About this episode
For the first time in U.S. history, the Speaker of the House of Representatives has been fired from the job mid-term. This episode is a play by play of the drama that lead up to this historic event, including the passing of a temporary government funding law which triggered agents of chaos to give Kevin McCarthy the boot. Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Contribute monthly or a lump sum via PayPal Support Congressional Dish via Patreon (donations per episode) Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.com Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or Donation@congressionaldish.com Use your bank's online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North, Number 4576, Crestview, FL 32536. Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! View the show notes on our website at https://congressionaldish.com/cd282-chaos-fires-mccarthy Background Sources Recommended Congressional Dish Episodes CD275: Debt Ceiling 2023: Crisis Normalized CD261: Inflation Reduction Act CD256: Poisonous Pet Collars Government Shutdowns "Shutdown of the Federal Government: Causes, Processes, and Effects" [RL34680]. Clinton T. Brass et al. Updated December 10, 2018. Congressional Research Service. "The last government shutdown was the longest in more than 40 years. Here are all the recent shutdowns in one chart." Christopher Hickey. September 29, 2023. CNN. Credit Rating Downgrade "The U.S. is weaker now than when we downgraded in 2011, former S&P ratings chairman says." Elliot Smith. September 27, 2023. CNBC. "U.S. debt downgrade sinks global markets — but economists are not concerned." Elliot Smith. August 2, 2023. CNBC. Funding Process "Appropriations Status Table: FY2024." Congressional Research Service. September 28 Proposed Continuing Resolution September 17 Proposed Continuing Resolution "STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY: H.R. 4365 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024." September 11, 2023. Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget. Regular Order by Jamie Dupree The Continuing Resolution Continuing Resolution - September 30, 2023. [Jen's Highlighted Version.] "The Compact of Free Association." Wikipedia contributors. Retrieved October 8, 2023. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. The Ousting of Kevin McCarthy "Who voted to oust McCarthy as speaker? See the final tally of the House roll call." S. Dev. October 4, 2023. CBS News. "Why House Democrats Refused to Save McCarthy." Mini Racker. October 3, 2023. TIME. Audio Sources House Debates Motion to Vacate the Speaker's Chair October 3, 2023 House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Continuing Resolution to Avoid Government Shutdown September 30, 2023 C-SPAN Clips Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA): We will put a clean funding stop gap on the floor to keep government open for 45 days for the House and Senate to get their work done. We will also, knowing what had transpired through the summer -- the disasters in Florida, the horrendous fire in Hawaii and also disasters in California and Vermont -- we will put the supplemental portion that the President asked for in disaster thereto keeping the government open while we continue to do our work. House Session September 30, 2023 Watch on C-SPAN Clips Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX): Today, the most important priority is keeping government open. Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY): To shut the government down would be disastrous for the American people, our military, and our economy. The time has come for everyone to put the American people above all interests and continue to do our work as responsible, reasonable, and serious legislators. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA): I cannot justify shutting down our entire government over obscure policy decisions. Senate Session September 30, 2023 Watch on C-SPAN Clips Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY): The alternative to our action today -- an entirely avoidable government shutdown -- would not just pause our progress on these important priorities, it would actually set them back. House Session September 29, 2023 Watch on C-SPAN Clips Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA): This bill, that was just dropped on us a few hours ago, really is a piece of garbage, and that is putting it nicely. Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN): We need to make some serious cuts to our bloated government in areas where we don't need it. We have way too many bureaucrats. Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN): As I have stated many times with these continuing resolutions, they tell us to pass a continuing resolution so we don't have to pass another continuing resolution. Well, that line of thinking is like telling a crackhead that I am going to give you more crack to get you off of crack. The truth is we are just addicted to money, and now we are addicted to our great grandchildren's money. Senate Session September 28, 2023 Watch on C-SPAN Clips Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS): I oppose a shutdown of government, in part because a shutdown would make the crisis that we face at our border even worse. House Session September 27, 2023 Watch on C-SPAN Clips Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO): We don't want continuing resolutions or omnibus bills. We want to go through the funding of the Federal Government bill by bill, sit down, and work with our colleagues on the other side of the aisle. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL): Enough is enough. I am putting my countrymen first. I don't think we should send another nickel to Ukraine. Senate Session September 27, 2023 Watch on C-SPAN Clips Sen. James Lankford (R-OK): We have got to deal with the issue of government shutdowns. They hurt us more than help us. House Session September 26, 2023 Watch on C-SPAN Clips Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX): It will be up to Democrats to make a choice. Will they shut down this open border or will they shut down the government of the United States. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on CNN September 21, 2023 Clips Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA): This is a whole new concept of individuals that just want to burn the whole place down, but it doesn't work. House Session September 21, 2023 Clips Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA): Madam Speaker, this majority is a failure. The clowns are running the circus. The day Speaker MCCARTHY handed his gavel over to the clown show, this was the inevitable outcome. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA): The Republican majority in this House is a joke. They wasted weeks talking about gas stoves, weeks arguing about book bans, weeks telling kids what soccer team they can play on, and now we are on the eve of a shutdown and they are doing nothing to stop it. Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK): Shutting down the government is bad for the American people. It is an abdication of our responsibility. It is something we should not do House Session September 20, 2023 Watch on C-SPAN Clips Rep. Tracey Mann (R-KS): Let's secure the border. Let's decrease our country's dependence on Communist China. Let's commit to reigning in government spending. "'Clown show.' Rep. Lawler calls out GOP colleagues over potential shutdown" September 19, 2023 News 12 Westchester Clips Rep. Michael Lawler (R-NY): This is stupidity, the idea we are going to shut the government down when we don't control the Senate, we don't control the White House. Rep. Michael Lawler (R-NY): If the clown show of colleagues that refuse to actually govern does not want to pass a CR, I will do everything we need to do to make sure a CR passes. The bottom line here is this: we're not shutting the government down. House Session September 19, 2023 Clips Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK): It is simply an inappropriate tool in the toolbox, in my opinion. I have seen both sides use it. My side, sadly, has used it more. I hope we don't do it this time. Rep. Ralph Norman discusses the looming government shutdown September 19, 2023 PBS NewsHour Clips Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC): A shutdown is not the best thing in the world, but continued path toward bankruptcy is not an option either, for me. House Session September 18, 2023 Clips Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL): Mr. Speaker, I'm not voting for a Continuing Resolution. I'm not voting to continue the failure, and the waste, and the corruption, and the election interference. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL): It is only a review of single-subject spending bills that will save this country and allow us to tweeze through these programs and force these agencies to stand up and defend their budget. House Session September 13, 2023 Clips Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA): We should make border security a condition of any continuing resolution when the fiscal year ends on September 30. House Session September 12, 2023 Watch on C-SPAN Clips Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL): No continuing resolutions; individual spending bills or bust. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL): Individual, single-subject spending bills that would allow us to have specific review, programmatic analysis, and that would allow us to zero out the salaries of the bureaucrats who have broken bad, targeted President Trump, or cut sweetheart deals for Hunter Biden. Rep. George Santos (R-NY): A shutdown would only hurt the very people who are putting their lives at risk for all of us. Ronald Regan quote - "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help." YouTube Executive Producer Recommended Episodes CD281: Private Policing of the Organ Transplant Network CD218: Minerals are the New Oil CD201: WTF is the Federal Reserve? 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