Republicans will start every day in the new Congress with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, GOP leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said on Monday.
Republicans will start every day in the new Congress with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, GOP leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy said on Monday.t the GOP to 218 — the number needed to have a majority in the lower chamber.McCarthy to be the next Speaker of the House, receiving 188 votes to former Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Andy Biggs’ 31. McCarthy must garner 218 votes in the House to become Speaker, as they prep to hold the vote in January.
During that phone call, National Faith and Values Prayer call, hosted by the American Cornerstone Institute, participants emphasized that the country needs to turn back to God and His ways. “If the Lord is God, we need to follow in our whole heart. … It’s time to stop living with one foot in the kingdom of God and one foot in the world,” Family Research Council President Tony Perkins said during the call, speaking of the prophet Elijah’s “epic confrontation” with the prophets of Baal:
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