Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) gaveled the House into session for the first time Monday, presiding as Republicans prepared to pass a rules package to govern the chamber days after internal conflict brought the House to a standstill in a once-in-a-century clash.
“Democracy and governing can be messy,” said Rep. Steve Womack , who presided over the session Monday. “We’ve got some huge challenges ahead on every front. So trying to find consensus, either as a party or in a bipartisan way, will be the biggest test of leadership that we’ve seen in a long time.
The new rules also mandate an up-or-down vote on lifting the debt limit, so the speaker can’t tuck the debt limit vote into a broader bill. The rules also place restrictions on lifting government spending and raising taxes, and ensure bills cover one issue instead of massive, all-encompassing legislation.
The House passed the rules package in a 220-213 vote largely along party lines, with Gonzales voting against it and Rep. Dan Crenshaw missing the vote. Crenshaw lost his bid to become Homeland Security Committee chairman to Rep. Mark Green earlier in the day in a move seen by some lawmakers and aidesIn another key personnel decision, McCarthy chose Rep. Byron Donalds as his designee on the steering committee, which decides who runs the other House committees.
Gonzales said he would be voting against the rules package for that reason and concerns over border security legislation that he has previously denounced as dead on arrival because it does not approach immigration reform holistically. “This rules package is actually about Republican unity,” Rep. Dusty Johnson , who was part of the negotiations last week, said before the package’s passage. “Every single one of these big conservative wins, Mr. Speaker — and more like them — were supported by Republican conference long before the excitement of last week.
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