Any Democratic participation in a plan to stop a shutdown — let alone save the speaker's gavel — would have huge conditions attached.
The long-shot idea that Democrats could bail out the beleaguered Speaker Kevin McCarthy is suddenly getting real.
The Problem Solvers began showing their framework to members on Wednesday, with plans to formally vote on endorsing it by the evening, according to two people familiar with the plans who were granted anonymity to discuss them. Another group, which included top aides for both the New Democrat Coalition and Republican Governance Group, met earlier Wednesday to discuss their own stopgap funding plan, according to three other aides familiar with the situation.
Even if the speaker can resuscitate that proposal, Republicans have long known it wouldn’t pass the Senate. Eventually, they’d need to work with Democrats. “You’ll be part of the solution and I’ve been supportive of your efforts in the past,” Jeffries told the group, according to two people familiar with his remarks.One day earlier, the Problem Solvers’ two leaders — Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick and Josh Gottheimer — were seen entering the office of the House parliamentarian alongside Bacon, a stalwart McCarthy ally.
McCarthy said that his “rule of thumb” while in power has three components: Don’t oppose a rule to debate your party’s bill; support “whoever comes out of the conference for speaker” and do not sign onto a discharge petition.
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