Turns out constantly capitulating to the far right doesn’t earn you any loyalty from them – who’d have guessed? /s

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    1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    The impending showdown on Capitol Hill over government funding represents a significant leadership test for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

    The road ahead is rocky as the speaker faces tough vote math, major challenges and the potential threat of a conservative revolt against his speakership.

    House Republicans control only a narrow majority, a dynamic that has left McCarthy with little room to maneuver and has given hardline conservatives outsized influence to exert pressure over the speaker.

    On Tuesday, Gaetz outlined a series of demands, including calling for passage of individual spending bills and not a short-term stopgap measure to fund the government, as he threatened a push to remove the speaker.

    In practical terms, a motion to vacate the chair takes the form of a resolution to remove the speaker by declaring the speakership to be vacant.

    If a member introduces a resolution, but does not announce it from the floor, that would not force a vote or have any immediate impact – making it more of a symbolic threat or warning shot to the speaker.


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