Hostages but no demands: McCarthy says GOP rebels' concerns unclear as floor blockade forces House adjournment

House Speaker McCarthy said the House would adjourn until Monday so that he and the GOP rebels who are stalling legislation o the floor could 'work through it'

Members of the hard line-right House Freedom Caucus and their allies tanked a procedural vote on the rules for a set of Republican-backed bills on Tuesday. It was the first time in two decades that a rules vote had failed. The dissenting lawmakers have voiced anger over the debt limit deal struck between McCarthy and President Biden, claiming Republicans got "rolled" in the compromise, and they've accused GOP leadership of exacting revenge on one member who tried to block the bill from coming to the floor by scuttling his own firearms legislation. Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital. 

McCarthy told reporters on Wednesday evening that the House would adjourn until Monday and that he and the detractors would "work through it." He suggested the early exit was making up time for members having to be called back last week to vote on the debt limit bill.