By: Rep. Kevin McCarthy (Diary)  |  September 23rd at 11:00 AM  | 

Note: This post was first published on PAWaterCooler.com. Our government has faced budget deficits for a long time. But in the last few years, we have seen Democrats go out of control and drive our country toward a fiscal crisis. They spent billions on an economic stimulus that didn’t create jobs, and they spent billions on a health care bill that the American people don’t | Read More »

By: Rep. Kevin McCarthy (Diary)  |  September 22nd at 12:51 PM  | 

Note: This post was first published on Third Base Politics. Let me highlight a candidate from Ohio. Steve Stivers has a history of duty. He was a Boy Scout, a paper boy, and served in the Middle East as part of the Ohio National Guard. This patriot earned a Bronze Star. Commitment has been a part of Steve his entire life. Now, he sees what’s | Read More »

By: Rep. Kevin McCarthy (Diary)  |  September 20th at 05:14 PM  | 

In today’s Wall Street Journal, my good friend Republican Whip Eric Cantor lays out why House Republicans are fighting to stop taxes from going up at the end of this year: Lest there be any doubt why we are so determined to fight—instead of going quietly and giving President Obama his way before Congress bolts for the elections—the GOP has two primary motivations. The first | Read More »

By: Rep. Kevin McCarthy (Diary)  |  September 17th at 02:50 PM  | 

The Young Guns book tour has been going very well in helping to promote our movement to bring new common-sense conservative leaders to Congress. For instance, Reps. Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan and I were on Sean Hannity’s show and on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. We also stopped by the offices of National Review, and had a very good discussion with Rich Lowry. Let me also note | Read More »

By: Rep. Kevin McCarthy (Diary)  |  September 16th at 01:42 PM  | 

While on the road campaigning for Republican candidates last month, I took some time to visit the Liberty Memorial. This monument to World War I veterans moved me. It reminded me that previous generations have done so much for us. It made me want to commit myself that much more to making America a better place. Americans know government spending is out of control. The | Read More »

By: Rep. Kevin McCarthy (Diary)  |  September 15th at 01:53 PM  | 

Winning over independents will be crucial in November. I see Republicans being more in tune with their concerns, especially on health care, taxes, spending, and the deficit. They’ve seen what Democrats have done while in charge, and they don’t like it. Resurgent Republic released some polling research and found independents prefer Republicans over Democrats by a nearly 2-to-1 margin, 30%-16%. A majority (55%) of independents | Read More »

By: Rep. Kevin McCarthy (Diary)  |  September 14th at 01:43 PM  | 

The American public is fed up with out of control politicians in Washington not listening and running up too much debt, spending too much money, and enacting too many policies that are not producing jobs. They said, “Enough!” when they elected Scott Brown as Senator in Massachusetts, Bob McDonnell as Governor in Virginia, and Chris Christie as Governor in New Jersey. Now, a Gallup poll | Read More »

By: Rep. Kevin McCarthy (Diary)  |  September 10th at 10:05 AM  | 

Before I talk about another Republican candidate we need to reform Washington I want to mention this AP story on Medicare’s actuary determining that the Democrats’ massive health care law will not stop spending from going up: “Factoring in the law, Americans will spend an average of $13,652 per person a year on health care in 2019, according to the actuary’s office. Without the law, | Read More »

By: Rep. Kevin McCarthy (Diary)  |  September 9th at 10:44 AM  | 

I’m traveling across the country helping Republican candidates take back the House of Representatives from Democrats and help put our country back on the path to prosperity. Here on RedState I will take you along to see what I’m seeing as we work to re-take our government. A few days ago, I traveled to Arizona’s Eighth Congressional District to campaign with Jesse Kelly. Jesse is | Read More »