Speaker Kevin McCarthy sent his House members home for the week without a clear plan to avoid a looming government shutdown after hardliners in the Republican conference once again scuttled his spending plans, delivering an embarrassing floor defeat for GOP leadership for the second time this week.

The Republican leader slammed his far-right flank for wanting to “burn the place down,” after conservatives dramatically bucked McCarthy and GOP leadership on a procedural vote over a Pentagon funding bill, throwing the House into total paralysis. And now, members are not set to return to session until Tuesday as the possibility of a shutdown at the end of next week appears ever more likely.

“It’s frustrating in the sense that I don’t understand why anybody votes against bringing the idea and having the debate,” McCarthy told reporters.

  • 2nsfw2furious@lemmynsfw.com
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    1 year ago

    "Sent home for the week" fuckin jackasses. Keep working on it until it's done, these short work schedules for our representatives are dumb as all hell

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      1 year ago

      Say what you want about Pelosi, but she would keep on working till they got the job done. McCarthy is speaker in name only.

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        1 year ago

        McCarthy is speaker in name only.

        Which is fitting when you consider he never wanted to do the job in the first place. He only ever wanted the title.

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      Seriously. Lock them fucking in until they figure the shit out if they haven't gotten the votes within 3 weeks of the deadline.