GOP lawmakers bring House business to a halt amid debt deal protest

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>> THANK YOU. >>> THIS MORNING THE REPUBLICAN LED HOUSE IS IN TURMOIL AND BECAUSE OF THAT ALL HOUSE BUSINESS HAS COME TO A HALT. >> GOP LEADERSHIP HAS CANCELED VOTES FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK BECAUSE OF THE ONGOING PROTEST FROM A HELD FULL OF HOUSE MEMBERS WHO ARE UPSET OVER THE DEBT DEAL SIGNED BY PRESIDENT BIDEN. FLORIDA CONGRESS AND MATT GAETZ TWEETED, HOUSE LEADERSHIP COULD NOT HOLD THE LINE, NOW WE HOLD THE FLOOR. CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT JOINS US NOW. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY AND WE TALKED ABOUT THEM BLOCKING A PROCEDURAL VOTE ON A BILL ABOUT GAS STOVES. WHERE THINGS STAND WITH THINGS CANCELED THIS WEEK? >> Reporter: IT MAY SEEM LIKE NO BIG DEAL THAT THE HOUSE GETS TO GO HOME A FEW DAYS EARLY. EXCEPT, HOW THE HOUSE WORKS. THEY LITERALLY ARE COMPLETELY PARALYZED FROM DOING ANY KIND OF GOVERNING, ANY KIND OF LEGISLATING BECAUSE OF THESE 10 OR SO MEMBERS THAT BLOCKED THE RULE ON THE GAS BILL LEGISLATION THAT BLOCKS LEADERSHIP FROM PUTTING ANY PIECE OF LEGISLATION ON THE FLOOR AND TRYING TO GET ANY WORK DONE. THEY WERE IN THE SPEAKER'S OFFICE ALL DAY LONG YESTERDAY. McCARTHY WAS HOLDING MEETINGS WITH HIS LEADERSHIP TEAM. TRYING TO CONVINCE THESE MEMBERS TO STOP BLOCKING THE ROLE VOTE LETTING THEM TO PROCEED AND GOVERN AS THEY WERE ELECTED TO DO. HERE'S WHAT McCARTHY TOLD US AFTER BEING AT AN IMPASSE WITH THESE FOLKS. >> I LIKE THE CHALLENGE. I HAD A CHALLENGE FROM DAY ONE. WITH A SMALL MAJORITY. PEOPLE'S STRONG OPINIONS. [ AUDIO NOT UNDERSTANDABLE ] >> Reporter: MAJORITY LEADER SCALISE WHO SERVES ALONG WITH McCARTHY SAID THIS IN MANY WAYS WAS SOMETHING THEY EXPECTED. THEY HAVE A NARROW MAJORITY AND IT HAS BEEN SHAPING UP TO BE REMINISCENT OF THE SPEAKER FIGHT McCARTHY HAD IN JANUARY WITH 15 ROUNDS OF VOTES. >> IN ADDITION TO THE TENSION BETWEEN REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, WE ARE SEEING DIVISIONS IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. THE REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF CONGRESS WAS QUOTED AS LABELING THESE REPUBLICANS AS THE DYSFUNCTION CAUCUS. COULD MORE MODERATE REPUBLICANS TRY TO TURN TO CERTAIN DEMOCRATS TO GET LEGISLATION MOVING >> Reporter: UNFORTUNATELY THAT WOULD NOT HELP. THAT IS THE FEAR MODERATES ARE HAVING. IF THEY ARE GOING TO WORK ON LEGISLATION, ESPECIALLY BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION, WILL THE REPUBLICAN CONSERVATIVE COLLEAGUES EVEN ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT? THAT IS ONE OF THEIR FEARS. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE POLITICS. SOME OF THEM ARE IN DISTRICTS THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN WON. AND THE NEED TO SHOW THEY CAN WORK FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. OTHER MODERATES SAID THIS WAS A DISTRACTION. EVEN MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE, NOT A MODERATE, WHO TOLD ME YESTERDAY THAT THE MAJORITY NEEDS TO LEGISLATE AND THIS IS NOT HELPING. >> QUICKLY, HEARING HAD BEEN SCHEDULED WHETHER TO HOLD FBI CHRISTOPHER WRAY IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS WAS CANCELED BY THE COMMITTEE LATE LAST NIGHT. WHAT HAPPENED? >> Reporter: OVERSIGHT CHECKED HOMER WAS ABLE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT WITH THE FBI FOR THE BUREAU TO TURN OVER THE DOCUMENTS THEY HAVE THAT IS UNVERIFIED WHICH IS WHY THE BUREAU WAS HESITANT TO TURN IT OVER IN THE FIRST PLACE. BUT THEN VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN ALLEGEDLY HAD SOME KIND OF INTERFERENCE WITH A FOREIGN AGENT. THIS WAS NOT VERIFIED, WHICH IS WHY THE FBI HAS BEEN SO HESITANT TO TURN THIS OVER BUT THEY AGREED TO DO IT TO AVOID THAT CONTEMPT VOTE THAT WAS PLANNED FOR TODAY. EVEN THE OVERS
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Length: 4min 10sec (250 seconds)
Published: Thu Jun 08 2023
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