According to Politico, Kevin McCarthy has caved on major concessions that make him far more palatable. We don’t know if he’ll win yet. The 20 rebels want more concessions, but there is movement.
The concessions:
- A one-member “motion to vacate”: The threshold needed to force a vote ousting a speaker is now one member. While McCarthy originally indicated that restoring the one-member “motion to vacate” was a red line, his allies now argue that there’s not a huge practical difference between this and his previous offer of requiring five members to trigger the vote. It will certainly help keep McCarthy in line.
- Rules Committee seats for the Freedom Caucus: McCarthy is prepared to give the House Freedom Caucus two seats on the powerful House Rules Committee, which oversees the amendment process for the floor. (Some conservatives still want four panel seats.) There are also talks about giving a third seat to a conservative close to the Freedom Caucus but not in it — someone like Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.). Conservatives want to choose their own members for these jobs as opposed to the Speaker choosing. That is something conservatives have wanted for a long time.
- A vote on term limits: This is a demand of Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), who has proposed a constitutional amendment limiting lawmakers to three terms in the House. That won’t be a winner unfortunately, but why not vote on it?
- Major changes to the appropriations process: McCarthy has allegedly promised standalone votes on each of the 12 yearly appropriations bills, which would be considered under what is known as an “open rule,” allowing floor amendments to be offered by any lawmaker. Conservatives also won a concession to carve out any earmarks included in those packages for separate votes. That would end these devastating omnibus crisis bills.
We don’t think McCarthy will win on the upcoming 7th vote, but they’re getting closer. This is what democracy in a Republic looks like. He and his hack friends need to stop insulting and threatening conservatives who show courage and are only trying to help the people.
Politico is a junk leftist/RINO publication. Only something in writing signed by Mc is acceptable. Anything else is hearsay. We want a committee on the government abuses.
The vote is not changing over Politico lies.
One point about the role of Speaker is to be a “Leader”. It’s not just the Leader of the House, but the de facto reflection of the Party. When apolitical people look at Republicans, it is the Speaker that they will assume is the embodiment of the Party. When a politician, such as McCarthy, has such abysmal poll numbers he surely can’t motivate the apolitical to the polls and vote for them. McConnell’s numbers are even worse. So, is it any wonder the Republicans have such a slim majority of 222 and are incapable of selecting a Speaker. A Speaker needs to be a person who can motivate the masses and not one who can do no more than dramatic reading of scripts.
A clear distinction between McCarthy and Donalds is obvious when the camera turns to them. McCarthy has a sense of arrogance about him, whereas Donalds always seem to show humility.
Kevin McCarthy has no principles and lost the Confidence of the Conservatives. He tried to be a Pelosi Despot! He showed is true colors and can never take that back – he’s done, put a fork in him. If he keeps this up, he risk an Uniparty Speaker and that just shows you how much of a Swamp Creature he really is. McCarthy was never a Leader, he just waited “his turn”. It’s time for McCarthy to stand aside and let a Leader from the outside to come in to Lead the Party in the Battle against the Swamp Creatures.
It isn’t working. Appears he doesn’t have the votes. 10 so far I think.