Funding conflict poses threat to McCarthy presidency
There is no path yet to pass a short-term funding measure to keep the U.S. government open beyond October 1, and if the Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy fails to unify his unruly Republican caucus, some wonder whether he might seek an agreement with the Democratic minority.
The GOP controls the House by just four votes, and lawmakers who want to avoid the spectacle of economic damage from a cash-strapped federal government could unite with Democrats on what would likely be a simple short-term funding measure which would not answer any other problem. legislative priorities. But if he does, Punchbowl News reports, far-right House Republicans could try to oust him as speaker, taking advantage of a deal McCarthy struck earlier this year.
“What would force the motion to be overturned is if Kevin were to rely on Democratic votes to pass a “continuing resolution,” as the funding measure is called, Republican. Ken Buck Punchbowl said. But the lawmaker also admitted he wasn’t sure the Republican Party could reach an agreement on government funding.
“I don’t see how we can pass the bill (a CR) without Democratic votes,” Buck said.
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House Republicans plan first Biden impeachment hearing next week – report
The Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee will hold its first hearing on Thursday next week since Kevin McCarthy announced that the House would begin impeachment proceedings against Joe BidenFox News reports:
1) Fox has learned that the House Oversight Committee plans to hold an impeachment hearing next Thursday – the first hearing since House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) formalized an impeachment investigation. impeachment last week.
– Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 19, 2023
2) However, Fox is told the hearing won’t necessarily lead to new ground. This will simply be a review of existing evidence and explaining the status of the investigation.
– Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 19, 2023
3) Fox has learned that the Oversight Committee plans to subpoena Hunter Biden and James Biden’s bank records this week.
As for the timeline for the overall investigation, Fox has learned that leaders would like to conclude it before the primary season.
– Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 19, 2023
Since taking control of the House earlier this year, Republicans have investigated Biden and his family members, particularly his son Hunter, and the impeachment inquiry is largely expected to be part of the continuity of this effort. However, the Republican Party has yet to find evidence of corruption on the president’s part, and it remains unclear whether House Republicans will have the votes needed to impeach Biden.
Here’s more from the Guardian’s David Smith on the state of play in the House as Kevin McCarthy tries to manage an unruly Republican caucus that can’t agree on funding the government or, potentially, even on question of whether he should remain president:
A short-term spending bill in the US Congress has faced opposition from far-right Republicans, intensifying the risk of a government shutdown and the loss of Kevin McCarthy’s presidency.
As another week of negotiations passes, Republicans in the House of Representatives are in a state of “civil war,” according to Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. There are less than two weeks left to find the money needed to keep federal agencies afloat.
On Sunday evening, a group of radical and moderate Republicans reached agreement on a short-term stopgap spending bill, known as a “continuing resolution” or CR, that could help McCarthy move forward on legislation on the issue. defense.
The measure would allow the government to remain in office until the end of October, giving Congress more time to pass large-scale appropriations for 2024. The website Politico reported that the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank influential, had supported the CR project.
But it remains unclear whether the bill can garner enough Republican support to pass the House. At least a dozen members spoke out against or expressed skepticism. Matt Gaetz, a Florida congressman who has called for McCarthy’s impeachment, tweeted that the CR is “a betrayal of the Republicans” while Majority Taylor Greene of Georgia posted: “I’m NO!”
Funding conflict poses threat to McCarthy presidency
There is no path yet to pass a short-term funding measure to keep the U.S. government open beyond October 1, and if the Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy fails to unify his unruly Republican caucus, some wonder whether he might seek an agreement with the Democratic minority.
The GOP controls the House by just four votes, and lawmakers who want to avoid the spectacle of economic damage from a cash-strapped federal government could unite with Democrats on what would likely be a simple short-term funding measure which would not answer any other problem. legislative priorities. But if he does, Punchbowl News reports, far-right House Republicans could try to oust him as speaker, taking advantage of a deal McCarthy struck earlier this year.
“What would force the motion to be overturned is if Kevin were to rely on Democratic votes to pass a “continuing resolution,” as the funding measure is called, Republican. Ken Buck Punchbowl said. But the lawmaker also admitted he wasn’t sure the Republican Party could reach an agreement on government funding.
“I don’t see how we can pass the bill (a CR) without Democratic votes,” Buck said.
US government shutdown draws closer amid House GOP infighting
Hello, American Politics Live Blog readers. We are 12 days away from shutting down the US government when its funding runs out on October 1, but in the House of Representatives, Republicans are mired in infighting and the prospects for a deal are very uncertain. The split is between the Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy and a group of the most conservative lawmakers — many of whom blocked him from becoming House leader for several days earlier this year, and remain bitter about a deal he negotiated Joe Biden in May to raise the debt ceiling while reducing certain spending. McCarthy is trying to convince House Republicans to pass a bill that would fund the government for a few weeks while cutting some spending and further strengthening U.S. border security, but right-wing lawmakers refuse to support it. Still, the House today is expected to vote quickly on the measure — and if it fails, the risks of a shutdown will be even higher.
Here’s what we’re looking at today:
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Joe Biden is in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, and we have a live blog covering all of the day’s speakers, including the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Donald Trump is trying to use his photo to boost support among black voters, who typically vote Democratic, but there’s no evidence his strategy is working, Axios reports.
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Jake Sullivanthe national security advisor, shared a photo of five detained Americans and two family members released by Iran yesterday as they returned home to the United States.
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