McCarthy Won’t Allow Vote On Senate’s Funding Bill

The Hill reports:

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told members of the House GOP conference Wednesday morning that he will not bring the Senate’s bipartisan continuing resolution to the floor for a vote.

Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) told reporters after a closed-door House GOP conference meeting that McCarthy informed lawmakers during the gathering that he will not bring the upper chamber’s legislation to the floor for a vote.

The Senate advanced the legislation in an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote Tuesday night, 77-19. Asked about the Senate proposal following Wednesday’s conference meeting, McCarthy told reporters “I don’t see the support in the House.”

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Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told members of the House GOP conference Wednesday morning that he will not bring the Senate’s bipartisan continuing resolution to the floor for a vote. https://t.co/MUweMIgfPr

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