Salon Article RatingDesperate Kevin McCarthy caves to more MAGA concessions -- including making it easier to fire him
Jan 05, 2023 View Original Article
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| "He also agreed to place more House Freedom Caucus members on the House Rules Committee and vowed to hold votes on controversial term limit and border security bills." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "That's really off the table, longtime Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., told NBC News." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "And even if McCarthy is able to secure enough support, some critics worry that he has already given away a lot of power." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "But other prominent McCarthy supporters poured cold water on the idea." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "It's a non-starter, Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., told NBC News." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "We've had more discussions in the last two days as a body sitting there, than we've done in frickin' four years, Roy told reporters on Wednesday." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Earlier this week, McCarthy also agreed to remove pandemic and post-Jan. 6 security protocols at the Capitol, limit the Office of Congressional Ethics and create new committees, impose rules to limit congressional spending and lower the number of lawmakers required to force a vote to oust the speaker to five." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Bacon said on Wednesday that there have also been preliminary talks between some Republicans and Democrats about supporting a consensus candidate for speaker, an idea floated by some Democrats as well." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "I'm not sure any needle's been moved, Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., one of the so-called Never Kevin voters, told NBC News." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "McCarthy agreed to lower the number of lawmakers required to force a vote to oust the speaker from five to one, according to CNN." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Some of the detractors have also demanded to be subcommittee chairs, riling some McCarthy supporters." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "But McCarthy, who received just 201 of the 218 votes needed to become speaker on Thursday, would still need to win over additional dissidents." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "With Republicans holding 222 seats in the new Congress, McCarthy can only afford to lose four votes." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "But the deal, particularly the lower threshold, could cause other problems for McCarthy among his own supporters." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "McCarthy has now lost six rounds of voting, failing to win over any of some 20 holdouts during the first two days of the House speaker drama." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Kevin McCarthy has now been so weakened, he tweeted, that he and the GOP caucus will not be able to govern effectively even if he becomes Speaker." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy's far-right opponents extracted additional concessions during negotiations on Wednesday -- but it's still likely not enough to secure the speaker job." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy's far-right opponents extracted additional concessions during negotiations on Wednesday -- but it's still likely not enough to secure the speaker job." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., also rejected the notion of a bipartisan deal." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "McCarthy is conceding so much that he won't be able to lead." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Without a deal to win over enough Republicans or Democrats, McCarthy faces more failure when the House is scheduled to reconvene at 12 pm Thursday, even if he gains the backing of the Roy-led group." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "Without a deal to win over enough Republicans or Democrats, McCarthy faces more failure when the House is scheduled to reconvene at 12 pm Thursday, even if he gains the backing of the Roy-led group." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "The Congressional Leadership Fund, a McCarthy-aligned super PAC, and the conservative Club for Growth, which has opposed McCarthy's speaker bid, also reached a deal for the Club for Growth to back McCarthy in exchange for the CLF not spending money to back candidates in open-seat Republican primaries in safe GOP districts, according to NBC News." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| "The Congressional Leadership Fund, a McCarthy-aligned super PAC, and the conservative Club for Growth, which has opposed McCarthy's speaker bid, also reached a deal for the Club for Growth to back McCarthy in exchange for the CLF not spending money to back candidates in open-seat Republican primaries in safe GOP districts, according to NBC News." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| "The Congressional Leadership Fund, a McCarthy-aligned super PAC, and the conservative Club for Growth, which has opposed McCarthy's speaker bid, also reached a deal for the Club for Growth to back McCarthy in exchange for the CLF not spending money to back candidates in open-seat Republican primaries in safe GOP districts, according to NBC News." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| "McCarthy, who has long had his eye on the speaker job, already made major concessions to MAGA Republicans, reportedly vowing to investigate former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Biden administration and the treatment of Jan. 6 Capitol rioters." | Positive | 24% Conservative |
| "McCarthy, who has long had his eye on the speaker job, already made major concessions to MAGA Republicans, reportedly vowing to investigate former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Biden administration and the treatment of Jan. 6 Capitol rioters." | Positive | 24% Conservative |
| "McCarthy, who has long had his eye on the speaker job, already made major concessions to MAGA Republicans, reportedly vowing to investigate former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Biden administration and the treatment of Jan. 6 Capitol rioters." | Positive | 24% Conservative |
| "Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, one of the Republicans leading the charge against McCarthy, told Republican leaders he could get 10 holdouts to flip if the negotiations pan out while others may be willing to vote present instead of against McCarthy, according to the report." | Negative | -58% Liberal |
| "Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, one of the Republicans leading the charge against McCarthy, told Republican leaders he could get 10 holdouts to flip if the negotiations pan out while others may be willing to vote present instead of against McCarthy, according to the report." | Negative | -58% Liberal |
| "Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, one of the Republicans leading the charge against McCarthy, told Republican leaders he could get 10 holdouts to flip if the negotiations pan out while others may be willing to vote present instead of against McCarthy, according to the report." | Negative | -58% Liberal |
| "Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., called McCarthy's concession to lower the threshold ridiculous." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., called McCarthy's concession to lower the threshold ridiculous." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
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48% : He also agreed to place more House Freedom Caucus members on the House Rules Committee and vowed to hold votes on controversial term limit and border security bills.*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.