Protesters with Housing Works stormed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's office to demand he re-up funding for a global AIDs relief program called PEPFAR.
MCCARTHY 'DANGLING' BIDEN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY TO DELAY RECKONING OVER SPENDING, SOME CONSERVATIVES SAY
McCarthy's office did not respond to multiple requests for comment on the incident. Capitol Police confirmed to Fox News Digital that they arrested seven individuals, however.until September 30 to re-up the law guaranteeing funding for the PEPFAR program, but agreement on the issue appears unlikely. The law had previously been renewed on a five-year rolling basis.
MCCARTHY SAYS BIDEN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY WOULD NEED HOUSE VOTE, IN DEPARTURE FROM PELOSI AND DEMOCRATS McCarthy is already facing the impending battle over the annual budget as House lawmakers return to the Capitol for the first time in six weeks on Tuesday.Fox News Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.
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