Us House Speaker
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US debt ceiling has catastrophic effects- 83 lakh job losses, world recession I EXPLAINED
World | May 26, 2023, 05:38 PM ISTUS debt ceiling row: Moody’s Analytics has estimated that a default of no longer than a week would lead to the loss of 1.5 million jobs.
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US Debt ceiling row: Biden, McCarthy to meet aiming to avert potentially chaotic federal default
World | May 22, 2023, 11:45 PM ISTA budget deal would unlock a separate vote to lift the debt ceiling, now $31 trillion, to allow more borrowing to pay bills already incurred.
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Finally! Republican Kevin McCarthy elected as House Speaker in historic 15th round of votes
World | Jan 07, 2023, 12:45 PM ISTAfter four days of gruelling ballots, McCarthy flipped more than a dozen conservative holdouts to become supporters, including the chairman of the chamber’s Freedom Caucus.
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For the first time in century, US House fails to pick Speaker on first ballot, House adjourns
World | Jan 04, 2023, 08:12 AM ISTNeeding 218 votes in the full House, McCarthy got just 203 in two rounds - less even than Democrat Hakeem Jeffries in the GOP-controlled chamber - and fared even worse with 202 in round three.
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US: Nancy Pelosi to step down from House leadership, will continue to stay in Congress
World | Nov 18, 2022, 02:18 PM ISTUS: In a spirited speech on the House floor, Pelosi announced that she will step aside after leading Democrats for nearly 20 years and in the aftermath of the brutal attack on her husband, Paul, last month in their San Francisco home.
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No 'clean' bill on raising debt limit: US House Speaker
World | Oct 07, 2013, 08:08 AM ISTWashington : US Republican House Speaker John Boehner said Sunday that the lower chamber would not pass bills to end government shutdown or raise debt limit until President Barack Obama chooses to negotiate."There are not
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Modi speaks to former US House Speaker through video conference
National | Mar 30, 2013, 02:26 PM ISTGandhinagar, Mar 30: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Friday interacted with former US House Speaker Newton Leroy Gingrich through video-conferencing."He (Gingrich) talked about his pro-growth policies and what we can learn from his (Modi's)