Republican Rebels Reach Temporary Truce with McCarthy but Warn Boycott Could ResumeAshley Oliver 12 Jun 2023 Washington, DC
A handful of Republicans holding out on voting with the House majority came to an agreement with Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Monday, effectively ending their floor boycott for the time being.
Four of the 11 holdouts emerged from the speaker’s office with a unified stance that they would all vote in favor of a procedural rule on Tuesday after tanking the same vote last week.
“The floor will be functioning this week,” Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT), a member of the House Freedom Caucus and one of the 11, told reporters.
The group had been frustrated over the debt ceiling hike, an agreement between McCarthy and President Joe Biden that the House passed in an overwhelmingly bipartisan manner last month despite about a third of House Republicans opposing it.
While the debt package included spending caps and some other GOP-backed concessions, the group is seeking to limit spending further, to fiscal year 2022 levels, by way of the upcoming appropriations process.
Another from the group, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who is not in the Freedom Caucus but often aligns with it on policy, said he and others from the group conveyed to McCarthy that they are “looking for more downward pressure on spending.”
He said they plan to renegotiate the power-sharing agreement that about 20 members, including most of the 11, established with McCarthy in January in exchange for voting for him for speaker after a historic 15-ballot fight.
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