Published 10 months ago

Democrats Set High Price for Helping McCarthy Avoid Shutdown

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Frida Ghitis: The extremist grip on the House Republican conference is making it nearly impossible for Congress to avoid a government shutdown. Ghitis says Speaker Kevin McCarthy's nemesis, Florida congressman Matt Gaetz, has convinced a critical mass of his House GOP colleagues to reject any stopgap spending measure. She says if McCarthy even thinks about negotiating to get Democrat votes to pass a CR, Gaetz will spring a motion to vacate the chair.

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Democrats Set High Price for Helping McCarthy Avoid Shutdown

To avoid a long government shutdown, Kevin McCarthy must talk to Democrats, and doing so could lead to an effort to topple him. Democrats could stop that effort, but only at a high price that includes abandoning the Biden impeachment inquiry.

10 months ago·New York, United States

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