There’s no deal yet, Kevin McCarthy told colleagues on a private morning call, according to a Republican familiar with the call and granted anonymity to discuss it.
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., arrives as the House meets for the fourth day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Jan. 6, 2023.
There were glimmers of a deal with at least some of the holdouts who have denied McCarthy support. And negotiators are in “a good position” and progress is being made, he said in the phone call. The chairman of the chamber’s Freedom Caucus, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, who had been a leader in Trump’s efforts to challenge his presidential election loss to Democrat Joe Biden, appeared receptive to the proposed package, tweeting an adage from Ronald Reagan, “Trust but verify.”
The California Republican exited the chamber and quipped about the moment: “Apparently, I like to make history.”One McCarthy critic, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, cast votes for Trump — a symbolic but pointed sign of the broad divisions over the Republican Party’s future. Then he went further, moving the day from protest toward the absurd in formally nominating the former president to be House speaker on the 11th ballot. Trump got one vote, from Gaetz, drawing laughter.
“The Biden administration is going unchecked and there is no oversight of the White House,” Republicans Michael McCaul, Mike Rogers and Mike Turner wrote in a joint statement.
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