Speaker Kevin McCarthy sent his House members home for the week without a clear plan to avoid a looming government shutdown after hardliners in the Republican conference once again scuttled his spending plans, delivering an embarrassing floor defeat for GOP leadership for the second time this week.
The Republican leader slammed his far-right flank for wanting to “burn the place down,” after conservatives dramatically bucked McCarthy and GOP leadership on a procedural vote over a Pentagon funding bill, throwing the House into total paralysis. And now, members are not set to return to session until Tuesday as the possibility of a shutdown at the end of next week appears ever more likely.
“It’s frustrating in the sense that I don’t understand why anybody votes against bringing the idea and having the debate,” McCarthy told reporters.
Nah, Dems should vote their conscience and stand back and let the Republicans figure it out. The Republican party has openly and consistently obstructed everything Democrats have tried to do for the last 20 years at least, including assisting with trying to throw the 2020 Presidential election. Democrats don’t have to stoop to that level, but they also damned sure aren’t obliged to rescue the Republican majority in the House when one part of it is obstructing the other part.