GOP House targets China, abortion, IRS funding in McCarthy's first week as speaker

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Published Jan 14, 2023
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Policy Leaning Analysis

This article includes the following sentiments, providing an average bias score of -12% Liberal:

  • 1 positive sentiment and 1 negative sentiment for Abortion.


Politician Portrayal Analysis:

This article includes the following Politician Portrayal sentiments, providing an average sentiment of 72% Negative and bias score of -72% Liberal:

3 negative sentiments and 3 positive sentiments for Kevin McCarthy
3 negative sentiments and 2 positive sentiments for George Santos
1 negative sentiment for Mike Gallagher


Policies:

Abortion

Politicians:

Kevin McCarthy
George Santos
Mike Gallagher

Sentiments

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24% Following Republicans' historic intraparty battle for the speakership earlier this month, GOP House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's first week was an exercise in party unity."
18% "In addition to China, the new Republican majority made abortion a centerpiece of its agenda.""
10% But Santos this week vowed to stay in Congress and serve out his full two-year term, a decision McCarthy backed.nn"
10% But Santos this week vowed to stay in Congress and serve out his full two-year term, a decision McCarthy backed.nn"
0% Rather than move to expel Santos, McCarthy appeared to put his faith in a House Ethics Committee investigation of the lawmaker."
0% Rather than move to expel Santos, McCarthy appeared to put his faith in a House Ethics Committee investigation of the lawmaker."
-4% "On Wednesday, two measures related to abortion were approved on a party-line vote, as every Democrat voted against them.""
-4% "Voters have elected George Santos," McCarthy told reporters Thursday in the Capitol."
-4% "Voters have elected George Santos," McCarthy told reporters Thursday in the Capitol."
-14% "If anything is found to be wrong, he will be held accountable, exactly as anybody else in this body would be," said McCarthy."

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59% : In addition to China, the new Republican majority made abortion a centerpiece of its agenda.
48% : On Wednesday, two measures related to abortion were approved on a party-line vote, as every Democrat voted against them.

*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.

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