US Speaker McCarthy Vows To Survive Republican Leader’s Ouster Threat For Averting Shutdown
New Delhi: US House Republican Kevin McCarthy on Sunday expressed confidence in his ability to retain his speakership despite facing a challenge from a hardline critic within his party, who called for his ouster following the passage of a stopgap government funding bill that drew more support from Democrats than Republicans, reported news agency Reuters.
Rep. Matt Gaetz informed several US media outlets that he would file a "motion to vacate," a call for a vote to remove McCarthy as speaker. This move is designed to assess McCarthy's level of backing within the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, where his party holds a slim 221-212 majority.
"I'll survive," McCarthy said on CBS. "This is personal with Gaetz."
Gaetz is one of a group of about two dozen hard...