McCarthy Draws Hard Line on Spending as He Corrals Speaker Votes
- House Republicans on sidelines in spending negotiations
- Senate GOP seizing chances to bolster Pentagon, Ukraine aid
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House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is running two simultaneous campaigns: one opposing a year-end government spending bill and another to convince his GOP naysayers to elect him speaker.
The California Republican has said the two are unrelated. His opposition to the spending bill, he said, “has to do with the American public and what the future of America is going to be when it comes to fiscal resources.”