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McCarthy Threatens McConnell over Omnibus Bill [1]
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Date: 2022-12-20
A coven (that is, 13) of House Republicans vowed in a letter yesterday to oppose any and all legislation pushed by any Senate Republican who supports the upcoming omnibus bill:
"We are obliged to inform you that if any omnibus passes in the remaining days of this Congress, we will oppose and whip opposition to any legislative priority of those senators who vote for this bill — including the Republican leader." — Letter from 13 House Republicans
Today, Kraven McCarthy said that’s fine by him:
x Agreed. Except no need to whip—when I’m Speaker, their bills will be dead on arrival in the House if this nearly $2T monstrosity is allowed to move forward over our objections and the will of the American people.
https://t.co/WCC477R4IM — Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) December 20, 2022
Asks Politico, how would they do this?
The lawmakers said they would oppose "any rule, any consent request, suspension voice vote, or roll call vote of any such Senate bill, and will otherwise do everything in our power to thwart even the smallest legislative and policy efforts of these senators." [emphasis added]
Even the smallest. No more Post Offices get named.
As the coven noted, they’re including Mitch McConnell in their blockade. From the Washington Examiner: ‘Dead on arrival’: McCarthy threatens to tank McConnell’s agenda if Senate GOP votes for omnibus:
Bills from Republican senators, including McConnell himself, will be "dead on arrival" in the House under his speakership, McCarthy warned, throwing his weight behind a letter signed by 13 Republicans in the House vowing to whip against legislation from lawmakers who cast a "yes" vote later this week on the spending bill.
and, says the Examiner:
McCarthy has publicly pressed McConnell to change course on the omnibus, but a conservative flank in the House wants McCarthy to go further and "declare war" on McConnell-backed bills if he votes for the $1.7 trillion spending bill. [emphasis added]
So, for trying to keep the government functioning though the rest of the fiscal year, McConnell is now threatened with war.
Bog knows, I harbor no love, or even respect, for McConnell. But he is trying to do the right thing here, if only because it helps his backers and his bank account. Well, mostly the right thing: he did force the Democrats to cut a lot of non-defense spending. But that doesn’t matter to the purity cult of the GOP. McConnell allowed himself to breathe the same air as a Democrat, and that makes him . . . unclean!
Selling off yet another piece of his soul isn’t likely to help McCarthy, however. Four of the coven are “Never Kevin” people, including Gaetz.
In any contest of political skill between McConnell and McCarthy, McConnell will win without even breathing hard. Still, this is just another taste of the ongoing Republican circular firing squad. And that is not good for the country.
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