As Republican Speaker McCarthy has focused on reaching a bipartisan agreement to avoid a federal government shutdown, hard-line conservatives within the Republican Party have begun to seek to remove him from the House of Representatives.
Congressman Gaetz (R) said on the 1st that he would introduce a motion to remove the Speaker within the week.
“I intend to introduce a motion to remove Speaker McCarthy this week,” he said on CNN. “We need to move forward with a new leader we can trust,” he said.
Congressman Gaetz arrives at the U.S. Congress (September 30)
Photographer: Anna Rose Layden/Bloomberg
Gaetz’s announcement comes just hours after the House and Senate passed a bridge budget bill.
The congressman pointed out that the bipartisan bridge budget bill promoted by Chairman McCarthy did not include the deep spending cuts that conservative hardliners in the Republican Party had been demanding, which led him to submit the motion to remove him. . He said it was the latest example of McCarthy breaking a series of promises he made in electing him speaker.
“This is not a personal issue. This is about spending,” Gaetz said. “It’s about a deal that Kevin McCarthy put together,” he said.
“Frankly, there are a lot of trust issues in the House right now,” Rep. Donalds (R), who opposed the bridge budget, said on Fox, adding that he thinks McCarthy is in a tight spot. did.
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2023-10-01 14:01:32
