Accused of betrayal over the debt-ceiling deal, Kevin McCarthy is losing power to a group of rebels who show no sign of giving up.
. He had pressured President Joe Biden into making concessions on government spending and rallied a fractured GOP behind him to raise the debt limit. By the end, two-thirds of the Republicans conference had signed on, leaving the right wing of his caucus nothing to do but complain.On Tuesday, a dozen hard-right Republicans rebelled against the speaker and effectively seized control of the House by means of a rules vote.
This defection didn’t occur because those Republicans love electric stoves, but to punish McCarthy for what they believe is a betrayal. They were furious that McCarthy had bucked them and their demands for deep spending cuts in order to get Democratic support. The result was that the business of the House ground to a halt, with rebels such as Matt Gaetz and Lauren Boebert tweeting, “We hold the floor.
With no resolution in sight, Republicans canceled the rest of the votes slated for Tuesday and then on Wednesday canceled votes for the rest of the week. Still, McCarthy was dismissive of the rebels’ concerns. Sounding like the parent of a toddler throwing a temper tantrum, he insisted with a smile, “Some of these members, they don’t know what to ask for. There’s numerous different things they’re frustrated about. So we’ll listen to them and we’ll solve this.
The problem, though, is that the members do know what to ask for. They want constraints on McCarthy’s ability to make future bipartisan deals, which they thought they got when the agreement was brokered to
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