“Absolutely, I’m pulling for Kevin. I hope he makes it,” McConnell told reporters when asked if he supported the House minority leader’s speakership bid.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell told the media on Tuesday that he is “pulling” for Rep. Kevin McCarthy to be elected speaker of the House in the next Congress, despite disagreeing on whether to pass the omnibus spending bill before the end of the year. reporters when asked if he supported the House minority leader’s speakership bid.
“When I’m Speaker, their bills will be dead on arrival in the House if this nearly $2T monstrosity is allowed to move forward over our objections and the will of the American people,” McCarthy McCarthy, who needs the support of 218 House lawmakers to be elected speaker next month when the new House GOP majority convenes, has said he preferred Senate Republicans to push for a stopgap spending measure.
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