Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told members of the House GOP conference Wednesday morning that he will not bring the Senate’s bipartisan continuing resolution to the floor for a vote.

Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) told reporters after a closed-door House GOP conference meeting that McCarthy informed lawmakers during the gathering that he will not bring the upper chamber’s legislation to the floor for a vote, even after the Senate voted to advance it in a bipartisan fashion Tuesday night.

“I don’t think he plans to do that,” Good said when asked about bringing the Senate stopgap bill up for a vote. “He reiterated that this morning. I called on him to consistently say that to the public, let the Senate know that’s dead on arrival and that there’s no way the House would pass that bill.”

  • BeanGoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    These fuckers actively want this country to burn so they can rule the ashes. Not even making an attempt to do their jobs anymore.

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      Moscow Mitch did this all the time. How the hell the Speaker can unilaterally say “no” to a vote is beyond me.

      This is a rules of the Senate thing, not a Constitutional thing. It can easily be changed.