![]() Scalise denied the report, and Clyde’s bill - which would overturn a Biden administration firearms rule - is scheduled for a vote this week.īut Burchett said he was concerned about an entirely separate episode of intimidation he witnessed, one that didn’t involve Scalise at all, but someone he called “the chairman” whom he refused to identify further. ANDREW CLYDE (R-Ga.) off the floor amid the debt-limit wrangle. Tongues wagged last week over reports that Majority Leader STEVE SCALISE threatened to keep a bill sponsored by hard-right Rep. Not one on one, but all at once, and just listen to what they say for 30 minutes.”īurchett is among those grumbling about leadership’s alleged arm-twisting and retaliatory threats aimed at the conservative dissidents. “I just feel like it needs to be McCarthy … not a bunch of the ‘advisers’ or whatever. “I just wish we could put all the egos aside and just come down here and meet,” he said. While McCarthy has met with and spoken to a few of the 11, Burchett said, “That divide-and-conquer stuff just isn’t working.” “Conservatives aren’t represented at the table, fiscal conservatives, when the decisions are being made.”Īny solution, he said, lies with McCarthy - and he’s pushing for a group meeting between the speaker and his critics. “I just feel like we gave too much,” he said. ![]() He consistently backed McCarthy for speaker back in January, he’s not a member of the ever-restive Freedom Caucus, and he has kept his criticism focused on policies, not on personalities.īut he’s still smarting over the debt-ceiling deal, and he’s not ready to look past his concerns yet. ‘THEY NEED TO COOL IT’: Burchett’s role in the revolt is noteworthy because he’s far from McCarthy’s worst nightmare. “We could be sitting here all week just twiddling our thumbs,” Rep. We heard much the same from one of the 11 rebels last night. Said one senior GOP aide to Playbook last night: “I’m not going into this week assuming that any of the rules will pass." The hard-liners are still grumbling and are considering tanking more bills teed up for floor action this week. But the upshot of their protest is simple: McCarthy cannot move any significant legislation across the House floor until the rebel faction is brought back into the fold.Īnd as of this morning, there’s no sign that has happened. The group’s gripes have been hard to pin down, with wide-ranging accusations of broken promises and strong-arm tactics aimed at various GOP leaders. To recap: House Speaker KEVIN McCARTHY was forced to send his members home early after a splinter group of 11 conservative hard-liners, days after being steamrolled by the bipartisan debt-ceiling deal, essentially hijacked the floor by voting down a House rule for the first time in two decades. GROUNDHOG DAY IN THE HOUSE - The seismic news surrounding Trump’s federal indictment last week upended the political world - and quickly overshadowed the embarrassing spectacle playing out on the House floor. GRETCHEN WHITMER today is officially launching her Fight Like Hell PAC, which she’ll use to raise money for Democratic candidates from the Biden reelect on down the ticket. RON DeSANTIS headlines the annual Basque Fry in Gardnerville, Nev. MIKE PENCE headlines the Gridiron Men’s Conference in Huntsville, Ala. ![]() … Friday: More Supreme Court decisions expected. ![]() Miami Mayor FRANCIS SUAREZ addresses his 2024 plans at the Reagan Library in California. … Thursday: Supreme Court releases decisions. … Wednesday: Fed meets on interest rates Chair JEROME POWELL holds a news conference after. Bureau of Labor Statistics releases May inflation numbers. ![]() … Tomorrow: DONALD TRUMP is arraigned on 37 federal counts in Miami. THE WEEK AHEAD - Today: President JOE BIDEN hosts NATO Secretary-General JENS STOLTENBERG at the White House. Kevin McCarthy cannot move any significant legislation across the House floor until the rebel faction of conservative hard-liners is brought back into the fold. ![]()
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