GOP senators weigh 'special' meeting on their leadership after McConnell's freeze [View all]
Source: Politico
It takes just five Republicans to force such a sitdown, the most direct way to specifically discuss their future amid revived questions about the leader’s health.
By BURGESS EVERETT
08/31/2023 12:15 PM EDT
Updated: 08/31/2023 03:01 PM EDT
A handful of GOP senators are weighing whether to force a fraught internal debate about their leadership’s future after Mitch McConnell’s second public freeze-up in a month.
Some rank-and-file Republicans have discussed the possibility of a broader conversation once senators return to Washington next week, according to a person directly involved in the conversations who confirmed them on condition of anonymity. Party leadership is not currently involved in those discussions, and nothing has been decided yet, this person added.
It takes just five Republican senators to force a special conference meeting, which is the most direct way to have a specific discussion about the minority leader after his public pause on Wednesday revived questions about his condition. But the Senate GOP also holds private lunches two or three times a week, giving members another forum for hashing out the direction of the party’s leadership — one that could forestall the need for a special confab.
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