Speaker In Hot Water With GOP
H.A. Goodman reports that Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s victory lap over the passage of the recent debt-ceiling bill may be short-lived.
Goodman says the deal upset Freedom Republicans, who argued the deal should have enacted deeper spending cuts and shorter borrowing limits. He foresees Republicans beginning no-confidence proceedings in the near future against McCarthy. Says Goodman, “The next big test for McCarthy will be if you see more Democrats than Republicans voting on the next big bill in the House, then you will see no-confidence proceedings and an attempt to remove him.” Here’s his report.
