After holding the House floor hostage for just under a week, some of the holdouts said they had come to an understanding with McCarthy to renegotiate the power-sharing agreement he entered into with them during the speaker battle in January and on spending levels that will allow them to stop blocking legislation on the floor.Rep.
Standing outside McCarthy’s office with Rep. Tim Burchett , Eli Crane , and Matt Rosendale , Gaetz said McCarthy is their preferred person to lead the Republican Conference as speaker, but he has to stay true to his word, and that is why they plan to renegotiate the agreement “so that what happened on the debt ceiling vote” will never happen again.
“I don't know that there’s anything in writing here. The only thing we agreed to is that we'll sit down and talk more in the process,” McCarthy said. McCarthy said he wouldn’t put an omnibus package on the floor and said he’s had that stance since before he was speaker.