{"id":1942067,"date":"2023-06-01T16:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T20:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-won-the-debt-ceiling-fight-but-will-he-lose-speakers-gavel\/"},"modified":"2023-06-01T16:54:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T20:54:27","slug":"mccarthy-won-the-debt-ceiling-fight-but-will-he-lose-speakers-gavel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-won-the-debt-ceiling-fight-but-will-he-lose-speakers-gavel\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy triumphed in debt ceiling battle, but risks losing speaker position."},"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\">22<\/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%2Fmccarthy-won-the-debt-ceiling-fight-but-will-he-lose-speakers-gavel%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=1942067&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>The House Votes to Raise Debt Ceiling in a Big Win for Kevin McCarthy<\/h2>\n<p>The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to raise the debt ceiling on Wednesday, marking a significant victory for Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in what has been one of the most challenging leadership tests of his four-month tenure as speaker.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Fiscal Responsibility Act passed in a 314-117 vote after weeks of grueling negotiations between the White House and Republicans, followed by a massive whip effort by McCarthy to get enough members on board to pass the bill through the lower chamber.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, the bill passed with mostly Democratic support, with 165 votes compared to 149 Republicans, which has prompted some backlash from hard-line conservatives who say the deal is a loss for their party.<\/p>\n<h3>Every House Member Who Voted Against Passing the Debt Ceiling Bill<\/h3>\n<p>Several hard-line conservatives on the House Freedom Caucus came out against the bill in the days before its passage, calling on their GOP colleagues to strike it down. Some lawmakers, such as Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC), even went so far as to threaten a motion to vacate McCarthy from his leadership position if the bill passed.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI think it&#8217;s got to be done,\u201d Bishop said ahead of the vote when asked if Republicans would consider such a move. \u201cI think it is a question of the time and place \u2026 of those people who have the courage to deal with this problem for the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Under House rules, it only takes one member to file a motion to vacate to bring the matter to the floor, meaning Bishop could do so himself if he feels inclined. It\u2019s unclear whether Bishop will move forward on the motion, and his office has not yet responded to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>No other House Republican has followed through with those threats, although one GOP aide told the Washington Examiner there are \u201cdefinitely rumblings among HFC members\u201d about a motion to vacate.<\/p>\n<p>Other GOP members seemingly brushed off the idea of ousting McCarthy, noting it would be unlikely to get a majority vote in the House.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt would take the majority of the House to actually vote it into place, and clearly, we would need Democrat support on that,\u201d Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ), another HFC member, told the Washington Examiner. \u201cSo, why would Democrats help us out on that when Kevin&#8217;s putting forth legislation that they like even more than we do?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, McCarthy has brushed off talk of a possible \u201cno confidence\u201d vote, expressing confidence in his leadership position.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEverybody has the ability to do what they want,\u201d he said on Wednesday. \u201cBut if you think I\u2019m going to wake up in the morning and ever be worried about that? Doesn\u2019t bother me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Reactions to the Bill<\/h3>\n<p>Some members railed against the bill, arguing it caved to Democratic demands more than it preserved GOP priorities, leading some to question McCarthy\u2019s loyalty to his own caucus.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis just shows what the bill is really made of; it\u2019s chock full of Democrat priorities \u2014 not Republican values or wins for the American people,\u201d Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA), another HFC member, said ahead of the vote on Wednesday. \u201cDemocrats clearly knew that this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-won-the-debt-ceiling-fight-but-will-he-lose-speakers-gavel\/\" title=\"McCarthy triumphed in debt ceiling battle, but risks losing speaker position.\">debt ceiling deal greenlights infinite spending<\/a> to advance their radical agenda, which is why they willingly helped drag the rule over the finish line.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Clyde has not commented on whether he\u2019d support a motion to vacate, telling the Washington Examiner earlier this week that Republicans were \u201cnot there yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) warned earlier this week that if the debt limit bill passed through the House without Republican support, which it fell just short of, it would likely result in an \u201cimmediate\u201d motion to vacate. However, Gaetz has seemed to back off those threats in the hours following the vote.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d rather direct Congress\u2019s ire at Christopher Wray than Kevin McCarthy right now,\u201d Gaetz said, referring to the FBI director who is currently in hot water after failing to comply with a congressional subpoena.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the backlash, the bill passed, and McCarthy remains in his leadership position.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/congress\/house-passes-debt-ceiling-bill-with-mostly-democratic-support\">House passes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-unveil-government-funding-debt-ceiling-bill-that-gop-has-vowed-to-oppose\/\" title=\"Democrats Unveil Government Funding, Debt Ceiling Bill That GOP Has Vowed To Oppose\">debt ceiling bill<\/a> with mostly Democratic support<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/congress\/house-freedom-caucus-members-threaten-to-vacate-mccarthy-if-debt-ceiling-bill-passes\">House Freedom Caucus members threaten to vacate McCarthy if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thursday-afternoon-update-americans-abandoned-in-sudan-jerry-springer-dead-doj-sues-tennessee\/\" title=\"Thursday Afternoon Update: Americans Abandoned In Sudan, Jerry Springer Dead, DOJ Sues Tennessee\">debt ceiling bill passes<\/a><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) scored a big win as the House voted overwhelmingly to raise the debt ceiling on Wednesday. The Fiscal Responsibility Act passed in a 314-117 vote after weeks of negotiations, proving to be a challenging leadership test for the speaker in his four-month tenure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1942068,"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":[538],"tags":[6731,10142,5487,8371,3663,8178,7993,5654,28071],"class_list":["post-1942067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-battle","tag-ceiling","tag-debt","tag-losing","tag-mccarthy","tag-position","tag-risks","tag-speaker","tag-triumphed"],"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\/1942067","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1942067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1942068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1942067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1942067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1942067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}