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Kevin McCarthy FALLS To Trump Republicans Over Government Shutdown
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4:57Now PlayingHouse Speaker Kevin McCarthy is forced to bend to Trump supporter Republicans as they rage over his criminal case and making President Biden face consequences as well in order to avoid a government shutdown to keep critical programs operational. Francesca Fiorentini and Yasmin Khan break it down on The Damage Report.
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McCarthy Tries to Leverage Biden Impeachment to Avoid a Shutdown
"Facing the prospect of a politically damaging government shutdown within weeks, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is offering a new argument to conservatives reluctant to vote to keep funding flowing: A shutdown would make it more difficult for Republicans to pursue an impeachment inquiry against President Biden, or to push forward with investigations of him and his family that could yield evidence for one.
Mr. McCarthy first made the case on Sunday during an interview on Fox News in which he warned that a shutdown would stall the House’s ongoing inquiries into the president and his family. His argument reflected the speaker’s growing desperation to find a way to persuade right-wing Republicans to drop their opposition to a stopgap measure that is needed to keep federal money flowing beyond the Sept. 30 end of the fiscal year.
By tying the issue to the prospect of impeaching Mr. Biden, Mr. McCarthy appears to be hoping that the conservative desire to investigate and possibly charge him with high crimes and misdemeanors — particularly amid the multiple criminal cases against former President Donald J. Trump — might outweigh their resistance to voting in favor of federal spending."
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