{"id":2028870,"date":"2023-09-12T05:12:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T09:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-faces-threats-of-speakership-ouster-as-government-shutdown-looms\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T05:13:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T09:13:41","slug":"mccarthy-faces-threats-of-speakership-ouster-as-government-shutdown-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-faces-threats-of-speakership-ouster-as-government-shutdown-looms\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy&#8217;s speakership at risk as government shutdown looms"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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-faces-threats-of-speakership-ouster-as-government-shutdown-looms%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=2028870&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>Speaker Kevin McCarthy Faces Tough \u2063Leadership Challenge as Government Shutdown Looms<\/h2>\n<p>Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is set \u200dto face his toughest \u2063leadership challenge yet as the\u2063 House returns from its six-week recess, forcing the GOP leader to grapple with growing \u200btensions amid his\u200c own party as well as a looming \u2064government shutdown\u200c hovering over his shoulders.<\/p>\n<p>Congress only has 19 \u2063days \u2064to pass its budget and avert a government shutdown, which is shaping up to be no \u200deasy task\u200d as McCarthy attempts to appease\u2062 the demands from all corners of his caucus. Meanwhile, \u200cthe GOP leader must \u2064also deal\u2062 with a \u2064push \u2062from \u2063hard-line conservatives who seek to \u200dstrip McCarthy \u2063of the speakership altogether\u200d \u2014\u2063 a dynamic that\u200c is sure to play into spending\u2064 negotiations \u200bthroughout the month.<\/p>\n<h3>House Republicans\u2063 Return to Messy Appropriations\u200d Fight\u2063 as Government Shutdown Looms<\/h3>\n<p>Although\u2063 it\u2019s unclear how much support there might be to remove McCarthy from \u200bhis top position, some rank-and-file Republicans \u200chave already suggested they would be willing to lead the charge. For\u2062 example, Rep. \u2063Matt Gaetz (R-FL)\u2063 raised eyebrows as\u2062 he\u200b implied a\u2063 motion to\u2064 vacate unless McCarthy\u2064 agreed to open an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHi, \u200bEric. \u200dIf I make\u200b a\u200d motion to remove\u2063 Kevin, how\u200c [many] democrat votes can I count on? Asking for a friend,\u201d Gaetz\u2064 said in response to a\u2064 post \u200bon X (the \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-faces-threats-of-speakership-ouster-as-government-shutdown-looms\/\" title=\"McCarthy's speakership at risk as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-on-democrats-3-5-trillion-social-spending-bill-lets-not-talk-about-numbers-and-dollars\/\" title=\"Pelosi On Democrats\u2019 .5 Trillion Social Spending Bill: \u2018Let\u2019s Not Talk About Numbers And Dollars\u2019\">government shutdown looms<\/a>&#8220;>social media \u200coutlet previously<\/a> known\u200d as Twitter)\u2063 from Rep.\u2063 Eric Swalwell (D-CA),\u2064 who previously criticized the Florida Republican for making \u201cempty threats\u201d to remove McCarthy from the No. 1 \u2064position.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gaetz then went further, pressing Swalwell to act as\u200b a \u2063whip on\u200c his\u2064 behalf among his Democratic counterparts.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAre all \u200dDemocrats so willing, [Swalwell]? Will my NorCal twitter\u200c troll have the courage and\u2063 efficacy to become\u200d my dem whip??\u200d If I\u2019ll work \u200dwith <strong>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/strong> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-stays-out-of-congressional-stock-trading-debate\/\" title=\"Biden Stays Out of Congressional Stock Trading Debate\u00a0\">ban congressional stock trading<\/a> \u200cI\u2019ll absolutely work with [Swalwell] to rid\u200d the House \u2063of ineffective leadership,\u201d \u2064Gaetz \u200dsaid. \u201cHow many votes \u200dcan you deliver against a\u2062 Motion to Table a Motion to Vacate, \u200deric? Asking for (many) friends!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), who has been a vocal supporter of more \u2064spending cuts and stronger border security \u2063and has pressured McCarthy not \u2063to cave and to cut\u200c spending, dodged questions\u2062 about Gaetz\u2019s tweet\u2062 on Monday. \u2062But when asked if\u200c he had \u200cconfidence in\u200c the speaker, \u200che did offer some advice to McCarthy: Work with conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Kevin works with \u2063us to sit down to \u2062achieve conservative ends and get 218 Republican \u200cvotes, we&#8217;ve been successful. That&#8217;s my advice to him in \u200dSeptember,\u201d Roy \u200bsaid.<\/p>\n<p>It only takes \u2063a\u2063 single member to call a motion to vacate,\u200b and with only a four-vote majority in the House, it \u200bwould only take \u2063a handful of Republicans to \u2062join Democrats \u200cto vote for his removal.\u2063 However, it\u2019s\u200b not clear\u2062 whether Swalwell, or any Democrat for that matter, would \u2062assist Gaetz in those efforts. A spokesperson for Swalwell did not\u2063 respond\u2062 to a\u200c request for\u200d comment by the \u2062Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy \u2064said \u200bMonday that \u200che is\u2063 &#8220;not at all&#8221; worried \u2063about\u2063 Gaetz&#8217;s threats and that the Florida Republican should &#8220;go ahead\u200d and do it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Matt&#8217;s Matt,&#8221; he told \u2062reporters.<\/p>\n<p>A Biden impeachment inquiry is just one\u200c of several demands being made \u200dby House Republicans as they leverage their support for\u200c government funding, setting up a showdown with GOP leadership \u200cas the budget deadline\u2063 nears.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE \u2064FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If Congress can\u2019t pass \u2063all\u200c 12 of\u200d its bills \u2062before the end of the month,\u200c lawmakers will typically\u200c agree to a \u200ccontinuing \u2062resolution\u200d that allows the government\u200d to operate at the same spending levels \u200buntil a new agreement is made. However, some\u2064 hard-line conservatives are\u200c already ruling that process out,\u2064 noting they aren\u2019t \u200dafraid of\u2063 enforcing a government shutdown to get \u2063the budget passed.<\/p>\n<p>The House is expected\u200b to vote on the\u2063 appropriations bill for the Department of\u200d Defense later this week, \u200cmarking only \u200cthe second piece of spending\u200c legislation \u200cmaking its way to the floor in the lower chamber. Lawmakers are then expected\u2062 to turn their efforts to passing the State-Foreign Ops appropriation bill and the Homeland Security \u200bappropriations bill, a source familiar told the Washington Examiner last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) faces a daunting leadership test as the House reconvenes, dealing with escalating tensions within his party and the imminent threat of a government shutdown. With just 19 days left, Congress must swiftly pass its budget to avert a crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2028871,"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":[],"class_list":["post-2028870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/2028870","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=2028870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2028871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2028870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2028870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2028870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}