Freedom Caucus turns on McCarthy over Budget deal

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It is being widely reported that Speaker McCarthy and The White House have struck a budget deal to raise the Debt Limit and stave off American Default

The Freedom Caucus is now Vowing they will make McCarthy face a reckoning for the deal with at least one Freedom Caucus member indicating he would like to see a vote of "No Confidence" held over McCarthy actions and even said the motion to vacate the Speaker char is one that is inescapable and must be done.

Part of the Deal that McCarthy negotiated with the Freedom Caucus in order to be elected to Speakership was to allow a single Member of the Majority House the power to force a full vote to toss the Speaker of the House

Far Right GOP Vows 'Reckoning' Over Kevin McCarthy's Debt Limit Deal

Rising hostility among GOP hard-liners is putting Rep. Kevin McCarthy's position as House speaker in jeopardy.

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and now they have activly started blocking GOP bills by voting with the Dems to even prevent bills to the Floor

House conservatives block GOP bills, voice frustration in response to last week's debt ceiling vote​

WASHINGTON (AP) — House conservatives staged a mini-revolt Tuesday in retaliation for Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s leadership on last week’s vote to raise the debt ceiling, the right wing banding together to block progress on a mixture of bills and vent their frustration.

Led by outspoken members of the House Freedom Caucus, a group of 11 Republicans broke with their party on an otherwise routine procedural vote that threw the day’s schedule — and the rest of the week — into disarray. It’s the first such procedural rule vote to fail in nearly two decades.

The group is among some of the same conservative Republicans who tried to stop the debt ceiling bill from advancing last week and who then threatened to try to oust McCarthy after passage of the debt ceiling package that President Joe Biden signed into law. Short of taking that step, they have demanded a meeting with McCarthy, leaving it unclear how the standoff will be resolved.

“We’re frustrated with the way this place is operating,” said Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., one of the more outspoken members of the group. “We’re not going to live in the era of the imperial speaker anymore.”

At issue is not just a gas stove bill and others that are now stalled as the conservatives wage their protest, but the political standing of the House Republican majority. Is it just a one-day spat that allows members to make a point or a more lasting fracture?

McCarthy, R-Calif., is working with just a four-seat majority, which gives a small bloc of lawmakers considerable power to gain concessions from him.

“We’re trying to resolve internal tensions within the House Republicans. And from time to time you have to have an airing within your family, and I think that’s part of what happened today," said Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C.

Just hours earlier, Republican leaders were extolling how the House Republicans had learned to work together as a team after the rocky start of the year and the spectacle of McCarthy’s protracted election to become speaker.

“In sports, it’s called a game plan,” said Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., the top GOP vote-counter and a former hockey coach. “The debt limit last week displayed just how far House Republicans have come as a team.”

What led the conservatives to revolt Tuesday is not fully clear — they outlined a list of grievances over McCarthy’s leadership in handling the debt ceiling package. The House approved the package in an overwhelming bipartisan vote last week, despite objections from the conservatives, sending it to the Senate where it also passed with an overwhelming vote. Biden signed it into law on Saturday.

House conservatives block GOP bills, voice frustration in response to last week's debt ceiling vote