{"id":2036144,"date":"2023-09-18T15:58:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T19:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-says-house-will-keep-working-on-spending-bill-were-not-leaving-this-weekend\/"},"modified":"2023-09-18T16:02:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T20:02:21","slug":"mccarthy-says-house-will-keep-working-on-spending-bill-were-not-leaving-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-says-house-will-keep-working-on-spending-bill-were-not-leaving-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy assures House&#8217;s commitment to spending bill: &#8216;No weekend breaks for us&#8217;"},"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\">24<\/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-says-house-will-keep-working-on-spending-bill-were-not-leaving-this-weekend%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=2036144&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>House Speaker McCarthy Determined to \u2064Pass Spending Bill Despite Resistance<\/h2>\n<p>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is determined to push through a temporary spending bill, even if it means working through the weekend. Resistance is growing among House Republicans against\u2064 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-government-shutdown-house-passes-stopgap-funding-bill-to-keep-washington-open\/\" title=\"No Government Shutdown: House Passes Stopgap Funding Bill To Keep Washington Open\">stopgap funding measure<\/a> negotiated by the House Freedom Caucus and the Republican Main Street Caucus.<\/p>\n<h3>Republican Holdouts Pose \u200ca Challenge<\/h3>\n<p>Currently, there \u200bare at least 11\u200d Republican \u200bholdouts\u200b on the continuing resolution. With McCarthy only\u200c able to \u2062lose four Republican\u200b votes if no Democrats support the bill, the measure&#8217;s \u2063passage seems uncertain.<\/p>\n<h3>House Republicans Opposed \u200dto Stopgap Spending\u200c Measure<\/h3>\n<p>Here are the House\u2063 Republicans who have\u200b pledged to vote no on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-could-use-funding-bill-to-tie-republicans-hands-next-congress-house-gop\/\" title=\"Pelosi Could Use Funding Bill to \u2018Tie Republicans\u2019 Hands\u2019 Next Congress: House GOP\">stopgap spending measure<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Senate Passage and Presidential Approval Unlikely<\/h3>\n<p>In addition to the Republican holdouts, the \u2064bill faces slim chances \u200dof\u200c passing the Democrat-controlled Senate and\u200d being signed into \u2063law by President\u200d Joe \u200dBiden. However, McCarthy\u2064 remains optimistic, stating\u2064 that they\u200b will &#8220;find a way to get through this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re going to\u200b bring\u2064 new ideas up, and we&#8217;re going \u2063to work until we get this done. We&#8217;re not\u2063 leaving this weekend. We&#8217;re going to\u2064 get through this,&#8221; McCarthy said.<\/p>\n<h3>McCarthy&#8217;s\u200d Determination to \u2062Achieve Policy Outcomes<\/h3>\n<p>McCarthy dismisses the notion that \u2064he needs Democratic \u200bsupport to \u2063pass the continuing resolution. He\u200b emphasizes the importance of governing as a majority and achieving the policy outcomes desired by the \u200dconference.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If our conference holds up from me even bringing the bills \u2063to the floor, it makes our ability harder to \u200cwin, to \u200bsecure our border, to cut the wasteful\u200b spending\u200c \u2014 those\u200c are the things I want \u200bto achieve,&#8221; McCarthy \u2062said. &#8220;I just keep my head, work through it like\u200c we did on every other issue. I\u2064 know others\u2063 have \u200calways \u200dhad problems when we\u2064 brought them, but we will be successful in the end.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Wins and Challenges in the Continuing Resolution<\/h3>\n<p>The \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-says-house-will-keep-working-on-spending-bill-were-not-leaving-this-weekend\/\" title=\"McCarthy assures House's commitment to spending bill: 'No weekend breaks for us'\">negotiated 31-day continuing \u2064resolution includes<\/a> several \u200bwins for Republicans. It incorporates the House&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-jordan-sends-letter-to-judiciary-committee-members-touting-their-accomplishments\/\" title=\"Jim Jordan highlights achievements in letter to Judiciary Committee members.