Launch of Impeachment Inquiry Fails To Solve a Single Problem for McCarthy

Congressman Matt Gaetz says on the House floor it is likely he will make a motion to end McCarthy’s speakership.

AP/J. Scott Applewhite
Speaker McCarthy at the Capitol, September 12, 2023. He says he's directing a House committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden. AP/J. Scott Applewhite

Speaker McCarthy’s unilateral launch of an impeachment inquiry into President Biden on Tuesday — a move long sought by the right flank of the House GOP conference — has yet to solve a single one of his political problems, as demands for steep spending cuts, including defunding the Department of Justice and ending aid to Ukraine, ramp up just days before a potential government shutdown. 

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