Kevin McCarthy’s odds of becoming House Speaker “seem to be dropping every day.” (via MaddowBlog)
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan acknowledged the post-election drama among House Republicans last week, but he expressed great confidence that Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, his longtime ally, would persevere.on Thursday. “I think he’s going to be speaker.”
We don’t yet know the exact size of the next House GOP conference, but we know the party’s margin will be narrow. Every Republican lawmaker who announces his or her opposition to McCarthy pushes the Californian a little further away from the speaker’s gavel he craves. “I believe we have at least a dozen or so that are strong, courageous, that will do what needs to be done on the House floor to ensure that we get an improvement in the speaker situation,”Yesterday, conditions got a little worse for McCarthy when the quartet became a quintet. PoliticoAnother House Freedom Caucus member announced he would not vote for the GOP leader for speaker next term, with Rep.
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