McCarthy has promised to restore so-called regular order in the House, assuring his members he’ll move all 12 appropriations bills through the committee and onto the floor. “They infrequently reach the Senate but when they do, they have to pass with Republicans and Democrats, and so I would not give that a lot of prospect for success.” “The House likes to do things for messaging purposes,” Utah Republican Sen. Some GOP senators are already warning the tactic is going to be met with strong resistance in their chamber. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/Reuters/FILEĬonservative House floor blockade ends but GOP tensions persist Capitol is reflected in a window on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 20, 2023. “We just have to be realistic that the numbers that are going to come back here are probably not going to be at those 2022 levels.” “You can always mark them lower,” said GOP appropriator Rep. Still, the posturing sets the stage for a messy and brutal spending brawl that will consume Congress this fall. Republican argue a caps deal is a ceiling, not a floor and it’s not a violation of the agreement to write spending bills that spend less than the number included in the debt ceiling proposal.Īfter all, they argue that Democrats and Republicans in the Senate wanted assurances from their leadership immediately after the House passed the debt bill that defense spending would be higher than the caps deal set out. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, said, adding the House GOP’s decision was “chaos” and “all but guarantees a shutdown.” “It is the law of the land and not even before the ink is dried, they walked away from it,” the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, Rep. On Monday night, House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger, a Texas Republican, announced she would move all the bills through her House Appropriations Committee at the lower, fiscal year 2022 level. ![]() The revolt led to a blockade of the House floor for a week and a call to bring spending back down to the previous fiscal year’s levels. What followed, however, was a rebellion by the right flank of the GOP conference who argued the spending agreement wasn’t low enough. It’s a showdown that was likely always going to come to a head eventually, but the hard-fought debt ceiling package signed into law earlier this month included a rare, early topline spending agreement that was carefully negotiated between the White House and the speaker that dictated how much money the federal government would invest in domestic and defense programs. Watch the video above to see live coverage.The House and Senate are careening toward a major spending standoff that could consume Congress this fall, raise the threat of a government shutdown and once again test House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s ability to keep his narrow Republican majority behind him. ET, images shared on social media show protestors inside the Capitol building. Lawmakers, journalists and others have inside are being told to use gas masks that are provided inside.Īround 2:20 p.m. Gas is being used inside of the Capitol building to clear protesters. Some tried to push past the officers who held shields and officers could be seen firing pepper spray into the crowd to keep them back. Protesters tore down metal barricades at the bottom of the Capitol’s steps and were met by officers in riot gear. ![]() The skirmishes occurred outside the building, in the very spot president-elect Biden will be inaugurated in just two weeks. An announcement was played inside the Capitol as lawmakers were meeting and expected to vote to affirm Joe Biden’s victory. Capitol locked down Wednesday with lawmakers inside as violent clashes broke out between supporters of President Donald Trump police. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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