\">border security \u2062legislation<\/a>, along with \u2062other provisions, and adheres to the spending \u2063caps set in \u2062the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-says-no-debt-ceiling-deal-yet-despite-improved-tone-after-tensions\/\" title=\"McCarthy reports no debt ceiling agreement yet, despite improved atmosphere following tensions.\">bipartisan debt ceiling deal<\/a>. However, it does not provide \u2063additional Ukraine aid or disaster relief.<\/p>\n<p>One major obstacle is the spending level. The continuing\u200d resolution\u2062 maintains\u200b defense and \u2064veteran affairs funding at fiscal\u2062 2023\u2063 levels, while \u2063other domestic agencies face an 8% cut. This\u200b would\u2063 bring spending to $1.59 trillion, the level set in the debt ceiling deal signed into law in June.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives Push for Lower Spending and Strict Border Security<\/p>\n<p>Hard-line conservatives are advocating for spending to be set at\u2064 $1.471 trillion.\u200b They also \u200binsist on the \u2062inclusion of H.R. 2 or other stringent border security measures in the continuing resolution. Despite some of these \u200bmeasures being included, there are \u200cstill holdouts on the bill, making McCarthy&#8217;s job more challenging.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s hard to pass everything in this place,&#8221; McCarthy \u200csaid. &#8220;We started out with \u2063a five-seat\u200d majority. I got\u200c one\u2064 member who&#8217;s now resigned. We \u2062got a couple of members who are out as well. Anything we do is pretty \u200ctough in life. But you know what? This country is too great and\u200c too big to give up. And I&#8217;m never going to give up on the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The \u2062Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How many \u200cRepublican\u2063 votes can McCarthy afford to lose in order for \u200bthe \u200ctemporary spending bill to pass?<\/h2>\n<p><span> <\/p>\n<p>As the House Speaker, McCarthy\u2062 believes it is his duty to push through the temporary spending bill, regardless of the resistance he is facing. He is determined to work through the weekend if necessary to ensure its passage. However, there is growing opposition among House Republicans, \u200dparticularly from the House Freedom Caucus and the Republican Main\u2063 Street Caucus, who are dissatisfied with the stopgap funding measure that has been negotiated.<\/p>\n<p>The challenge for McCarthy lies in the fact that there are currently at least 11 Republican holdouts on the continuing \u200dresolution. If no Democrats support the bill, McCarthy can only afford to lose four Republican \u2062votes\u2063 in order \u200cfor it to pass. With such tight margins, the future of the bill appears uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>The House Republicans who have pledged to vote against the stopgap spending measure are&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the resistance from House Republicans, the\u2064 bill also faces slim chances \u2063of passing the Democrat-controlled\u2064 Senate and receiving the approval of President Joe Biden.\u200c Despite these obstacles, McCarthy remains optimistic and determined to find a way\u200c to make this bill a reality. He is committed to bringing new ideas to the table and working\u2063 tirelessly until the bill is successfully passed.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy disputes the notion that he needs Democratic support to pass the continuing\u2062 resolution. He believes that as a majority, the Republican Party should be able to govern and achieve the \u200bpolicy outcomes that\u2062 they desire. \u200dMcCarthy&#8217;s determination to achieve these outcomes is evident in his unwavering commitment to the passage of this spending bill.<\/p>\n<p>While\u2064 the road ahead may be challenging, McCarthy&#8217;s resolve shows\u2062 his dedication to\u2064 his role as House Speaker and his determination to accomplish the goals\u2064 of the Republican Party. Whether or not he is successful in his \u200defforts remains to be seen, but his unwavering determination is certainly admirable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) vows to work relentlessly until a temporary spending bill is passed, even if it means working through the weekend. Resistance from House Republicans is growing against the stopgap funding measure negotiated by the House Freedom Caucus and the Republican Main Street Caucus. 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