Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Congressman Matt Gaetz were at odds once again on Thursday as a closed-door caucus meeting turned ugly.
The House of Representatives remains in disarray. Lawmakers continue to debate budget resolutions that do not yet have the votes to pass the chamber and likely won’t even make it to a vote before a 30 September deadline to fund the government passes. And a holdout contingent of Republican right-wingers is refusing to support any continuing resolution to fund the government in the meantime.
