To many in the conference, it proved that Speaker Kevin McCarthy has no power to avert a fast-approaching shutdown.
suffered yet another stinging defeat Thursday, as a handful of conservatives tanked a key vote that was supposed to signal the way out of days of intraparty bickering.
Perhaps more ominously, the ultraconservatives’ gambit proved what many in the GOP had already suspected: That McCarthy is essentially powerless to avert a government closure that could begin Oct. 1.“This is painful. It gives me a headache. This is a very difficult series of missteps by our conference,” Rep.Walking down the steps of the Capitol after the failed vote, battleground Rep.
Leadership had hoped to be able to pass the defense bill by Friday. After that, they would either take up a short-term funding bill — which doesn’t have the votes to pass the chamber — or move on to another full-year funding bill with more support. But now, McCarthy and his team seem shackled, unable to bring anything to the floor.“Obviously they can’t count.
A day earlier, Republicans left a closed-door conference meeting confident they had the votes to move the defense bill after Reps. told leadership that they would flip their votes on advancing the defense bill, allowing it to move to a full passage vote after helping to block it earlier this week., who had both voted for the rule earlier this week, flipped on Thursday and opposed it.
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