WASHINGTON: Top US House Republican Kevin McCarthy said on Sunday (Oct 1) he expected to survive a threat to his speakership after a hardline critic within his party called for his ouster following the p
that drew more support from Democrats than Republicans.
"If at this time next week Kevin McCarthy is still speaker of the House, it will be because Democrats bailed him out," Gaetz said in an interview on ABC."I am relentless and I will continue to pursue this objective." "I don't know right now," Donalds said in an interview on Fox."I gotta really think about that because there's a lot of stuff going on.""GO AHEAD AND TRY"
The bipartisan measure succeeded a day after Republican Representative Andy Biggs, a leading hardliner, and 20 others blocked a Republican stopgap Bill that contained sharp spending cuts and immigration and border restrictions, all of which hardliners favour.
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