House majority leader Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) wants his counterpart in the Senate to change the rules to pass funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
While downplaying that changing the rules would be a “nuclear option” on Meet the Press on Sunday, McCarthy encouraged Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) to allow the bill to pass on a majority vote rather than meet the 60-vote threshold.
“That’s not ‘nuclear’ when 57 percent of the American representation says it’s wrong,” he said, referring to a Senate bill to defund the administration’s executive order, which received 57 votes on Friday. “That’s not in the Constitution — I think they should change the rules.”
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