McCarthy Confident on Debt Vote Despite Hard-Line Ouster Threat
- Ultra-conservatives threaten revenge on speaker for debt deal
- McCarthy says his job is secure, debt deal ‘easy vote’ for GOP
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy dismissed threats from Republican hard-liners to oust him over the debt-limit deal he forged with President Joe Biden and expressed confidence Tuesday that lawmakers will pass legislation in time to avert a US default.
The bill, heading for a House vote on Wednesday evening, prompted GOP Representative Dan Bishop to call for a vote on removing McCarthy as speaker, claiming that the deal granted too many concessions to Democrats. Another conservative member, Chip Roy, promised a “reckoning” for McCarthy.