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Senate Republicans Urge House GOP to End Party’s ‘Embarrassment’, Elect New Speaker
Senate Republicans Urge House GOP to End Party’s ‘Embarrassment’, Elect New Speaker
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The clock is ticking on the continuing resolution Congress passed on September 30, giving them another 45 days to finish the urgent business of passing a 2024 budget.
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Senate Republicans are becoming increasingly fed up with their colleagues in Congress’ lower chamber, urging them to move quickly to elect a new House speaker and end the “embarrassment” created by the party’s infighting.US Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) also said: “It’s going to be hard for us to govern if we can’t come together [in support of] people who represent the majority of the members of the House. I presume the Democrats are going to say, ‘Do you really want to have Republicans run your government if they can’t run themselves?’”After McCarthy signed a last-minute agreement with Democrats on September 30 to avoid a federal government shutdown, some Republicans who felt that a shutdown was preferable to sacrificing their demands for spending cuts moved to force McCarthy’s ouster. In a historic vote on October 3, McCarthy became the first person to be voted out of the speaker’s chair, when that small faction of Republicans joined with the large minority of Democrats.In the three weeks since, several potential candidates to replace McCarthy have emerged, such as Reps. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Jim Jordan (R-OH), but none have been able to pull together enough Republicans. The GOP commands a tiny four-seat majority in the House, giving even a few dissidents the power to upend the party’s plans.If the House cannot select a new speaker and pass the set of essential budget bills by November 17, it will trigger a shutdown of the federal government, shuttering most non-essential functions. Such a development would have an economic impact and likely add to the growing perception that Washington is unable to responsibly manage its financial affairs, which helped motivate international ratings agency Moody’s to downgrade the US’ credit rating in August.
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Senate Republicans Urge House GOP to End Party’s ‘Embarrassment’, Elect New Speaker
The clock is ticking on the continuing resolution Congress passed on September 30, giving them another 45 days to finish the urgent business of passing a 2024 budget. However, the House cannot move forward without first selecting a new speaker - a task that has so far eluded the factionally-divided GOP majority.
Senate Republicans are becoming increasingly fed up with their colleagues in Congress’ lower chamber, urging them to move quickly to elect a new House speaker and end the “embarrassment” created by the party’s infighting.
“My message to fellow Republicans is: people elect us to lead, and they’re not leading right now,” US Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) told US media on Monday, adding that the House’s failure to elect a successor to now-deposed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has been an “embarrassment.”
US Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) also said: “It’s going to be hard for us to govern if we can’t come together [in support of] people who represent the majority of the members of the House. I presume the Democrats are going to say, ‘Do you really want to have Republicans run your government if they can’t run themselves?’”
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) noted the infighting “doesn’t help the Republican brand,” saying that when Republicans won a new majority in the November 2022 elections, it gave them “a great opportunity to demonstrate leadership” that had since been squandered.
22 October 2023, 14:29 GMT
After McCarthy signed a last-minute agreement with Democrats on September 30 to avoid a federal government shutdown, some Republicans who felt that a shutdown was preferable to sacrificing their demands for spending cuts moved to force McCarthy’s ouster. In a historic vote on October 3, McCarthy became the first person to be
voted out of the speaker’s chair, when that small faction of Republicans joined with the large minority of Democrats.
In the three weeks since,
several potential candidates to replace McCarthy have emerged, such as Reps. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Jim Jordan (R-OH), but none have been able to pull together enough Republicans. The GOP commands a tiny four-seat majority in the House, giving even a few dissidents the power to upend the party’s plans.
A novel idea was floated last week to create a temporary “caretaker speaker” with the authority to bring new business to the House floor, but it was eventually shot down over fears that doing so would be unconstitutional.
If the House cannot select a new speaker and pass the set of essential budget bills by November 17, it will trigger a shutdown of the federal government, shuttering most non-essential functions. Such a development would have an economic impact and likely add to the growing perception that Washington is unable to responsibly manage its financial affairs, which helped motivate international ratings agency Moody’s to
downgrade the US’ credit rating in August.
