The fact that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy failed again is a problem. The fact that he was surprised by his failure makes the problem much worse.
[On Wednesday], Republicans left a closed-door conference meeting confident they had the votes to move the defense bill after Reps. Ralph Norman and Ken Buck told leadership that they would flip their votes on advancing the defense bill, allowing it to move to a full passage vote after helping to block it earlier this week. But Republicans ran back into trouble when Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Eli Crane , who had both voted for the rule earlier this week, flipped on Thursday and opposed it.
It’s a basic element of Congress 101: Good House speakers avoid surprises. They craft a strategy, formulate a plan, listen to members, count heads, and bring measures to the floor when they’re ready to pass. They know what’s going to happen because they’re running the show. These steps might very well seem obvious, but this week served as a timely reminder that McCarthy still struggles with this straightforward process.
Indeed, the fact that the House speaker was caught off-guard yesterday strikes me as one of the most significant dimensions to the larger story. Much of the commentary this week has focused on the GOP’s divisions, fueled by radicals at odds with their leaders. By this reasoning, McCarthy only deserves part of the blame — because it’s not his fault the extremists in his conference are eager to engage in ridiculous antics.
The Republican leader was eager to push this line as the legislative day wrapped up. “This is a whole new concept of individuals that just want to burn the whole place down,”
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