House Speaker Kevin McCarthy privately delivered a message to Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell this week: The Senate’s bipartisan bill to keep the government open wouldn’t get a vote in his chamber unless significant changes are made.
And then when the speaker appeared before his conference on Wednesday morning, McCarthy relayed that same message and later made clear he wouldn’t put the Senate bill on the House floor, underscoring the divide between the two most powerful Republicans in Washington at a pivotal moment for the country and their party.
Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, a member of Senate GOP leadership, told CNN. But she added: “I understand that the speaker has a lot of pressures on him, so I don’t want to judge why he’s doing what he’s doing.” Capito also pushed back on House Republicans’ rejection of the Senate’s short-term spending bill that was brokered by McConnell and Schumer. “I think one thing we know about the House is they’re kind of unpredictable right now,” she said.
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