GOP moderate scoffs at threats to remove McCarthy from speakership: They ‘have no alternative’

GOP moderate scoffs at threats to remove McCarthy from speakership: They ‘have no alternative’

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) brushed off threats to Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) top position, saying threats from conservative Republicans to remove him don’t hold water. “It only takes four Republicans to potentially put [McCarthy] at risk and lose the speakership, but the fact is they have no alternative,” Bacon said Friday in an interview on…

‘Hardcore’ GOP clique forcing Speaker McCarthy ‘to the brink’

Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy is being forced “to the brink” by a “hardcore” right-wing group within the party, says former Howard government minister Peter McGauran. His comments come amid fears a US government shutdown is nearing. “Kevin McCarthy is a Californian Republican – which already raises suspicions among Texans and Florida Republicans,” Mr McGauran told Sky News Australia. “But he’s only got a majority of 12 and there is a hardcor…

‘Hardcore’ GOP clique forcing Speaker McCarthy ‘to the brink’

Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy is being forced “to the brink” by a “hardcore” right-wing group within the party, says former Howard government minister Peter McGauran. His comments come amid fears a US government shutdown is nearing. “Kevin McCarthy is a Californian Republican – which already raises suspicions among Texans and Florida Republicans,” Mr McGauran told Sky News Australia. “But he’s only got a majority of 12 and there is a hardcor…

Questions swirl around McCarthy's speakership

As the House GOP grapples with how to fund the government and avoid a shutdown, some members are threatening Speaker Kevin McCarthy's speakership

McCarthy’s House speakership hangs by a thread as US shutdown looms

Hard-right Republicans have made clear that if Kevin McCarthy cuts a deal with the Democrats to fund the government, he may be oustedKevin McCarthy ended the week in the same predicament that he started it with: teetering on the edge of a government shutdown as his House speakership hangs by a thread.The House wrapped up its work on Thursday with no clear path forward on advancing a stopgap government spending bill – a grim sign with just nine d…

‘Hardcore’ GOP clique forcing Speaker McCarthy ‘to the brink’

Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy is being forced “to the brink” by a “hardcore” right-wing group within the party, says former Howard government minister Peter McGauran. His comments come amid fears a US government shutdown is nearing. “Kevin McCarthy is a Californian Republican – which already raises suspicions among Texans and Florida Republicans,” Mr McGauran told Sky News Australia. “But he’s only got a majority of 12 and there is a hardcor…