The House has descended into chaos after three days of stagnation.
That move did not appear sufficient, however, as members of the House Freedom Caucus and other far-right lawmakers spent Tuesday publicly reiterating that they view McCarthy’s decision to launch an impeachment inquiry as a separate matter from earning their support on funding the government and averting a shutdown.
“At the end of the day, I think the best thing to happen here is that we’re able to get our work done and we don’t get into that mess,” McCarthy told reporters. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene , one of McCarthy’s staunchest allies in the far-right wing of the conference, told reporters that she no longer was a member of the “burn-it-all-down caucus,” referring to the House Freedom Caucus, and saw no reason to oust McCarthy.“Kevin McCarthy does not let these little things get underneath the skin. Nothing has come easy for this guy in the last nine months,” Rep. Dusty Johnson said.
A handful of staunchly conservative lawmakers announced Wednesday that they would not vote to move the defense funding bill forward because of an unmet demand they made of leadership months ago. Several members of the hard-right Freedom Caucus said they have yet to receive a figure for how much all 12 appropriations bills would cost once passed, and where offsets to curtail spending would beRep.
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