Gaetz noted that any money going to Ukraine will now need to be approved and reviewed unlike the free for all going on now. GOP Representatives Matt Gaetz and Lauren Boebert were instrumental in gaining concessions with Speaker McCarthy.
Gaetz shared:
Well the whole sum of this movement was to ensure that never again would be forced to take a vote on something like this omnibus legislation. And I actually think this will make Kevin McCarthy stronger as a speaker because in negotiating with the Senate he’ll be able to say, I’m sorry the House rules don’t allow us to consider things that aren’t germane.
The new rules will also make it difficult to pass a budget because it has to be a balanced budget. The House going forward will have to make tough decisions on what to spend money on. Gaetz noted that any money going to Ukraine will now need to be approved and reviewed unlike the free for all going on now.
When discussing the moment when McCarthy walked up to Gaetz to discuss the votes after 14 failed votes and being so close, Gaetz said he was proud of McCarthy’s actions and said:
I think the imperial speakership is over. Nancy Pelosi will be the last imperial speaker because now we’re going to unlock the potential of all the members and I’m glad the Speaker saw it that way.
See Representatives Gaetz and Boebert on with Laura Ingraham last night.
Kevin McCarthy apparently gave away the farm to put him in place to win the Speakership of the US House.
Kevin McCarthy has reportedly agreed to cap aid to Kiev to win support from colleagues who were blocking his election as speaker
Newly elected US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reportedly won over the final few votes needed to secure the gavel by promising conservative lawmakers that he will help pass legislation that would limit future economic and military aid to Ukraine.
The Kiev compromise was one of the key concessions that McCarthy, a California Republican, accepted to win over recalcitrant colleagues who had opposed his election as speaker, the UK’s Telegraph newspaper reported on Saturday. Republicans won back control of Congress in November’s midterm elections, but it took five days and 15 rounds of voting for speaker – the most since 1860 – to reach enough consensus on who will shepherd the party’s legislative agenda.
Since Russia began its military offensive against Ukraine last February, Congress has approved $100 billion in US aid to Ukraine – much to the chagrin of ‘Freedom Caucus’ lawmakers, such as Republicans Matt Gaetz (Florida) and Lauren Boebert (Colorado). Gaetz led a group of about 20 representatives in opposing McCarthy’s election, at one point nominating former President Donald Trump for the job.
After McCarthy failed to win enough support from fellow Republicans in the first three rounds of voting on Tuesday, Gaetz said, “Today the House didn’t organize. Biggest loser: [Ukrainian President Vladimir] Zelensky. Biggest winner: US Taxpayers.” He had opposed previous aid requests for Kiev, including a $45-billion package approved last month, saying, “Hemorrhaging billions in taxpayer dollars for Ukraine while our country is in crisis is the definition of America last.”
McCarthy, who occasionally wears a Ukrainian flag pin on his lapel, also agreed to congressional rule changes, limits on defense spending and the creation of a committee to investigate “weaponization” of the federal government. In addition, conservatives won a pledge to allow votes on several of their top issues, including border security, congressional term limits and a balanced budget amendment. The new speaker agreed to give Freedom Caucus members key seats on House committees.
Among those panels is the House Rules Committee. As the Telegraph noted, giving Freedom Caucus members leadership roles on the Rules Committee could create “immense hurdles” to passage of additional aid packages for Ukraine.
They better get ready to vote for 300 billion dollars in reparations for aiding and abetting the blood-letting in Ukraine. Plus send the leaders who undermined Ukrainian democracy and chased the elected leader out of the country, to justice. All of them, including those in Congress who waved the yellow and blue coup plotters flag.