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U.S. Rep. Chip Roy was among the highest-profile"no" votes on the debt ceiling deal.
Republican U.S. Reps. Chip Roy and Tony Gonzales, frequently at odds over immigration issues, both voted against the bill. Meanwhile progressive Democratic Reps. Joaquin Castro and Greg Casar also gave it a thumbs down.passed the House Wednesday Roy, whose district also includes both Austin and a swath of San Antonio, was the highest profile of the bill's naysayers.
“If we can’t kill it, we’re going to have to regroup and figure out the whole leadership arrangement again,” Roy said during aon Glenn Beck's radio show, making a not-so-veiled threat to boot McCarthy off the Speaker's dais.
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