{"id":2054812,"date":"2023-10-04T05:50:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T09:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-biggs-predicts-mccarthy-will-probably-survive-the-vote-to-oust-him-as-speaker\/"},"modified":"2023-10-04T05:51:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T09:51:12","slug":"rep-biggs-predicts-mccarthy-will-probably-survive-the-vote-to-oust-him-as-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-biggs-predicts-mccarthy-will-probably-survive-the-vote-to-oust-him-as-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Biggs expects McCarthy to likely survive the vote to remove him as Speaker."},"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\">28<\/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%2Frep-biggs-predicts-mccarthy-will-probably-survive-the-vote-to-oust-him-as-speaker%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=2054812&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--><blockquote>\n<h2>Republican Congressman Supports Motion to Remove House Speaker\u2063 McCarthy<\/h2>\n<p>Representative Andy Biggs from Arizona has announced his support for the motion to vacate\u2062 House\u200c Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his position. While he believes McCarthy could &#8220;probably&#8221; survive the vote, Biggs is joining the effort to remove him.<\/p>\n<p>This development comes after Representative Matt \u200cGaetz \u2063of Florida initiated the motion to remove\u2062 McCarthy. Gaetz, a staunch Republican, has \u200cbeen vocal\u200b about\u2064 his concerns regarding government overspending and has threatened to oust McCarthy if those concerns are not addressed.<\/p>\n<p>The tension escalated over the weekend when McCarthy collaborated with Democrats\u200d to \u200bpass a <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 bill<\/a>. Gaetz responded by declaring \u2063his intention to file a &#8220;motion to vacate&#8221; this week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<h2 class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/rep-gaetz-has-enough-gop-votes-to-oust-mccarthy-will-enough-democrats-join-him-5503134?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>Rep. Gaetz Appears to Have Enough GOP \u200bVotes to Oust McCarthy\u2014Will Enough \u2064Democrats Join Him?<\/h3>\n<p>            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">10\/3\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/rep-gaetz-has-enough-gop-votes-to-oust-mccarthy-will-enough-democrats-join-him-5503134?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/mccarthy-says-he-wont-ask-democrats-for-help-to-keep-house-speaker-job-5503091?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>McCarthy \u2064Says He\u2062 Won\u2019t Ask Democrats\u200d for Help to Keep House Speaker Job<\/h3>\n<p>            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">10\/3\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/mccarthy-says-he-wont-ask-democrats-for-help-to-keep-house-speaker-job-5503091?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">As part of the efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/kevin-mccarthy-one-vote-short-in-14th-vote-for-house-speaker-4967945\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">secure\u2064 the speaker&#8217;s chair<\/a>, McCarthy has made it easier to file a motion to vacate by lowering the threshold to one person. However,\u200d for the motion to succeed, it requires a simple majority vote of\u200b 218 out of 434 members.<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">Despite voicing his opposition to McCarthy&#8217;s speaker bid since last November, Biggs acknowledges that Gaetz&#8217;s effort may not be successful.\u200b He believes that a stronger case needs to be made to ensure success.<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">During an interview with &#8220;Just the News, No\u2063 Noise&#8221;\u2064 television show, Biggs, a member \u2063of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, expressed his dissatisfaction with McCarthy&#8217;s leadership and handling of the government budget. He stated, &#8220;I am deeply and profoundly unhappy with our leadership \u2064that we&#8217;ve seen from Speaker McCarthy.&#8221; However, he also mentioned that he thinks McCarthy will likely survive the\u2064 vote.<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I personally will be voting to vacate,&#8221; emphasized Biggs, \u200chighlighting his \u200bdissatisfaction with McCarthy&#8217;s \u2064handling of the government budget.<\/p>\n<p>Biggs criticized the delays in\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-biggs-predicts-mccarthy-will-probably-survive-the-vote-to-oust-him-as-speaker\/\" title=\"Rep. Biggs expects McCarthy to likely survive the vote to remove him as Speaker.\">passing crucial bills<\/a>, stating, &#8220;We were supposed to get this done by June 15. We were \u2064promised we&#8217;d\u2062 get\u200c it done. And we didn&#8217;t get \u2064it done. And even the one bill we got done in July, they didn&#8217;t ever transmit to the Senate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He further added, &#8220;About a year ago, when we were talking about these types\u2063 of things, in December, in January, I predicted that this\u200d would happen. I said that his history, Mr. Speaker&#8217;s history, was that he would make deals with the Democrats. He \u200cmade a deal \u2063with the Democrats; every \u2063Democrat voted for that [continuing resolution] that he put up last weekend.