A Gamble Gone Wrong

The House is looking for a new Speaker. “Speaker (Kevin) McCarthy brought a bipartisan agreement to keep the government open and he took a gamble with some of the hardline folks in his caucus who said if he cut a bipartisan deal, they would remove him as Speaker,” said Kam Quarles, CEO, National Potato Council. Another government shutdown deadline is coming up in just over a month. With a divided Congress, it may be difficult for anyone to find consensus. “The message to folks is if you work on a bipartisan basis, you get punished. It’s going to be really challenging to put together the votes to keep the government open.”