House GOP rebels change their tune on McCarthy: ‘He’s doing a good job’ -
These staunch conservatives told The Washington Times that they are pleased with Mr. McCarthy’s leadership. They also say the California Republican earned their respect by keeping the promises that won their begrudging support to elect him speaker after a grueling 15 rounds of voting in the House chamber in January.
Rep. Matt Rosendale of Montana was another prominent holdout who voted “present” in the 15th round of voting. He recently credited Mr. McCarthy with “doing well” leading the House. “He’s doing and saying the right things. I think the conference is largely united on our goals. And I think he’s going to move forward the critical border bill that we need,” he told The Times. “I think he’s going to lead us on the battle to cut our spending to create critical pieces in the next few weeks.”
Mr. McCarthy had long sought the speakership. In the previous GOP race for speaker in 2015 after Speaker John Boehner of Ohio retired amid a conservative rebellion, Mr. McCarthy dropped out of the race against Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. The anti-McCarthy rebels insisted that restoring the ability of one member to call a vote to “vacate the chair,” as the resolution is known in Congress, would ensure Mr. McCarthy can be held accountable, specifically regarding spending.• Restrict increases in direct spending and block the House from automatically raising the nation’s borrowing limit.
“We just signed another bill. The first few bills signed by the president are from Freedom Caucus guys. That is pretty awesome. I would say [the speaker] is doing pretty darn good.”
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