Masthead Maine Article RatingRep. Matt Gaetz says he will seek to oust McCarthy as speaker this week. 'Bring it on,' McCarthy says
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| "On Friday, he brought a short-term plan to fund the government that would enact steep spending cuts of nearly 30" | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "When asked how many Republicans he had on board, Gaetz said he had enough to ensure that if McCarthy retains the speakership he would be serving at the pleasure of the Democrats." | Positive | 40% Conservative |
| "When asked how many Republicans he had on board, Gaetz said he had enough to ensure that if McCarthy retains the speakership he would be serving at the pleasure of the Democrats." | Positive | 40% Conservative |
| "Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla.,McCarthy's response: So be it." | Positive | 28% Conservative |
| "Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla.,McCarthy's response: So be it." | Positive | 28% Conservative |
| "McCarthy pivoted on Saturday to a bill that would draw Democratic support." | Positive | 22% Conservative |
| "Bring it on, McCarthy responded." | Positive | 16% Conservative |
| "But she also left open the opportunity for negotiations, saying that if there is Democratic support for McCarthy, it would come at a price." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "Yes, I'll survive, McCarthy said." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "McCarthy has the support of a large majority of House Republicans, but because the GOP holds such a slim 221-212 majority, he may need votes from some Democrats to keep his job." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.Gaetz's tactics have generated considerable scorn from many House Republicans." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.Gaetz's tactics have generated considerable scorn from many House Republicans." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Gaetz appeared on CNN's State of the Union and ABC's This Week, while McCarthy was on CBS' Face the Nation." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Gaetz appeared on CNN's State of the Union and ABC's This Week, while McCarthy was on CBS' Face the Nation." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Ocasio-Cortez was on CNN and Lawler was on ABC." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "As a result, Gaetz said he would be filing a motion to vacate the chair, as House rules permit." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "The only way Kevin McCarthy is speaker of the House at the end of this coming week is if Democrats bail him out, Gaetz said." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "The only way Kevin McCarthy is speaker of the House at the end of this coming week is if Democrats bail him out, Gaetz said." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "That's not what we were elected here to do, Ocasio-Cortez said." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Procedural votes could be offered to halt the motion or it could trigger a House floor vote on whether McCarthy, R-Calif., should remain speaker." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "AdvertisementMcCarthy has consistently worked to placate the conservative wing of his conference during his nearly nine months on the job." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "McCarthy also has pushed spending levels for next year that are far below the caps he agreed to with Biden on a deal to extend the nation's debt ceiling so that the government could pay its bills." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "McCarthy also has pushed spending levels for next year that are far below the caps he agreed to with Biden on a deal to extend the nation's debt ceiling so that the government could pay its bills." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "I think we need to rip off the Band-Aid, said Gaetz, R-Fla." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "In January, as he ran for speaker, McCarthy agreed to give as few as five Republican members the ability to initiate a vote to remove him." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "I don't have a vote on that matter, Biden said at the White House on Sunday." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Related Headlines A shutdown is almost certain as McCarthy's last-ditch plan collapsesInvalid username/password." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "The last use of the motion was in 2015, when then-Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina, a Republican who later became President Donald Trump's White House chief of staff, introduced a resolution to declare the speaker's office vacant." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "The last use of the motion was in 2015, when then-Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina, a Republican who later became President Donald Trump's White House chief of staff, introduced a resolution to declare the speaker's office vacant." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Biden declined to weigh in when asked if Democrats should help McCarthy keep his job." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Biden declined to weigh in when asked if Democrats should help McCarthy keep his job." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Last month, he launched an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden without a House vote, though the speaker had in the past said the failure to have such a vote created a process devoid of legitimacy." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., spoke of Gaetz's diatribe of delusional thinking and said Gaetz was acting for personal, political reasons." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., spoke of Gaetz's diatribe of delusional thinking and said Gaetz was acting for personal, political reasons." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "Rep. Matt Gaetz said Sunday he will try to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a fellow Republican, from his leadership position this week after McCarthy relied on Democratic support to pass legislation that avoided a government shutdown." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "Rep. Matt Gaetz said Sunday he will try to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a fellow Republican, from his leadership position this week after McCarthy relied on Democratic support to pass legislation that avoided a government shutdown." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "Rep. Matt Gaetz said Sunday he will try to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a fellow Republican, from his leadership position this week after McCarthy relied on Democratic support to pass legislation that avoided a government shutdown." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "AdvertisementDemocratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York said she would vote to oust McCarthy as speaker if such a vote occurs, calling him a weak speaker who had lost control of his caucus." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "AdvertisementDemocratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York said she would vote to oust McCarthy as speaker if such a vote occurs, calling him a weak speaker who had lost control of his caucus." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Still, McCarthy is unpopular with some within his party." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "McCarthy made a similar accusation, saying that Gaetz was more interested in securing TV interviews than doing something." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| "McCarthy made a similar accusation, saying that Gaetz was more interested in securing TV interviews than doing something." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| "Gaetz had threatened to file his ouster motion if McCarthy worked with Democrats and he said the spending package blew past spending guardrails that McCarthy had agreed to previously." | Negative | -48% Liberal |
| "Gaetz had threatened to file his ouster motion if McCarthy worked with Democrats and he said the spending package blew past spending guardrails that McCarthy had agreed to previously." | Negative | -48% Liberal |
| "Gaetz had threatened to file his ouster motion if McCarthy worked with Democrats and he said the spending package blew past spending guardrails that McCarthy had agreed to previously." | Negative | -48% Liberal |
| "McCarthy expressed optimism Sunday that Gaetz would fail and said that Gaetz has been after him since he ran for speaker." | Negative | -48% Liberal |
| "McCarthy expressed optimism Sunday that Gaetz would fail and said that Gaetz has been after him since he ran for speaker." | Negative | -48% Liberal |
| "McCarthy expressed optimism Sunday that Gaetz would fail and said that Gaetz has been after him since he ran for speaker." | Negative | -48% Liberal |
| "Gaetz, a longtime McCarthy nemesis, said in broadcast interviews that McCarthy was in brazen, material breach of agreements he made with House Republicans in January when he ran for speaker." | Negative | -68% Liberal |
| "Gaetz, a longtime McCarthy nemesis, said in broadcast interviews that McCarthy was in brazen, material breach of agreements he made with House Republicans in January when he ran for speaker." | Negative | -68% Liberal |
| "Gaetz, a longtime McCarthy nemesis, said in broadcast interviews that McCarthy was in brazen, material breach of agreements he made with House Republicans in January when he ran for speaker." | Negative | -68% Liberal |
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48% : On Friday, he brought a short-term plan to fund the government that would enact steep spending cuts of nearly 30% for many agencies and strict border security provisions.*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.