House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy Thursday said he won’t try to oust Speaker Nancy Pelosi through an obscure procedural motion, rejecting a proposal from the GOP’s most conservative faction.

Instead, Republicans have introduced a discharge petition to force a vote to allow small businesses to access existing coronavirus aid.

Recommended Stories

Pelosi narrowly wins speaker’s gavel after more than a dozen Democrats defect

Kevin McCarthy: Republican House gains may be enough to block Pelosi as speaker

Pelosi pans Republican attitudes as ‘unworthy of this institution’ over speakership tumult