House Republicans at a tense conference meeting Tuesday morning reacted to an agreement to get the chamber working again with “f-bombs,” and worries of a fall spending cliff with no clear resolution.
Some emerged from a meeting of GOP leaders and the so-called “five families” that make up the bulk of the conference shrugging off the notion Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., gave away anything new during a Monday huddle with conservative rebels, saying they have never seen the two sides’ alleged “power-sharing agreement.”
“It’s good to have whatever you’ve negotiated in writing so everybody can see it,” Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said following the meeting. “Everyone knows what sheet of paper we’re singing from, what’s been agreed to or not agreed to, you know, versus doing a handshake in a backroom where no one sees a lot.”
