McCarthy’s debt limit deal has been threatened by far-right members


When will Congress vote on the $U.S. Treasury Budget Responsibility Rule? Rep. Tom Massie, R-Ky., notified by the House Rules Committee

The Treasury Department has said that the U.S. could run out of money to pay its bills in less than a month if the legislation is not passed over the weekend.

Another conservative, Rep. Tom Massie, R-Ky., who was seen as a potential third vote to block the bill, said he anticipates “voting for this rule.” He said members of the Rules panel who decide whether a bill moves to a full vote on the House floor owe the rest of Congress “an honest shake” and opportunity to voice their opinion with a vote on the House floor.

If three GOP members join with Democrats, they could derail the deal. Democratic members could also decide to support the legislation since President Biden sealed the debt deal.

The House Rules Committee, the next stop for the legislation, convenes Tuesday afternoon. The speaker’s bills are usually drafted by the speaker into a bill that is voted on by the panel.

The majority of the Republican members of the House will vote for this bill. How could they not? It is in many ways an historic accomplishment,” he said, noting the reduction in spending and changes to welfare reform policy.

The compromise legislation can still get passed by the House according to the conservative Republican who chairs the Main Street Caucus.

The fact that conservative GOP — and progressive Democratic — lawmakers aren’t happy with the final compromise deal isn’t entirely surprising. President Biden as well as top congressional leaders said no one would be completely satisfied. Casar told Chang that a large portion of the caucus was leaning against the bill due to the spending cuts. Casar said that they need to hold the line against people getting kicked off of food programs, losing health care or losing housing. The group says that there could be savings if tax loopholes for wealthy taxpayers were closed.

“We got the most conservative outcome we could with a narrow majority in the House,” the North Carolina Republican said. I wanted more, but we have a better version of what was about to happen.

Nondefense spending will increase by 1% in 2025, after a 1% increase in the current year, thanks to the compromise bill. It also raises the age of food stamp recipients and sets spending caps, as well as clawing back funding for the IRS. But some conservatives in the House criticized the scale of the cuts, arguing they were not fully in line with an earlier partisan bill to raise the debt ceiling that House Republicans passed in April.

The deal McCarthy and Biden reached in principal over the weekend would avoid a historic government debt default by raising the nation’s debt ceiling for nearly two years.

Anger over House Speaker Kevin McCarthy‘s deal with President Biden to raise the debt ceiling is bubbling over, with some conservative members threatening to oust McCarthy as speaker.

Roy argued there was a “breach” in the structure set up by House Republicans after the January vote to elect McCarthy as speaker. He added that there was going to be a reckoning even though he did not mention the speaker by name.

The Republican conference has been torn asunder, said Texas Rep. Chip Roy, who is a member of the Freedom Caucus. “Not one Republican should vote for this deal – not one.”

“This deal fails — fails completely — and that’s why these members and others will be absolutely opposed to the deal and we will do everything in our power to stop it,” House Freedom Caucus Chairman Scott Perry of Pennsylvania said during a press conference with caucus members Tuesday afternoon.

Threatening default is like threatening to explode a bomb at the bank unless the teller gives you $150 and a mug, which we did within days of it this time. It’s a bizarre mismatch of means and ends.