McCarthy needs the Democrats now

The federal government runs out of money in eight days. The first step to completing the annual spending bills is to pass a short term extension, a so-called continuing resolution or CR, to keep the government open while things get sorted out.

The CR is usually the easy step in the process.

But all week McCarthy has tried and failed to pass a CR. He also tried to pass the defense appropriations bill — surely his far-right rebels wouldn’t vote against the Pentagon, right? They did. Twice.

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[A] bipartisan group started to push another idea: Republicans should band together with Democrats to pass the CR. One way to do this is with a so-called discharge petition that forces a vote.

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GOP holdouts have repeatedly threatened McCarthy with a vote to remove him as Speaker. And this week Democrats started to think seriously about how they would vote if that comes to pass.

They could all just vote against McCarthy and help the rebels trigger a new speaker election. Nobody really knows which Republican would emerge from that process.

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But Democrats could also lend their votes and save McCarthy from that fate.

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I hope they'd ask a steep price.

But, they've all been told they can go home now and be ready to be called back.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.