“They’re totally unrelated,” one member of the House Freedom Caucus told NBC News as Congress faces a Sept. 30 deadline to avoid a government shutdown.
WASHINGTON — Far-right Republicans are delivering a clear message to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy that they won’t soften their spending-cut demands on government funding legislation one bit as a result of his impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, even as a shutdown looms at the end of the month.“The impeachment inquiry is right,” he said. “But that has absolutely nothing to do with the spending battle. We can do both at the same time, so — absolutely not connected in any way.
“With or without impeachment, we knew that government funding was running out on September 30," said Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla."There’s no excuse for not having had our individual single-subject spending bills considered by now." “I am not going to vote for a CR that continues the current spending levels and the current spending priorities,” said Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, a member of the conservative Freedom Caucus. He added that he might back a 24-hour bill “to finish something” — but not one that’s 30 days or longer.
Former Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., one of the conservatives who initially opposed McCarthy’s speaker bid, expressed skepticism at the timing of McCarthy’s impeachment announcement, suggesting he did it now to distract conservatives from the funding fight. Biggs’ Arizona and Freedom Caucus colleague, Rep. Paul Gosar, praised McCarthy for pressing forward with the impeachment inquiry. But he said he agreed with Gaetz that a CR was a nonstarter that could result in McCarthy’s ouster.
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