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McCarthy Dares Critics to Remove Him as Speaker Over Clean Funding Bill Despite Conservative Opposition

  • McCarthy dares critics to remove him as Speaker over clean stopgap funding bill. Says "go ahead and try."

  • Faces threats from Rep. Matt Gaetz who warned against a "clean" CR. Gaetz said it would lead to a motion to vacate the chair.

  • House GOP bringing 45-day clean stopgap to avoid shutdown despite conservative opposition.

  • Clean CR competes with Senate CR that includes Ukraine aid. Comes as House GOP struggled to unify.

  • On Friday, partisan House stopgap with cuts failed due to 21 Republicans demanding full-year spending bills.

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Hardline conservatives in the U.S. House Freedom Caucus are increasing pressure on Speaker Kevin McCarthy, demanding specific policy areas be addressed in a short-term funding bill to prevent a government shutdown.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is facing a significant threat to his position as factions within the Republican Party feud and consider turning on him during the battle to fund the government, with some ultra-conservatives and centrist Republicans expressing dissatisfaction with his leadership.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces the challenge of avoiding a government shutdown and handling calls for impeaching President Joe Biden from the right-wing of his party, as well as the growing threats to his speakership if he fails to meet the demands of his more conservative members.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy vented his frustration about hard-line conservatives holding up appropriations, daring his critics to attempt a vote to oust him.
Facing threats to his speakership, Kevin McCarthy is confident that his critics won't have enough votes to oust him, and he is ready to fight it out on the floor if necessary; however, his critics are determined to proceed with a motion to vacate the chair, putting the House GOP in a state of turmoil.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy plans to resurrect a stalled Pentagon spending measure and push it to the House floor in an effort to pressure far-right Republicans to drop their demands for spending cuts or face backlash for voting against military funding.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is taking a more aggressive approach towards his conservative critics, daring them to vote against a proposed GOP stopgap and potentially isolating them from the rest of the party.
Hard-line Republicans threatening to force a vote to remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy are putting Democrats in a difficult position of deciding whether to save him or join in his ousting.
Working to prevent a federal shutdown, allies of Speaker Kevin McCarthy urge Republican colleagues to approve a conservative spending plan and drop hardline tactics.
Rep. Tim Burchett is considering supporting the removal of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy if McCarthy strikes a deal with Democrats to avoid a government shutdown, amid criticism from fellow Republicans.
GOP Speaker Kevin McCarthy, facing a government shutdown and potential ousting, continues to placate his far-right detractors despite criticism, as his loyalists view his malleability as the only way to navigate the challenges of an ungovernable majority.
House Freedom Caucus members and other hardline Republican conservatives are furious with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for relying on Democratic votes to pass a short-term funding extension, but it remains uncertain whether they will take action to oust him as speaker.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy faced a critical challenge as he pushed through a 45-day stopgap spending measure to keep the government funded through November and avert a shutdown, highlighting the precarious position of the GOP with their razor-thin majority.
In an unprecedented move, the House voted to remove Kevin McCarthy from the speakership, leaving the chamber without a leader and plunging it into chaos; it is unclear who will succeed McCarthy as speaker.
The ousting of Kevin McCarthy from the speakership is a reflection of the current state of the modern GOP, which is characterized by a politics of contempt, personal animus, and a lack of effective leadership.
The ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker may result in a dysfunctional legislature and a potential downgrade of the U.S. federal debt rating, driving up borrowing costs for the average American.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is facing criticism for denouncing Democratic Congressman Jamaal Bowman for misconduct while failing to denounce GOP members who have also engaged in misconduct.
The removal of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy via a motion to vacate has become a contentious issue in the battle to replace him as Republican lawmakers debate whether to change the 200-year-old parliamentary rule.
Despite being voted out by his own caucus, Republican Kevin McCarthy is open to retaking the position of Speaker of the House if asked, while his fellow Republicans contemplate their next move amidst the international crisis in Israel.
The ousting of Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House speaker is being blown out of proportion by the Washington establishment, which tends to ignore the chaos inflicted upon Americans by various other factors such as violent crime, open borders, rising prices, and government overreach.
California Rep. Kevin McCarthy criticizes the eight House Republicans who joined Democrats in his ouster as speaker, vowing to support Rep. Jim Jordan as his replacement and calling their actions a disruptive mistake.
House Republicans' decision to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy with a small number of votes will be seen as a bipartisan failure, according to Rep. Larry Bucshon, causing concern about America's ability to function and appear strong on the global stage.
Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy acknowledges that the Republican conference is in a dire situation following his removal and the ongoing chaos over who should be the next Speaker.