a special election is held to replace Harry Thomas for Ward 5 city councilmember, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 15, 2012 (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times) ** FILE **

House votes to overturn D.C.’s illegal immigrant voting plan

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., leaves the House Chamber after President Joe Biden's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Speaker Kevin McCarthy hauls in $12M for GOP at D.C. fundraiser

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Incoming House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., receives the gavel from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of N.Y., on the House floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, early Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

New leadership dynamic in House shows politics doesn’t need to be personal

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, of California, tears her copy of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address after he delivered it to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

McCarthy pledges no Pelosi-style ‘theatrics’ behind Biden’s back at State of the Union address

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

FILE - The chamber of the House of Representatives is seen at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

State of the Union live updates: Latest on Biden’s speech

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., talks to reporters Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

McCarthy jabs Biden over debt-ceiling impasses ahead of State of the Union address

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., meets with reporters just after the new House Republican majority ousted Democratic Rep. lhan Omar, a Somali-born Muslim from Minnesota, from the House Foreign Affairs Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

House Speaker McCarthy announces bipartisan group to write up lawmaker code of conduct

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden prays for unity, pledges to reach across aisle at National Prayer Breakfast

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., leaves the House chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. House Republicans have voted to oust Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The vote in a raucous session on Thursday to remove the Somali-born Muslim lawmaker came after her past comments critical of Israel. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Ilhan Omar claims anti-immigrant bias from Republicans with ouster from committee

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., meets with reporters just after the new House Republican majority ousted Democratic Rep. lhan Omar, a Somali-born Muslim from Minnesota, from the House Foreign Affairs Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrat launches ‘24 campaign against Kevin McCarthy

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 25, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Republicans set to oust Rep. Omar from Foreign Affairs panel

By Lisa Mascaro and Kevin Freking - Associated Press

President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Joe Biden, McCarthy to meet, discuss debt ceiling at White House

By Lisa Mascaro and Seung Min - Associated Press

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., talks with reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington following his meeting with President Joe Biden, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Speaker McCarthy plants GOP flag at debt talks with Biden

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden talks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, after returning from an event in Baltimore on infrastructure. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Show me the money: Biden to press McCarthy for budget specifics during debt limit talks

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

FILE - President Joe Biden hands the pen he used to sign the Democrats' landmark climate change and health care bill to Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., watches in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Aug. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Republicans stage intervention for President Biden, spending junkie

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., plays a recording of a death threat left on her voicemail in the wake of anti-Islamic comments made last week by Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., who likened Omar to a bomb-carrying terrorist, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

House GOP eyeing backdoor tactic to block Rep. Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee

By Kerry Picket and Haris Alic - The Washington Times