Some Republicans Hint at Reckoning With McCarthy After Debt Ceiling Vote

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) (R) talks to Rep.-elect Chip Roy (R-Texas) (C) and Rep.-elect Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) in the House chamber during elections for Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 4, 2023. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

The tension between House Republican leaders and the House Freedom Caucus resurfaced with the passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act on June 1.

The law resulted from negotiations between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and President Joe Biden over terms for raising the nation’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling. It was approved by a wide margin in both the House and the Senate.