McCarthy’s Speakership in Jeopardy Over Democratic Demands, GOP Revolt
- GOP dissidents seek to unseat McCarthy after shutdown fight
- Democratic conditions for help unacceptable, GOP official says
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s job was on a knife’s edge Tuesday as Democratic leaders said they wouldn’t help him stave off a Republican revolt.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York said Tuesday shortly before a key test vote on the ouster effort that Democratic party leaders wouldn’t vote to keep McCarthy as House Speaker.