Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is blasting House Republicans for cancelling a key committee vote and delaying President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.”
McCarthy discussed the matter during an appearance on John Catsimatidis’s radio show, “Cats Roundtable” on WABC 770 AM over the weekend.
The former House Speaker called the delay a “real misstep.”
“The stock market seems like it is moving up. Now, if Congress can start doing the things that President Trump’s doing, it would even help us more. Today was a real misstep on the Republicans’ part, in the budget side, that four of them looked out for themselves instead of moving the bill along, reconciliation,” McCarthy said.
The Hill reports, “Five House GOP fiscal hawks — Reps. Chip Roy (Texas), Ralph Norman (S.C.), Josh Brecheen (Okla.), Andrew Clyde (Ga.) and Lloyd Smucker (Pa.) — voted against advancing the measure that encompasses Trump’s legislative agenda on Friday. The vote was 16-21.”
McCarthy also threw a dig at Speaker Mike Johnson, who replaced him in the position when he was ousted.
“What really shows is, once President Trump gets back in the country, I mean, poor President Trump is being the president [and] the Speaker at the same time, I think we’ll get that bill through,” McCarthy said.
“Well, they’re back in this week, and I think the president will be back in and really looking to these members to get the job done, because if they don’t get the job done, your taxes go up, and that’s not going to happen, and it has a lot of the promises the president made about no tax on tips and others, and it will just help unleash the economy, because it would bring security and stability, that they know this is not going to happen, any tax increases,” McCarthy continued.
The House Budget Committee reconvenes tonight at 10 p.m.
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