The day began with a stunning turnaround by GOP House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, and then wound through twists and turns that involved a fire alarm and a last-minute hitch.
that if he wanted to stop the government fromHe was going to have to rely on Democrats.
McCarthy’s move was an act of defiance against the hard-liners who strenuously opposed a short-term bill. Some, like Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., even threatened to force a vote to overthrow him if he passed one with Democratic votes. In the meantime, there were a couple of key moments that paved the way for the dramatic turnaround that prevented a shutdown that had been seen for weeks as inevitable.Democrats initially blasted the last-minute legislation, saying they were blindsided by McCarthy holding an immediate vote on a 71-page bill they hadn’t read. They didn’t trust him to write a “clean” bill and worried there might be something tucked in there that they wouldn't like.bashing it.
Across the Capitol, in a closed-door lunch meeting Saturday, Senate Republicans overruled McConnell’s plea to preserve Ukraine funding — a high priority for him — in a temporary funding bill, said two sources with knowledge of the conversations. He had succeeded in making a similar case against a two-week bill offered a day earlier by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis. But this time, McConnell decided to accept the House path.
Smith said the final bill would be “slightly different” and indicated that with the change, Democrats would be on board.The 335-91 House vote was a startling display of what was possible if McCarthy stopped catering to his hard-liners and worked with the House’s moderate majority. Yet moments later, McCarthy downplayed the prospects of continuing that approach when asked about the 21 hard-liners who opposed his initial stopgap bill.
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