Incoming House committee chairs are calling for the conference to rally around House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to become the next speaker as the California Republican faces substantial hurdles to locking down the support needed to secure the gavel during the floor vote in January.
In a “Dear Colleague” letter sent to members of the conference on Monday, the incoming chairs argued that the party needs to rally around McCarthy so that committee work on legislative priorities and investigations isn’t further delayed due to a lack of speaker being in place.
The group argued that Republicans need to unify ahead of January, making the case that the party will struggle to get parts of its conservative agenda passed if it enters the new Congress fractured over the makeup of leadership. The incoming chairs went on to say they “wholeheartedly endorse Kevin McCarthy,” arguing that he deserves a large share of the credit for flipping the House.
Due to their razor-thin majority next year, McCarthy can only lose four votes on the floor unless his defectors opt not to vote or vote present, bringing down the threshold.
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