A group of far-right members of the Republican Party in the US House of Representatives is seeking to replace House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in order to ensure more conservative legislative decisions amid the risk of a government shutdown in the United States, US news outlet reported, citing people familiar with the endeavor.
lawmakers who say they re kind of bracing for a government shutdown. it s going to be interesting. but i think it s a difficult climb there, especially with a small majority with moderates pushing for certain things. you ve got conservatives pushing for deep cuts. it s getting all 12 of these through is going to be difficult without a potential omnibus. those are bad words for a lot of republicans in this conference. i think the other question i have is mccarthy has made these deals time and again. is he kind of just running out of room at a certain point? is this finally where the chickens come home to roost? i ve talked to members that are kind of concerned about that. mccarthy has said to us time and again, don t underestimate me. conservatives are a little worried they re telling moderates one thing and another in meetings and trying to get 12 of these bills through is going to be a steep climb for him, but i mean it kind of remains to be seen whether he can pull it off, but i
programs. attempts to take down some of the legislation that we passed that is really working hard on manufacturing. we are seeing the best manufacturing numbers in new jersey that we ve seen since the early 90s, probably further back. so, this is mccarthy s bill. we were able to ensure, through, quite frankly, shaming some of the republicans, that we did maintain investments in the burn pits legislation, that pact act, which supported many of our veterans who ve been exposed, had toxic exposure to burn pits while serving in the global war in terror. so, we were able to get some concessions, but this is mccarthy s bill. it s an interesting way of freezing it. this is his bill. i guess my question is, some of your colleagues are saying they re no. i think it s going to pass because you ve got 435 members of the house and even if you get, you know, 150 republicans to vote for their caucus of 222, you know, the math is easy, get over the hump. you are a yes on this.
the simple reason was, jeffries s view, and the view of many democrats, that this is mccarthy s bill. he was in the room, his negotiators were in the room, talking to the white house about this. house democrats were not in the room, so they don t feel like the primary responsibility to push this over the line. jeffries does not want to get into a situation where the white house is negotiating a bunch of things with the conservative wing of the republican party to placate them, and it s democrats who have to carry it over the line. that s not what he wants. what is going to happen, chris, is democrats are going to help carry this over the finish line, but jeffries has maintained, throughout this process, for the last several days now, that republicans must carry the bulk of the vote because this was ultimately their deal. and also, chris, it s worth noting, this is kind of a full circle moment for the new house majority. you saw the first week was defined thoroughly by the 10% of the lo
if one other republican votes against it, that could stop the bill in committee. mccarthy s team and his allies don t agree with what roy is asserting they privately agreed to. but it all speaks to the building tension internally as mccarthy is moving to lock down the votes and he told reporters that he s not concerned about losing his gavel despite the threats from those members of the hard-right freedom caucus. saying that the speaker is lying in his view. m manu raju, thanks very much. we re joined by the whip for the house progressive congress, thanks for sharing part of your afternoon with us. given the shape that this deal has taken, will you be voting for it? so the this is not a both sides kind of argument. right now as you were just saying in the last segment, you see extreme right wing