All posts tagged "speaker"
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Kevin McCarthy Loses Vote for Speaker of the House — Again
Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy was denied for a fourth time in his bid for the speakership of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, with...
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Here are the 19 Republicans Who Voted Against McCarthy
19 Republicans in Congress voted against confirming Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. See who they are.
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Right-Wing Republicans Block Kevin McCarthy as U.S. House Speaker
Several Republicans defected to block Kevin McCarthy from becoming Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives on the first ballot.
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Amir Ohana Becomes Israel’s First Openly Gay Knesset Speaker
On Thursday, the Knesset, or Israeli parliament, elected Amir Ohana, a politician with the right-wing Likud party, as its next speaker, making him the first...
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi on celebrating Pride, advancing LGBTQ rights, and why everything in Trump’s life is a cover-up
Nancy Pelosi has deep, longstanding ties to the LGBTQ community. It's why passing the Equality Act is so important to her.
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Nancy Pelosi slams Trump’s ‘bigoted, deadly’ attack on LGBTQ healthcare
Speaker Pelosi criticized a new rule that would allow healthcare providers to deny care based on religious objections
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Reacting to Ryan: LGBT groups react to the new Speaker
As Paul Ryan assumes role as Speaker of the House, LGBT organizations assume a wait-and-see approach
