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Vote to remove McCarthy over gov't funding would be 'destructive for the country,' moderate Republican says
Yahoo News ^ | 10/1/23 | MEGAN BARNES

Posted on 10/02/2023 6:26:12 AM PDT by cotton1706

New York Rep. Mike Lawler on Sunday warned that hard-line Republican colleague Matt Gaetz's plan to call a vote on removing Speaker Kevin McCarthy would be "destructive to the country" and further delay conservatives' work on long-term government funding bills.

"Nobody in our conference disagrees with the need to do single-subject spending bills. Nobody disagrees with the need to cut spending," Lawler told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl. "In fact, it's one of the biggest reasons why I ran."

Gaetz, in a separate interview on "This Week," denounced a temporary funding bill passed by Congress on Saturday to avert a partial government shutdown, arguing that it didn't do enough to change the culture of spending in Washington.

He said he would seek to remove McCarthy this week for backing the bill, which will fund the government through mid-November.

Lawler, a more moderate member of the GOP conference, defended the legislation as the "only responsible thing to do" to allow the party more time to finish individual spending proposals rather than the massive, all-in-one packages of past years.

"When you're trying to break the system, when you're trying to reform it, it takes time," he said. "We have been doing the work over the last few months, going line by line, budget bill by budget bill, finding ways to cut spending and reform the system. But we were not able to complete that work by Sept. 30, which was the end of the fiscal year. And so, to shut down the government would inflict pain on the American people."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections; kevinmccarthy; mattgaetz; meganbarnes; mikelawler; newyork; spewyork; yahoonews
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I still cherish the look of utter surprise on Eric’s mug when he was successfully primaried.

It was a cherished moment for sure.

41 posted on 10/02/2023 7:03:41 AM PDT by CAluvdubya (<---Need to change my name to NVluv since I now live in NV and don’t support any Bush. )
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To: FlingWingFlyer

“I hate ‘moderate’ Republicans. I’d like ‘moderate’ Democrats but unfortunately, there aren’t any. All Democrats are extreme, far-left radicals.”

Dan Bongino regularly reminds listens that most Republicans are really Democrats, but no Democrats are Republicans.


42 posted on 10/02/2023 7:08:32 AM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: MountainWalker
DF922-AAF-8-C06-4-D5-D-AA4-A-A095161-E1440


He’s just doing what Biden tells him.


43 posted on 10/02/2023 7:14:57 AM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Impeachment is necessary since Deep State is blocking )
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To: cotton1706

Moderate Republicans are just shy of being commies. They are really liberal Democrats. This Lawler piece of chit voted for the continuing resolution that continues and extends Democrat spending from the previous Democrat Congress. By voting for the CR, Lawler just increased the debt by $0.25 Trillion in just 45 days. He made your grandchildren debt slaves.


44 posted on 10/02/2023 7:18:25 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Vacate the chair. Shutter the government until it can be correctly defunded.)
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To: cotton1706

VACATE


45 posted on 10/02/2023 7:23:09 AM PDT by LoveMyFreedom
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To: cotton1706

The obvious outcome. Meh.


46 posted on 10/02/2023 7:24:38 AM PDT by gathersnomoss (End This Attack On Justice.)
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To: cotton1706

Moderate Republicans are the cause of America’s problems. These weak, and pathetic politicians are way too willing to eat the shit sandwiches served up by the Dems. Sack up already and just say NO!


47 posted on 10/02/2023 7:32:55 AM PDT by Hipshot 6 (Hipshot 6, Out)
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To: cotton1706

Moderate Republicans = Major Problems


48 posted on 10/02/2023 7:41:51 AM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: wiseprince

> No one addresses the substance of what he is saying. Explain why taking up individual ideas is untenable. <

Gaetz has a point. If, as McCarthy says 70% of the appropriations work is done, why not bring each individual appropriation bill up for a vote? Let Chucky sit on them and cause a shutdown of just that one small sliver of useless government largesse.

I smell an omnibus porkulous bill in the making. That’s just what McCarthy agreed not to do to get support for his speaker votes.

EC


49 posted on 10/02/2023 7:52:29 AM PDT by Ex-Con777
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To: cotton1706
"Vote to remove McCarthy over Gov't funding would be 'destructive for the Country' Democrats, moderate Republican says.

Added a little truth.

50 posted on 10/02/2023 7:56:13 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Prosecutors say Trump may have broken the law admiring gun in South Carolina" ROTFLMAO!)
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To: cotton1706

Moderate Republicans are what’s wrong with the party.


51 posted on 10/02/2023 8:06:06 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

The demonKKKrats’ Liberal/Progressive membership has been replaced with hard-core Leftists, made-up of socialists/communists/Marxists/fascists/anarchists/BLMers etc etc etc.


52 posted on 10/02/2023 8:11:37 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: cotton1706
"Vote to remove McCarthy over gov't funding would be 'destructive for the country,' moderate Republican says"

Vote to remove RINO over Swamp-level-spending would be destructive to the Swamp, says RINO.

53 posted on 10/02/2023 10:01:29 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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To: 1Old Pro

They had a deadline and they missed it.


54 posted on 10/02/2023 7:56:17 PM PDT by Tymesup
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