Kevin McCarthy’s embrace of a bipartisan deal to avert a US government shutdown has triggered a mutiny by far-right Republicans to depose him as House speaker.
Florida Republican Matt Gaetz said on Sunday that he will file a motion to vacate the chair this week, seizing on a parliamentary process that has not resulted in a speaker removal vote since 1910.
Gaetz said his move stemmed from McCarthy’s embrace of a bipartisan deal that didn’t enact the steep spending cuts ultra-conservatives have demanded. That, he has said, is the latest in a string of promises McCarthy made to be elected speaker and has since broken. Representative Byron Donalds, a Republican from Florida who opposed the stopgap spending measure, said he thinks McCarthy’s in trouble.
Even if McCarthy survives the current mutiny, Republican dissenters could call for a new vote at any time or impose procedural hurdles to block consideration of legislation. That essentially requires him to either maintain the alliance with Democrats—essentially a coalition government in the House—or resolve differences with hardliners who now have one more reason to resent his leadership.
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