The conservative House Freedom Caucus again paralyzed the House on Tuesday in an attempt to force Speaker Kevin McCarthy to stop using Democratic votes to pass legislation.
For the second consecutive day, hardline conservative holdouts blocked Mr. McCarthy from bringing a slew of GOP initiatives to the House floor. Members of the Freedom Caucus say the delay is warranted because of Mr. McCarthy’s deal last week to hike the debt limit beyond the 2024 presidential election and the tactics used to pass it.
“We’ve been through this before, we’re [a] small majority,” said Mr. McCarthy, California Republican. “You work through this and you’re going to be stronger.” Given the narrow House majority, Mr. McCarthy can only lose four GOP lawmakers on any vote before having to rely on Democrats. That was exactly what happened when the speaker reached his debt-limit deal with President Biden.
“We’re going to force him into a monogamous relationship with one or the other,” Rep. Matt Gaetz, Florida Republican, said on Steve Bannon’s War Room podcast. “What we’re not gonna do is hang out with him for five months and then watch him go jump in the back seat with [House Democratic leader] Hakeem Jeffries and sell the nation out.”
“I continued to be concerned because he hasn’t repudiated that coalition,” said Mr. Biggs, Arizona Republican. “My guess is he’s prepared to do that again on the next three must-pass bills, [the] Farm Bill, [the defense bill], and the budget.” “Whenever you put a cap, that’s the ceiling,” said the speaker. “We can always spend less. I’ve always advocated for spending less.”
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