Rep. Matt Gaetz told reporters Saturday that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s speakership is on shaky ground over a failure to bring his conference to pass twelve spending measures.
’s speakership is on shaky ground over a failure to bring his conference to pass twelve spending measures.
However, the Florida Republican has yet to announce a motion to vacate the chair that would oust him from the speakership.“Right now, our plan is to continue to build support for our single-subject spending bills. This 45 Day [stopgap spending bill] does not liberate us from our nation’s financial challenges,” he said. “We remain $33 trillion in debt. We’re facing $2.2 trillion annual deficits.
“What would have been the adult in the room is putting up our spending bills in the spring and in the summer, being the adult in the room would have realized that we shouldn’t have then taken August, outside of Washington, DC,” he said.
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