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Rep. Jim Jordan won’t pursue another speaker vote for now as House looks to empower temporary speaker Rep. Patrick T. McHenry

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hardline conservative Jim Jordan told his fellow Republicans he will suspend his bid to serve as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and back Republican Patrick McHenry to fill the role on a temporary basis, a lawmaker said on Thursday.

@JakeSherman 🚨BREAKING NEWS: DAVID JOYCE is expected to file a motion TODAY to elect PATRICK MCHENRY as a permanent speaker pro tem.

Following McCarthy's ouster, acting Speaker Patrick McHenry ordered Nancy Pelosi to leave the special hideaway office she didn't relinquish following her party's defeat in the 2022 mid-terms. The email notifying Pelosi's office of the order to get out got right to the point, noting that the office will be re-keyed if she doesn't leave. As one of his first acts as the acting speaker, Rep. Patrick McHenry ordered former Speaker Nancy Pelosi to vacate her Capitol hideaway office by Wednesday, according to an email sent to her office viewed by POLITICO. “Please vacate the space tomorrow, the room will be...

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said interim speaker, GOP Rep. Patrick McHenry, has ordered her to vacate her office in the Capitol building. She maintains her regular office in the Cannon House building. CNN viewed an email that was sent just after 6 p.m. ET from McHenry’s office to Pelosi’s office: “Going to reassign h-132 for speaker office use. Please vacate the space tomorrow.” "Sadly, because I am in California to mourn the loss of and pay tribute to my dear friend Dianne Feinstein, I am unable to retrieve my belongings at this time,” Pelosi said in a statement, referring...

McCarthy has been retired. Patrick McHenry is acting Speaker

Fox News commentator Britt McHenry announced via Twitter on Thursday that she has been diagnosed with a brain tumor and is undergoing treatment. “I’m with an amazing medical team and surgery is imminent. Thank you for continued support and understanding at this time,” she wrote.

In a video of what appears to be ESPN reporter Britt McHenry berating a parking lot attendant has surfaced. McHenry is shown making fun of the woman’s features, and even asking her “Do you know who I am?” McHenry is visibly upset, although we are unable to see what may have pushed to her treating the attendant so poorly in the video that clearly had some portions edited out of it. McHenry can be heard saying, “I’m in the news sweetheart, I will f—ing sue this place.” “Do you feel good about your job? So I could be a college...

Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10), the Chief Deputy Whip, questions witnesses on how prepared the Department of Defense is should a member of the American military be stricken with Ebola while in Africa.

Representative Patrick McHenry (R-NC) gave anti-Energy Secretary Steven Chu an earful yesterday during a hearing on oil prices. McHenry ripped Che for the administration’s policies that have prevented access to domestic oil and gas. “You’re telling me my constituents need to buy a Nissan Leaf?” "My time is short, you've listed a long list of things that this administration has done. I have not yet heard that there are trying to increase the supply of American oil or our refining capacity or limit the regulations in the diversity of blends that are required. I have heard nothing from you today...

Following up on this morning’s post about Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) calling for a hearing on “44 czars,” I asked McHenry’s spokesman Brock McCleary where that number came from. “We’re using a variety of sources and finding everyone who has been referred to as a ‘czar,’” said McCleary. “It would be appropriate for the WH to release a formal list.” In the meantime, McClearly provided me with two sources that McHenry’s office is using to build a czar list: this list from Politico, and this thread from the conservative web forum FreeRepublic.com. The FreeRepublic thread begins with a list from...

Former McHenry County College President Walt Packard did not leave his post over an ailing wife. He was pushed out by the MCC board, two trustees said. In late February, the college announced that Packard was stepping down to take care of his sick wife and assuming the role of president emeritus. That wasn’t the whole story.

The Federal Reserve System was created in 1913 by President Woodrow Wilson and Congress. The Fed, as it is known, is a semi-public agency that serves as the central hub of our banking system. The Fed's original mission was to regulate monetary policy in the United States, meaning that it would restrict and loosen the supply of money in circulation. Its objective was to achieve stable prices and maximum employment. The Fed does this by setting interest rates. These rates impact the interest that Americans pay on our mortgages and car loans, for example. Today, the scope of the Fed's...

McHenry's gas solution: Drill in AlaskaCongressman discusses alternative fuels, presidential battle and general election BY ANDREW MACKIE Tuesday, June 3, 2008 HICKORY - The time has come to increase oil refinery capacity in the United States and open up oil exploration in Alaska to better deal with wallet-busting gas prices, says U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry. “We must increase our supply in a major way. We should increase capacity and invest in alternative fuels for the long term,” McHenry said Monday in an exclusive interview with the Record. “We can’t allow extreme environmentalists to determine our energy policy. That’s what they’ve...

10th District Republican congressional challenger Lance Sigmon has released a TV commercial that details how in 2004 Rep. Patrick McHenry “purposely misled voters about his resume,” according to Sigmon. In the ad, Sigmon questions “why McHenry claimed to run a business that didn’t exist,” when he first ran for Congress in the 2004 Republican primary. The TV spot also states that McHenry improperly profited from a 2006 real estate deal in which “a campaign donor sold McHenry a house undervalued by at least $25,500. The highly respected political journal Roll Call, in an October 2007 article citing official North Carolina...

HAWIJAH, Iraq, March 2, 2008 – The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff walked through the bustling market street of this Iraqi town today – a town that al Qaeda ruled just three months ago. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen saw a market crowded with people and shops stocked with goods. And he saw American soldiers and their Iraqi security forces partners operating with incredible professionalism. Three months ago, this northern Iraqi city was the “Wild West,” said Army Maj. Gen. Mark Hertling, commander of Multinational Division North. But a new sheriff came to town in the form of the...

BLITZER: So what you're suggesting -- and correct me if I'm wrong, because you've been doing this for the last few days -- that Democrats are behind the timing of the release of this information? Is that your accusation? MCHENRY: Well, look, all the fact points lead to one question: Did Rahm Emanuel or Nancy Pelosi have any involvement on the strategic or tactical level? This morning on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos," the question was asked of Rahm Emanuel. His reaction was he did not see the instant messages or e-mails. He repeatedly said, he did not see. I've...

Macsmind notices that Patrick McHenry R-NC put Pelosi and Emmanuel on the spot. From The Hill, which notes that he ... called on Democratic leaders yesterday to testify under oath about when they knew of former Rep. Mark Foley's (R-Fla.) Internet communications with a House page. ...Pelosi and Emmanuel refuse to take a polygraph test over the Foley mess. Pelosi has also refused to make a sworn affadavit.

Soldiers from Forward Operating Base McHenry, Iraq, pose with the Star Spangled replica flying in the background. The photograph, and the flag will be displayed at the visitor's center at Fort McHenry, Maryland. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Cassandra Groce Hi-Res Forward Operating Base Repeats History Soldiers at Forward Operating Base McHenry withstand daily bombardments as their namesake once did. By U.S. Army Spc. Cassandra Groce 133rd Mobile Public Affairs Detach HAWIJA, Iraq, July 3, 2006 -- In 1814, during the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key penned the poem that would be adopted as our country’s national anthem...