Strong bipartisan showing in first test of tax deal’s support
"This bill contains important provisions that individually have bipartisan support," said Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo.
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"This bill contains important provisions that individually have bipartisan support," said Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo.
Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., who voted instead for Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick T. McHenry, R-N.C.; Rep. Thomas H. Kean Jr., R-N.J., who backed McCarthy; and Rep.
Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., changed her vote from Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., to Jordan.
Other GOP votes for Scalise over Jordan were Tony Gonzales, R-Fla.; John Rutherford, R-Fla.; Mike Kelly, R-Pa.; Steve Womack, R-Ark.; Mike Simpson, R-Idaho; and Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger, R-Texas
Mike Kelly, R-Pa., also said he’d vote for Scalise on the floor.
Scalise, R-La., told Republicans in a closed-door meeting late Thursday night that he would drop out of the race.
The ouster of McCarthy, R-Calif., on Tuesday raises a new obstacle for finishing a draft of a five-year food and agriculture bill.
Patrick T. McHenry, R-N.C., was named speaker pro tempore immediately after the vote, and called for a recess for members to discuss the matter. "The House will be paralyzed.
"If you’re in the majority, you have the responsibility of running this place and and he seems to have a problem being able to do that," McGovern said, referring to Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.
Todd Young, R-Ind., sounded off against Trump’s eyeball-popping federal debt default endorsement during a May 10 CNN town hall.
They, led by House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James R. Comer of Kentucky, also are ramping up efforts to attempt linking the Bidens to the Chinese government.
“This is a matter of the proper assurances to deliver a conservative agenda,” North Carolina Republican Patrick T. McHenry said. “My hope is that we show progress tonight.”