White House poking into Kevin McCarthy House speaker deal
McCarthy spent the weeks leading up to the speakership election making concessions with members of Congress to gain the votes. His critics, led by Reps. Matt Gaetz and Lauren Boebert , held out through 14 votes before agreeing to switch to either"yes" or"present" in the final vote.However, the White House believes more negotiations were made behind closed doors that House Republicans need to disclose publicly.
Some of the concessions already known include lowering the number of members needed to call a motion to vacate the speaker's chair down to one, declaring that any move raising the debt ceiling must come with spending cuts, and establishing a House select committee on the"weaponization of the federal government."
"What other hidden bargains did Speaker McCarthy make behind closed doors?" Bates asked."The American people have a right to know — now — which is why we are calling on him to make every single one of them public immediately.”
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