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How McCarthy survived House chaos and won over Matt Gaetz to clinch the speaker’s gavel
CNN — Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz strode into House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy’s office on Monday night with a list of demands. Among them: The chairmanship of a key House Armed Services subcommittee. McCarthy rejected the offer. That decision set in motion a chain of events that left Gaetz and McCarthy locked in open confrontation on the House floor late Friday night. Gaetz, McCarthy’s staunchest opponent, dramatically denied McCarthy the final vote he needed to become speaker – then Gaetz and the last holdouts abruptly changed course allowing McCarthy to win the speaker’s gavel on his 15th attempt. See the moment Rep. Kevin McCarthy was elected House speaker Before the…
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Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell on collision course
CNN — House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy took to Fox News primetime final week and dinged his counterpart across the Capitol: Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell. Republicans are “wrong” if they want to slice a calendar year-stop investing deal with Democrats, McCarthy explained to Fox News host Laura Ingraham, declaring they should really as an alternative punt the difficulty right up until 2023 when Republicans choose control of the Property. “Does that incorporate McConnell?” she asked. “Yes,” McCarthy stated. “Why would you want to function on nearly anything if we have the gavel inside of Congress?” McCarthy’s comment blindsided McConnell, according to numerous senators. Although the Property GOP leader had…
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