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Are Kevins Days are numbered?

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House GOP Holdouts Again Stall Defense Bill, Dampen Hopes For Avoiding Shutdown

House Republicans were set Thursday to pick themselves up, dust themselves off and again try to get back to passing spending bills to avoid a looming government shutdown after the defense funding bill was stalled for the second time in three days.
“That was the most productive meeting we’ve had in some time and frankly we heard really good ideas,” Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) told reporters after emerging from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) office.

But just a few hours later, McCarthy’s leadership team notified members that no further votes were expected Thursday. They said that discussions were continuing and they would give lawmakers ample notice of any potential votes in the coming days.
The notice was the latest round of the chaotic stop-and-go process House Republicans have engaged in this week to try to hammer out a position for their entire conference on federal spending.

Thursday morning saw another embarrassing defeat for Republicans, and McCarthy in particular, when he couldn’t even get the votes to move forward with a $826 billion defense funding bill. The rule, which must pass before a vote on the bill, failed on a 212 to 216 vote. Six Republicans voted with Democrats to keep the defense bill off the floor, similar to a five-vote margin on the rule Tuesday.
The dissidents this time included three from Tuesday’s vote ― Reps. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Dan Bishop (R-N. C.) and Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) ― as well as two new “no” voters, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Rep. Elijah Crane (R-Ariz.). Another, Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) switched his vote to “no” so a re-vote could be called.

Are Kevins Days are numbered?
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