Kevin McCarthy Looks Back on His Brush with the Speakership
McCarthy’s portrait joins the speakers’ collection after a nine-month tenure marked by 15 ballots and an eventual ouster by fellow Republicans.
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This is news about the unveiling ceremony of the portrait of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy held in Washington, D.C. As the first Speaker to be removed from office after just 269 days in office, it captures the need for political unity and bipartisan cooperation that McCarthy emphasized after leaving office, as well as assessments from within and outside the political sphere regarding his achievements during his tenure.
Kevin McCarthy Gets a Portrait
New York Times: “Mr. McCarthy served as speaker for just 269 days, but his portrait will now hang in the Capitol in perpetuity. It is a testament to the brief, strange tenure of a Republican who served as a bridge between the establishment-led GOP and the party it became after being fully subsumed by President […]
LIVE NOW: House Speaker Mike Johnson Hosts Kevin McCarthy Portrait Unveiling Ceremony
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson hosts a portrait unveiling ceremony honoring former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in Statuary Hall, in Washington at 3 p.m. ET on Sept. 15. Participants include the following: Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy Senator Tim Scott Representative French Hill Representative Steny Hoyer Former Majority Leader Eric Cantor Former Representative Patrick McHenry Former Representative Garret Graves U.S. Capitol Historical Socie…
House ceremony unveils fmr House Speaker McCarthy’s official portrait
House Speaker Mike Johnson hosted a ceremony at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. to unveil the official portrait of his predecessor, former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy.
Kevin McCarthy looks back on his brush with the speakership
As Kevin McCarthy pulled a drape off his smiling portrait at the Capitol on Tuesday, it wasn’t the only blast from the past. Crowded into Statuary Hall for the unveiling were members past and present, ranging from fierce loyalists to rivals to erstwhile friends. Even a Democrat sang the former speaker’s praises, pointing to a […]
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