Buffalo Chip Roy Leads GOP Revolt Against Debt Limit Deal
WASHINGTON — At the height of Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s quest for his post in January, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, darted from meeting to meeting ensuring that hard-line conservatives got what they wanted before agreeing to back the California Republican.
One by one, nearly all of their demands were met in what Roy would later call a “power-sharing” agreement between McCarthy and his right flank. The hard right won three seats on the influential House Rules Committee (one went to Roy); a commitment from McCarthy that Republicans would never raise the debt ceiling without deep spending cuts; and a rule allowing any one lawmaker to force a vote to oust the speaker should he fail to keep his promises.
Now, Roy, 50, the policy chairman of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus who has emerged as the hard right’s spending expert, is accusing McCarthy of having reneged on the deal, and is attempting to exert his leverage again — this time with potentially dire consequences. He and his allies are attempting to shoot down the agreement McCarthy reached with President Joe Biden to suspend the debt ceiling just days before the country is headed for default.
If not, he said, the House Freedom Caucus might once again have to go toe-to-toe with McCarthy. Several members have floated the idea of calling for McCarthy’s removal.
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Republicans eating their own.
Chip Roy is only 50? I would think 70+.
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