Vote to remove McCarthy over gov't funding would be 'destructive,' moderate rep says

New York Rep. Mike Lawler on Sunday said the temporary funding bill passed by Congress this weekend to avert a shutdown was the "only responsible thing to do" while the House's Republican majority keeps working on longer-term bills to keep the federal government open.

Appearing on ABC's "This Week," Lawler, a more moderate member of the GOP conference, also blasted "mealy mouthed" and "duplicitous" colleague Matt Gaetz's pledge to try and oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy this week for backing the stopgap legislation, which funds the government through mid-November.

Gaetz said in his own "This Week" appearance that he would be "relentless" in seeking McCarthy's removal for backing that bill.

Lawler told "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl that such a move would be "destructive for the country."

“He's going to delay the ability to complete that work [on spending bills] over the next 45 days,” Lawler said of Gaetz. “And just like he and some of my colleagues did during the past three weeks, they delayed the process by voting down the rules, violating our conference rules.”

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