Republican senators are growing increasingly alarmed at Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) inability to pass spending legislation over the staunch opposition of a small group of conservative rebels, and fear a government shutdown may be days away.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), who’s had to deal with the political fallout of government shutdowns in 1995-96, 2013 and 2018-19, warned Republican lawmakers on the other side of the Capitol on Tuesday that shutdowns are “a loser for Republicans, politically.”
McConnell made his comments after House Republican leaders canceled a key procedural vote on a stopgap funding measure that was scheduled for 2:30 pm Tuesday amid opposition from disgruntled conservatives.
Schumer preempted it too, Tuberville was going to try and force the votes to happen. Schumer managed to blunt any victory that could be claimed.
I wonder if this’ll end up making things worse for Tuberville too. Holding individual votes highlights how long it would take to do every promotion manually, and Democrats can point out that Tuberville is specifically hurting the lower rank people.