House Speaker Kevin McCarthy launched an impeachment inquiry this week to show those on the far right of his conference he was listening. He also calculated it could help fund the government and avoid a shutdown at the end of the month.
It doesn’t look like that’s working.
Hours after his Tuesday announcement, members of the House Freedom Caucus insisted that the impeachment inquiry isn’t changing their calculations on spending.
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