Rep. Derek Kilmer said the House doesn't have much time to get itself together, as another budget vote to keep the government open is just weeks away.
In the wake of the ouster of Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Kilmer explained, “I’m an institutionalist. I am hopeful that while we’re going to see some chaos in the near term. My hope is that this drives a conversation about how to make the institution function in a smarter way.”
“That wasn’t just Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer, this was Joe Biden, Chuck Schumer, Mitch McConnell, Kevin McCarthy and Hakeem Jeffries, and supported by about 300 members of Congress,” Kilmer continued.McCarthy reneged on a budget deal agreed to by both parties. Aguilar said McCarthy encouraged negotiators to set 2024 spending levels below the caps agreed upon with Biden.
“And so not everybody likes that compromise,” Kilmer said on Seattle’s Morning News. “There were things within it I didn’t like. But when you make a deal, that’s the deal. And so the notion that if the Republicans nominate as a speaker, someone who defined success as I am going to stand up about against this deal that we’ve already agreed to, I think that’s a recipe for more dysfunction and and certainly increases the likelihood of having a shutdown threat.
“Maybe just maybe there are some leaders who would be willing to work in a bipartisan way to actually solve some problems for the American people,” Kilmer continued, referring to who might be the next Republican to head the House. “That’s what my constituents want. That’s what I want. And I do think that there are members of the House Republican Conference that would be capable, capable of that if they’re willing to disappoint the most extreme elements of their conference.
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