Hardline Republican conservatives began targeting McCarthy's role as speaker, claiming he had scored a victory for the 'Uniparty' of Washington.
Hardline Republican conservatives began targeting McCarthy's role as speaker, claiming he had scored a victory for the "Uniparty" of Washington.Top US House Republican Kevin McCarthy could face an untimely end to his role as speaker if party hardliners oust him, for averting a costly government shutdown with a stopgap bill that drew more support from Democrats than Republicans.
"Should he remain Speaker of the House?" Republican Representative Andy Biggs, a leading hardliner, asked on the social platform X, formerly known as Twitter. The Republican bill's failure ended that party's hopes of moving a conservative measure and opened the door to the bipartisan measure that was backed by 209 House Democrats and 126 Republicans. Ninety Republicans opposed the stopgap.
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