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Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., center, with Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., left, and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, in Washington. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of N.Y., has nominated the two California lawmakers for the Intelligence Committee in open defiance of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's vow to block them. Jeffries asked that Schiff and Swalwell be reappointed to the Intelligence panel. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

House Dems who were kicked off committees air grievances against Kevin McCarthy

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden, right, speaks 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, as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, that he is looking forward to discussing with Biden a “reasonable and responsible way to lift the debt ceiling” when the two meet for their first sit-down on Wednesday with McCarthy as leader of the chamber. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Kevin McCarthy takes entitlements cut ‘off the table’ ahead of debt limit meeting with Biden

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

FILE - House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., pauses during a break in the taping of an interview for the Hannity show with Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity, on Capitol Hill, Jan. 10, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Biden, McCarthy to discuss debt limit in talks on Wednesday

By Hope Yen - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks during a news conference in Statuary Hall at the Capitol in Washington, Jan.12, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Inside McCarthy’s House: Famous friends and hard realities

By Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

FILE - The Treasury Department is seen near sunset in Washington, Jan. 18, 2023. The national debt is at the core of a dispute about how to raise the government's legal borrowing authority, which could come to a head this summer if the government runs out of accounting maneuvers to keep paying its bills. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Lots of sound and fury on U.S. debt, but not a crisis — yet

By Josh Boak - Associated Press

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., derides the new Republican majority over plans to consider a national sales tax and other issues, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Leader of the loyal opposition in House boasts ‘very positive’ relationship with Speaker McCarthy

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., look at vote totals during the roll call vote on the motion to adjourn for the evening in the House chamber as the House meets for a second day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Kevin McCarthy — oh no he didn’t! — smacks down journalist

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., speaks during a news conference on spending, Dec. 14, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) **FILE**

Senate Republicans bow out of debt default standoff, say it’s up to McCarthy in House

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

FILE - House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., left, joined by Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., speaks to reporters at a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 23, 2022. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has nominated the two California lawmakers for the Intelligence Committee in open defiance of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s vow to block them. Jeffries asked that Schiff and Swalwell be reappointed to the Intelligence panel. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Kevin McCarthy blocks Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell from Intel panel

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks during a news conference in Statuary Hall at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Speaker Kevin McCarthy eyes Taiwan visit this year in trip likely to anger China

By Guy Taylor and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Jeffries prepares for fight with McCarthy after renominating Swalwell, Schiff to Intel Committee

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House to mayors who are attending the U.S. Conference of Mayors winter meeting in Washington, Friday, Jan 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden says he’ll chat with McCarthy about debt ceiling

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks to reporters after the House adjourned for the night, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House GOP rewards hard-liners, Santos with committee seats

By Kevin Freking - Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., looks to President Joe Biden after Biden arrived at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in Hebron, Ky., Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden-McConnell: Personally mismatched, professionally bound

By Seung Min Kim - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks during a news conference in Statuary Hall at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. McCarthy rounded his first full week as House speaker in the most outwardly orderly way. There was hardly a hint of the chaotic, rebellious fight it took for the Republicans to arrive here, having barely installed him as the leader with the gavel. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

White House blasts McCarthy over deals with Republican holdouts

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks during a news conference in Statuary Hall at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Kevin McCarthy says debt limit should be treated ‘like our own household’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

The chamber of the House of Representatives is seen at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 28, 2022. President Joe Biden plans to deliver his second State of the Union address on Feb. 7. That was the date proposed by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in his invitation to Biden on Friday to address a joint session of Congress. It will be Biden’s first address to a divided Congress after Republicans took control of the House this month. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Biden to deliver State of the Union address Feb. 7

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

House Speaker-elect Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., gestures for silence from his Republican colleagues as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of N.Y., speaks on the House floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, early Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

C-SPAN asks House Speaker McCarthy to make its broader floor coverage permanent

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., talks to Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., after Gaetz voted "present" in the House chamber as the House meets for the fourth day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

History As It Happens: A House divided (Part 2)

By Martin Di Caro

Newly-elected Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks to his office from the chamber after a contentious battle to lead the GOP majority in the 118th Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

New GOP majority tells House lawyers to cool the lawsuits

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times