The disgraced congressman just became a bigger liability. But McCarthy's hands are tied.
into passing a bill to raise the debt limit and cut spending. Their ability to pass the bill was key to their credibility, and getting a seat at the negotiating table with President Biden on the most important issue of the year.
But several House Republicans were holding out on McCarthy in the run-up to the vote, including New York Rep. George Santos. He had been describing himself as “” against McCarthy’s bill the week before. His reasons were odd: Despite Santos’ representing a moderate, Biden-won district, one of his supposed complaints was that the bill’s enhanced work requirements for federal benefit programs were still too “weak.” It was, in a word, contrived.
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