Ousting Speaker McCarthy, Shutting Down the Government, Impeaching Biden: All Under Consideration by GOP

Republicans are split over whether to kick Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., to the curb as their No. 1 leader, or shut the government down. But they're united in promising to ramp up an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said on "Sunday Morning Futures" a government shutdown will give "power" to the Democrats and Biden, and he vowed to bring the House military spending legislation to the floor this week after giving GOP members a chance to reach common ground on avoiding a shutdown by Sept. 30.

"We will do that this week. I gave them an opportunity this weekend to try to work through this and we will bring it to the floor, win or lose," McCarthy told Fox News.

McCarthy is also facing a threat to his leadership.

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., has suggested he may bring a motion to vacate the House speaker from his position, something Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., suggested on Sunday she may be open to supporting.

She said she and other House members have seen commitments from McCarthy go unfulfilled.

"It hasn't happened yet, and I am not going to comment on conjecture here. Either he is going to file it or he’s not. If he’s going to do it, put his money where his mouth is," Mace said about Gaetz's potential filing.

McCarthy said ousting him would be handing a victory to Democrats.

"If you did a motion to vacate, it would have to a handful of Republicans [working] with Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell, Ilhan Omar to remove the Speaker and it would be exactly what the president wants because it would shut down [the House]," he told Fox News.

On whether a government shutdown under McCarthy is on the way, Mace said she is expecting one despite McCarthy talking up "progress" being made over the weekend.

"I am expecting a shutdown," Mace said on ABC News' "This Week."

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., struck a more optimistic note. In a discussion on Fox News, the congresswoman said Republicans are remaining at the Capitol to try and hammer out a deal.

"We need to work. We need to do our jobs," she said. "And I think we're capable of doing that. The voters across America gave Republicans the House majority for a reason."

Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, said he expects a spending bill to pass, but refused to say if it will in time.

"We're going to pass a spending bill. We'll have to see when," he said.

While the potential of a shutdown looms, Republicans are confident in their Biden impeachment inquiry with multiple lawmakers promising a Hunter Biden subpoena is on the way.

"The facts are everywhere," Mace told ABC about the corruption allegations against Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. "You guys want to deny there's evidence. It's everywhere."

McCarthy promised Hunter Biden will be subpoenaed and said he wants to see bank statements belonging to him and other members of the Biden family.

Greene also promised Hunter Biden will "eventually" appear before members of Congress.

Former GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump the second time, told CNN he fully expects the impeachment inquiry to turn into an impeachment because Republican lawmakers are too afraid to be labeled a "RINO" like he was.

"The train has left the station," he said. "It may just be an inquiry right now. This will end up having to an impeachment because I don't know how Republicans can walk back and say there's nothing impeachable."

Democrats, meanwhile, blasted McCarthy over the impeachment inquiry.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called the effort a product of "Republican civil war" during an ABC News appearance.

In an MSNBC appearance, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, R-Calif., recalled resisting efforts to impeach President George W. Bush in 2007 over the Iraq War, calling it a "policy" dispute rather than a criminal act.

"Impeachment is deadly serious," she said. "For them to use this in the frivolous way that they are is a disservice to our country, our Constitution."