McCarthy takes speaker perch as GOP stares down new mission: governance

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Republicans successfully passed their first priority as the new majority Monday, establishing the rules that will govern how the House functions over the next two years, just days after internal conflict brought the chamber to a standstill in a once-in-a-century clash.

While the pathway to passage was significantly less dramatic than the steps taken to elect Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as speaker last week, it was not without pushback from lawmakers who feared that agreements to get to this point may have weakened their majority.

McCarthy and his allies successfully negotiated a deal late last week that put the gavel in his hands. But the cordiality between more moderate Republicans and the hard-right flank of the party was tested for the first time Monday evening, as several Republicans objected to the rules package over concerns that McCarthy conceded too much power to conservative holdouts in an effort to win the speakership.

The dragged-out fight to elect McCarthy brought a daunting realization to many Republicans in the conference: Any negotiation over policy and the future of the party is going to be equally as contentious.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/09/kevin-mccarthy-house-rules-vote/

Governance? You're killing me.

[PortTack]

1. HA!! My thoughts exactly when the title included governance! Who writes this stuff????

[LenaBaby61]

2. Most of what they want to destroy early on I read, has to have SENATE approval ....