McCarthy dares hardliners to oust him as shutdown fight rages
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, thwarted by hardliners from passing measures to fund the government and frustrated by their shutdown demands, dared conservative dissidents to try to oust him.
“The speaker said, look if you want to make a motion to vacate the chair, bring it on,” Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, a McCarthy ally, told reporters Thursday, using a parliamentary term for…