{"id":1939000,"date":"2023-05-26T16:41:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T20:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaetz-predicts-debt-ceiling-deal-wont-harm-mccarthy\/"},"modified":"2023-05-26T17:36:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T21:36:41","slug":"gaetz-predicts-debt-ceiling-deal-wont-harm-mccarthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaetz-predicts-debt-ceiling-deal-wont-harm-mccarthy\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaetz: Debt limit deal won&#8217;t harm McCarthy."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgaetz-predicts-debt-ceiling-deal-wont-harm-mccarthy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1939000&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Republican Representatives Downplay Threat to McCarthy\u2019s Speakership Amid Debt Ceiling Negotiations<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>As negotiators zero in on the details of an agreement to raise the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/even-with-full-control-of-government-democrats-massive-wish-list-is-stalling\/\" title=\"Even With Full Control Of Government, Democrats\u2019 Massive Wish List Is Stalling\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/even-with-full-control-of-government-democrats-massive-wish-list-is-stalling\/\" title=\"Even With Full Control Of Government, Democrats\u2019 Massive Wish List Is Stalling\">debt ceiling<\/a><\/a>, some Republican representatives are downplaying the idea that cutting a bipartisan deal will endanger the position of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Don&#8217;t believe the hype! Despite ongoing negotiations to raise the debt ceiling, McCarthy&#8217;s position as Speaker of the House is not in danger. While some Republican representatives have expressed concerns, others have voiced their support for McCarthy&#8217;s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy was elected speaker in January after a record 15 ballots. Because Republicans hold a slim majority in the House, a small group of conservative members were able to hold up McCarthy\u2019s election until granted a number of demands.<\/p>\n<p>Among those concessions was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-flop-cambridge-university-college-takes-down-divisive-lgbt-flag\/\" title=\"Woke Flop: Cambridge University College Takes Down \u2018Divisive\u2019 LGBT Flag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-flop-cambridge-university-college-takes-down-divisive-lgbt-flag\/\" title=\"Woke Flop: Cambridge University College Takes Down \u2018Divisive\u2019 LGBT Flag\">rule change allowing<\/a><\/a> any one member to introduce a motion to \u201cvacate the chair,\u201d potentially ending McCarthy\u2019s leadership role.<\/p>\n<p>As details of a possible bipartisan agreement on raising the debt limit were leaked on May 25, members of the House Freedom Caucus urged McCarthy to stand firm on the details of the GOP debt limit and spending plan, the Limit, Save, Grow Act. The group hinted at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/like-something-out-of-black-mirror-how-an-australian-town-became-a-smart-city-overnight\/\" title=\"\u2018Like Something Out Of Black Mirror\u2019: How An Australian Town Became A \u2018Smart-City\u2019 Overnight\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/like-something-out-of-black-mirror-how-an-australian-town-became-a-smart-city-overnight\/\" title=\"\u2018Like Something Out Of Black Mirror\u2019: How An Australian Town Became A \u2018Smart-City\u2019 Overnight\">potential consequences<\/a><\/a> if the speaker is not firm enough in negotiations.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAs you navigate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-what-mccarthys-house-can-actually-get-done-before-2024\/\" title=\"Here\u2019s What McCarthy\u2019s House Can Actually Get Done Before 2024\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-what-mccarthys-house-can-actually-get-done-before-2024\/\" title=\"Here\u2019s What McCarthy\u2019s House Can Actually Get Done Before 2024\">debt limit debate<\/a><\/a>, you are the steward of this unity and will determine whether it continues to strengthen and places a historic stamp on this Congress or evaporates,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite these concerns, some Republican representatives have expressed confidence in McCarthy&#8217;s leadership. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) has negated the idea that reaching a compromise agreement with Democrats might endanger McCarthy\u2019s leadership role.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI think that it [a potential bipartisan agreement] will pass with about 80 to 100 Democrat votes and between 140 and 160 Republican votes,\u201d Gaetz said during a May 26 livestream on Twitter Spaces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the coalition opposed to this will be, like, the Squad and the Freedom Caucus, and it will rocket through the Senate after it passes the House. And I think that there is no serious threat to McCarthy\u2019s speakership.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Other Republican representatives, such as Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.), have also expressed their support for McCarthy&#8217;s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) and Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), both members of the House Freedom Caucus, declined to say that a bipartisan deal would end McCarthy\u2019s speakership. However, neither refused to rule out the possibility.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a different calculation altogether,\u201d Donalds said. \u201cWe\u2019re talking about the debt ceiling.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Working Against the Clock<\/h3>\n<p>Surrogates for Biden and McCarthy have been negotiating intensely since May 9 and appear to have made progress.<\/p>\n<p>According to Roy, details of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaetz-predicts-debt-ceiling-deal-wont-harm-mccarthy\/\" title=\"Gaetz: Debt Ceiling Deal Won't Hurt McCarthy.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaetz-predicts-debt-ceiling-deal-wont-harm-mccarthy\/\" title=\"Gaetz: Debt limit deal won't harm McCarthy.\">potential deal include raising<\/a><\/a> the debt ceiling between $3.5 trillion and $4 trillion, much more than the $1.5 trillion proposed in the Limit, Save, Grow Act, and significantly reducing other included fiscal reforms.<\/p>\n<p>Many Democrats have taken a hard line on the other side, urging the president to invoke the 14th Amendment to continue paying the nation\u2019s bills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans dismiss concerns over Speaker Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s position as a debt ceiling deal nears completion. With a slim majority, they are cautious of any move that could jeopardize their leadership, especially after McCarthy&#8217;s election following 15 ballots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1793,"featured_media":1939001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[3715,5487,3624,8890,6612,3663,4324],"class_list":["post-1939000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-deal","tag-debt","tag-gaetz","tag-harm","tag-limit","tag-mccarthy","tag-wont"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1793"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1939000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1939001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1939000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1939000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1939000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}