Firebrand Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) threatened to move to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) if he doesn’t play ball in the government shutdown fight.
Gaetz vowed to go ahead with the motion to vacate the chair if McCarthy allows a stopgap measure or continuing resolution to receive a vote on the floor,
Every fiscal year, Congress has to fund the government, otherwise it shuts down. During the debt ceiling fight, both parties agreed to fund the government via 12 appropriations bills instead of a massive omnibus bill.CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Complicating passage of the appropriations bills is a vast disagreement between the House and Senate on spending levels.
A motion to vacate only necessitates one vote to initiate and would only need a few Republicans to band together with Democrats to oust him, given the GOP’s wafer-thin 222 to 212-seat majority.On Monday, McCarthy downplayed the threat from Gaetz, who mused about teaming up with Democrats to boot him from the speakership.
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