In a media interview, “McCarthy is making a deal with the MAGA Republicans.”
As internal conflict intensifies, McCarthy fiddles with resolution that omits support for Ukraine
With a U.S. federal government shutdown imminent, President Joe Biden poured out harsh words against Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, saying he was “making a terrible bargain” with extreme right-wing members of the party, U.S. political media outlet The Hill reported on the 29th ( local time) reported.
According to reports, in an interview with ProPublica, an American investigative media outlet scheduled to air on the 1st, President Biden discussed House Speaker McCarthy’s relationship with the “MAGA (Make America Great Again) Republican Party,” which was loyal to former President Donald Trump. He said he was making a deal.
He pointed out that McCarthy was willing to do things that were inconsistent with constitutional procedures in order to remain speaker of the House.
“There is a group of MAGA Republicans who want fundamental changes in the way the system works,” President Biden said. “And I am most concerned about that.”
The Republican-dominated House of Representatives has been engaged in a tug-of-war over 12 appropriation bills containing next year’s federal government budget.
House Speaker McCarthy has been at odds with hard-liners in the Republican Party over cuts in federal spending. Speaker McCarthy proposed an intervention plan that included cutting government spending by 30% and strengthening border controls, but hardliners opposed it, saying it was not enough. Far-right Republican congressmen had discussed the possibility of McCarthy being ousted.
Democrats criticized House Republicans for not keeping the agreement reached earlier this year to slightly reduce the federal budget. Republican hardliners reportedly want deeper spending cuts than McCarthy proposed.
Meanwhile, as the budget bill he led was rejected in the House of Representatives due to opposition from hard-liners in the Republican Party, House Speaker McCarthy hinted at the possibility of voting on a resolution that omits the Ukraine funding plan.
After the budget plan to cut spending by 30% was rejected in the House plenary session on the 29th, Chairman McCarthy said that a resolution that omits support for Ukraine could be an alternative. “I think it will be a big problem if the Senate focuses more on Ukraine than the United States,” he said. said.
Source: Donga
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