Representative Ken Buck, a conservative from Colorado, on Thursday said that he thinks « there is nothing worse than a shutdown » at the moment for Congress.
Republican Representative Ken Buck said Thursday that he believes the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden « should go on the back burner » until the House successfully avoids a government shutdown.
Congress has only two more full days to pass a future spending bill or agree on a short-term continuing resolution (CR), with all eyes on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the lower chamber’s Republican leadership to reach accord before the shutdown deadline of 11:59 p.m. Saturday. As discussions continued Thursday, the House Oversight Committee also held its first impeachment inquiry hearing into the allegations against the president, whom GOP members have accused of benefiting from his son Hunter Biden’s business dealings with foreign entities.
However, Buck, a Colorado conservative, told CNN several hours after the hearing that he had concerns about his GOP colleagues’ « priorities, » adding, « I think that there is nothing worse than a shutdown. »
« I think this is an embarrassment, » Buck continued while speaking with CNN’s Anderson Cooper.
