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Should Kevin McCarthy be the next Republican to go?

By Tom Basile

Customers fill up their automobiles and gas containers with fuel at the Circle K on Wednesday, May 12, 2021 in Raleigh, N.C. Several gas stations in the Southeast reported running out of fuel, primarily because of what analysts say is unwarranted panic-buying among drivers, as the shutdown of a major pipeline by hackers entered its fifth day. (Robert Willett/The News & Observer via AP)

From gas shortage to inflation, Biden’s leadership suddenly under fire

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this March 6, 2019, photo, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., speaks to the media at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Adam Kinzinger claims House GOP leaders ignored threats of violence ahead of Jan. 6 riot at Capitol

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

In this May 4, 2021, photo, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, of Calif., speaks to a reporter outside a diner in Marietta, Ga. McCarthy and other Republicans decried Major League Baseball's decision to move the All-Star game out of Georgia amid concerns about changes to the state's voting laws. McCarthy is leading his party to an inflection point. House Republicans are preparing to dump Rep. Liz Cheney from the No. 3 leadership position. If so, McCarthy will have transformed what’s left of the party of Lincoln more decisively into the party of Trump. (AP Photo/Ron Harris, File)

Kevin McCarthy backs Elise Stefanik to replace Liz Cheney

By Hope Yen - Associated Press

House Republican Conference chair Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., center, accompanied by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and House Minority Whip Steve Scalise of La., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Liz Cheney, Kevin McCarthy, Mitt Romney — they’re all the same

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks during his weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 22, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Kevin McCarthy: GOP lawmakers ‘concerned’ about Liz Cheney’s leadership role

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California speaks during his weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Kevin McCarthy: ‘We believe Republicans will take the House in 2022’

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 10, 2021, file photo, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., walks at the Capitol, in Washington. The House has rejected an attempt to boot a Democrat from the House intelligence committee. Democrats scuttled a Republican effort to remove Swalwell from the intelligence panel. The resolution against Swalwell cited reporting that he had contact more than six years ago with a suspected Chinese spy who targeted politicians in California. (Joshua Roberts/Pool via AP, File)

House dismisses GOP bid to boot Eric Swalwell from intelligence committee

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

In this Feb. 10, 2021, file photo, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., walks at the Capitol, in Washington. The House has rejected an attempt to boot a Democrat from the House intelligence committee. Democrats scuttled a Republican effort to remove Swalwell from the intelligence panel. The resolution against Swalwell cited reporting that he had contact more than six years ago with a suspected Chinese spy who targeted politicians in California. (Joshua Roberts/Pool via AP, File)

House scuttles GOP attempt to boot Swalwell from intel panel

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., right, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, joined by Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., left, makes an opening statement as the panel prepares to listen to former White House national security aide Fiona Hill, and David Holmes, a U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, during a public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (Andrew Harrer/Pool Photo via AP)

House intel committee gets six new members from both parties

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘I still like Dr. Seuss’: House GOP leader McCarthy shares video reading of ‘Green Eggs and Ham’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Kevin McCarthy challenges Biden to confront border ‘crisis’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Kevin McCarthy bets his house on winning House GOP majority in 2022: ‘Not a chance’ of losing

By S.A. Miller and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters before the House votes to pass a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. Pelosi is flanked by Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., left, and Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

House passes $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP rallies solidly against Democrats’ virus relief package

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 4, 2020, file photo, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., speaks during a Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee hearing about the COVID-19 response on Capitol Hill in Washington. Herrera Beutler, who was one of 10 GOP House members who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump, is urging people with knowledge of conversations Trump had during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot to come forward. (Al Drago/Pool via AP, File)

Rep. Herrera Beutler in middle of impeachment trial turmoil

By CHRIS GRYGIEL - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2020 file photo House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. At a time when California residents were being urged to avoid social gatherings, McCarthy attended his son's wedding in December in San Luis Obispo County, along with a small group of family members. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite,File)

Amid COVID shutdowns, GOP’s McCarthy attended son’s wedding

Associated Press

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., arrives at her office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. House Democrats are threatening to have her removed from her committee assignments and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is under pressure to act on Greene because of her history of using social media to endorse outlandish conspiracy theories and violent, racist views. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Marjorie Taylor Greene: House to vote on stripping her of committee assignments

By Seth McLaughlin and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wy., attends a ceremony memorializing U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, as an urn with his cremated remains lies in honor on a black-draped table at the center of the Capitol Rotunda, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Washington. ((Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Liz Cheney survives leadership challenge over Trump impeachment vote

By Seth McLaughlin and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wy., attends a ceremony memorializing U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, as an urn with his cremated remains lies in honor on a black-draped table at the center of the Capitol Rotunda, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Washington. ((Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Kevin McCarthy defends Liz Cheney after Donald Trump impeachment vote

By Alex Swoyer and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times