Speaker Kevin McCarthy has less than 2 weeks two get his conference united around a plan to keep the government open.
in early January, lawmakers predicted that the September funding battle would be the real test of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s staying power.With less than two weeks to avoid a government shutdown, McCarthy is staring down an open revolt among the hard-right in his conference, some who are threatening to remove him from power and throw the House into further turmoil ahead of a pivotal election year.
“I think Speaker McCarthy has a path to choose,” said Rep. Bob Good , one of the hard-line Republicans who opposed McCarthy on the first 14 ballots for speaker in January. “Does he pass Republican legislation that advances our policies and cuts spending with Republican majority, Republican votes, or does he pass legislation with Democrat votes that lets down the American people?”on policy matters, has the right mix to thread this treacherous gantlet.
McCarthy’s first step next week will be to find some way to avert a shutdown, which would start Oct. 1 if Congress cannot pass a stopgap bill that would allow federal agencies to keep operating at last year’s budget levels. That is usually a perfunctory task in most Congresses, but not much comes easy for this particular House speaker.
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