Speaker Kevin McCarthy is suggesting that an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden is becoming more likelyPHOENIX -- Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggested Sunday that an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden was becoming more likely, calling it “a natural step forward” as Congress soon ends its summer break and House Republicans seek to expand their investigative powers. McCarthy, R-Calif., has so far avoided committing to an impeachment vote or offering a timeline for possible action. “If you look at all the information we have been able to gather so far, it is a natural step forward that you would have to go to an impeachment inquiry,” McCarthy told Fox News Channel's “Sunday Morning Futures.”An impeachment inquiry, he said, “provides Congress the apex of legal power to get all the information they need." All sides had agreed to budget levels during the recent debt ceiling negotiations when Biden and McCarthy struck a deal that established topline spending levels. A stopgap spending bill would improve McCarthy's negotiating position with the White House and Senate Democrats, the speaker said.

Source: ABC News August 27, 2023 23:00 UTC