McCarthy Says He Doesn’t Want to Be Part of Republican Team After Passing Continuing Resolution
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy vented publicly against members of his Republican conference Saturday after a stopgap spending bill rode Democratic support to House passage.
The bill passed 335-91, with 209 Democrats and 126 Republicans in support. One Democrat and 90 Republicans voted against it.
After the vote, McCarthy expressed his frustration.
“You can always count on Americans to do what’s right after they’ve exhausted every other option,” McCarthy said.
McCarthy: If you have members of your conference that will not let you vote for appropriations bills and will not vote for a stopgap measure so the only option is to shut down and not pay our troops I don’t want to be a part of that team.
