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What we know about Kevin McCarthy's concessions to become speaker

Some of the key concessions McCarthy made that finally got him a deal for the speaker's gavel.

Axios

After chaotic week, McCarthy faces new battle as House votes on rules package

Some Republicans indicate they may withhold support unless details of concessions made to hard-right lawmakers are unveiled

The Guardian - US

MTG: QAnon beliefs "far in the past"

"I had easily gotten sucked into some things I had seen on the internet," Greene said in a Fox interview on Sunday

Salon

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‘Let’s fight now’ over debt ceiling, House GOP lawmaker says

WASHINGTON — A conservative Republican at the center of the tortured effort to elect House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he’d welcome a hard-fought battle over the U.S. debt ceiling, but said both parties should start negotiating terms for the increase now so it doesn’t go down to the wire.

Tribune News Service

‘Let’s fight now’ over debt ceiling, House GOP lawmaker says

Tribune News Service

Some Republicans expect rocky road for McCarthy as House speaker

"The speaker vote is the easiest vote we'll take in Congress and it was pretty chaotic," Rep. Tony Gonzales said.

Axios

Rep. Comer "not convinced" there won't be a motion to oust McCarthy as speaker

Concessions McCarthy made to become speaker allow one lawmaker to force a vote to remove the speaker.

Axios

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Mayorkas unfazed by McCarthy impeachment threat: "I've got a lot of work to do"

He said he has no intention of resigning and is prepared for any potential investigations.

Axios

Boebert's backers urge her to 'tone down the nasty rhetoric'

Voters who support Lauren Boebert are hoping the firebrand Republican congresswoman from Colorado tones down her brash style

The Independent UK

Michael Moore's new message of hope

Filmmaker and activist predicted "red wave" would be a dud. His new podcast urges embattled liberals not to despair

Salon

McCarthy's struggles point to troubles ahead for his office, his party and Congress

The memory of the speakership fights leading up to the Civil War remind us that the consequences of dysfunction in the national government affect us all.

WEKU

America’s ‘Taliban 20’ Republicans have the same roots as our Brexit spartans

The deranged politics driving the US Freedom Caucus and Tory anti-Europeans can only lead to one outcome: a death spiral for both

The Guardian - UK

PHOTOS: The drama-filled process to elect Kevin McCarthy as House speaker

Friday was the fourth day of voting for House speaker. Photographers captured tense moments in the House chamber as lawmakers negotiated.

WEKU

McCarthy starts out with agenda already hemmed in by dissidents

WASHINGTON — Newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy sought to rally Republicans with pledges to champion federal spending cuts, strengthen border security and counter “woke indoctrination,” hinting at his dependence on a small group of populist conservatives over the next two years.

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McCarthy becomes US House speaker, but with diminished power

The 57-year-old Republican’s elevation comes after making concessions to an ultraconservative bloc of the party.

Tribune News Service

‘Crisis and confusion’: 4 days of GOP barbs, chaos and cigars

WASHINGTON — It was a near-fist fight on the House floor. It was four days of name-calling, late-night huddles, rush deliveries of pizzas and burritos. It was cigar smoke wafting through the hallways, diaper changes and a dog on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.

The Independent UK

Calls for C-SPAN to control cameras in House after sensational scenes caught on camera during Speaker debacle

Public access network has given new visibility to messy work of Congress

Los Angeles Times

Kevin McCarthy wins his dream job, but at a humiliating and stifling cost

He raised the money. He logged the campaign miles. He walked the halls in a crisp suit with a salesman’s gleam. But this week Kevin McCarthy ran headlong into the most perilous challenge of his career when rebellious Republicans unleashed a crushing battle that nearly denied him the speakership of…

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The Guardian - UK

Two years on from the Capitol riot: the toxic legacy of Trump’s big lie

Damned by the findings of the January 6 committee and sidelined by his ‘loyal’ mob, the former president now faces political irrelevance. But the lasting damage he has done is evident in a Congress that struggled to elect a speaker

The Independent UK

Matt Gaetz says he ran out of things to ask for as McCarthy kept caving to all his demands

‘Never Kevin’ holdouts were given a series of concessions before McCarthy could become Speaker

The Independent UK

Speaker McCarthy: A weakened leader or emboldened survivor?

Republican Kevin McCarthy is the new House speaker, but it took day and days, and 15 roll call votes, ending early Saturday

WEKU

Historic House speaker showdown highlighted matters of race and representation

Questions about race and representation permeated the debate over who can best reflect the will of the American electorate on the Hill.

Axios

Here's what Kevin McCarthy said after winning House speakership

The GOP leader secured the gavel Saturday morning after suffering 14 losses in a historic speakership vote.

The Independent UK

Shock scenes as Republican held back in confrontation with Matt Gaetz during Speaker vote

Chaos reigned during the final House speaker vote on Friday night, as Rep Mike Rogers had to be physically restrained after apparently lunging towards holdout Matt Gaetz

Salon

McCarthy claimed a hard-won victory

After a near brawl broke out on the House floor Friday night, McCarthy finally got his votes

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