\u2064 And that&#8217;s because the\u200b Republicans who want \u200dto reduce spending, we&#8217;re \u2062left with no place else to go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"aligncenter\"><figcaption>Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks to reporters as he leaves a House Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 14, 2023. (Kevin Dietsch\/Getty\u2064 Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>McCarthy has\u200c confirmed that the \u2064House of Representatives will vote on\u2064 the\u200b motion later \u200btoday. With a narrow 222\u2013213 majority, \u2062McCarthy can only afford to lose\u200b up to five votes from his caucus.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">In addition to Biggs, other Republican representatives \u200bsuch as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/repelicrane\/status\/1708533868217745917?s=46&#038;t=E3khqTN17-VjsQxDtM14UA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eli\u2062 Crane<\/a>, Tim Burchett, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkraju\/status\/1708977148768174470\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bob Good<\/a> have indicated\u2063 their support for Gaetz&#8217;s motion.<\/div>\n<p>If \u200csuccessful, this would be\u200d the\u200c first time \u200cin U.S. history that House lawmakers voted to remove their leader.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m \u200cconfident \u2064I&#8217;ll hold on,&#8221; McCarthy expressed to reporters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\"><em>Reuters contributed to this report.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2>Where is \u2064McCarthy from?<\/h2>\n<p><span>A member of the \u2062Republican Party, he currently represents California&#8217;s\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/voters-head-to-the-polls-for-special-us-house-elections-in-ohio\/\" title=\"Voters Head to the Polls for Special US House Elections in Ohio\">20th congressional district<\/a>, which encompasses \u2063most of the San Joaquin \u200cValley. Bakersfield, California, U.S.\u2063 Born in\u2064 Bakersfield, California, McCarthy graduated\u2064 from \u200dCalifornia State\u2063 University, Bakersfield. E government budget and overspending. He believes that McCarthy\u200b has not adequately \u2064addressed these concerns\u200b and \u200dtherefore supports the motion to remove\u200c him \u2062as House\u200b Speaker.<\/p>\n<p>Biggs&#8217; decision to join Gaetz&#8217;s effort to \u200cremove McCarthy comes after tensions\u2064 escalated over the weekend.\u200b McCarthy collaborated with Democrats to pass a stopgap funding bill, which further \u2064intensified Gaetz&#8217;s concerns about\u200c government overspending. In response,\u200d Gaetz \u2064declared his intention to file\u200d a &#8220;motion to vacate&#8221; this week, \u200bsignaling his determination to address these issues.<\/p>\n<p>It is\u200d worth noting that McCarthy has \u2063made it easier to \u200bfile a motion\u2062 to vacate\u2063 by lowering the threshold to just one person. However, for the motion to succeed, \u2062it still requires a simple\u2063 majority vote \u200bof\u2063 218 out of 434\u2063 members.\u200b Despite this, Biggs acknowledges that\u2063 Gaetz&#8217;s effort may not\u200c be successful and believes that a stronger case needs\u2062 to be made \u2064to ensure\u200b success.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview\u2062 with the &#8220;Just \u200bthe News,\u2062 No Noise&#8221; television show, Biggs expressed his dissatisfaction with \u200cMcCarthy&#8217;s leadership and handling of\u200c the \u2063government budget. \u2063As a member of the conservative \u2064House Freedom Caucus, \u2062he \u2064emphasized \u200chis unhappiness with the current\u200b leadership\u2064 and stated, &#8220;I am deeply and profoundly unhappy\u2064 with our leadership that we&#8217;ve seen from Speaker McCarthy.&#8221;\u2064 Although he believes that McCarthy \u2064will likely survive\u200c the vote, Biggs made it clear that he \u2062will be \u200cvoting to vacate.<\/p>\n<p>This \u2062development showcases the divisions within the Republican Party regarding leadership and government \u2064overspending.\u2062 While\u2062 some, like McCarthy,\u2064 may prioritize\u200c collaboration and compromise with Democrats, others, like Gaetz and Biggs, \u200cfavor a more \u2062conservative and fiscally\u200c responsible approach.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c outcome of\u200d this motion to remove McCarthy as \u2062House Speaker remains uncertain.\u200b However, it is evident that there are \u2063prominent \u2062Republicans\u200b who are\u2063 dissatisfied with his leadership. \u2064As the motion moves\u2064 forward,\u2063 the Republican Party will\u2062 need to \u200caddress these internal divisions \u200band\u2064 work \u2063towards a unified\u2063 approach to \u200beffectively address \u200cthe issues at hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) expressed his support for removing House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), believing that McCarthy could &#8220;probably&#8221; withstand the vote. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) subsequently introduced a motion to oust McCarthy, following Biggs&#8217;s remarks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":342,"featured_media":2054813,"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":[],"class_list":["post-2054812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/2054812","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\/342"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2054812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2054813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2054812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2054812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2054812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}