How the Shutdown Holdouts Have Antagonized McCarthy Before

Sep 30, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -76% Extremely Liberal

  • Reliability

    20% ReliablePoor

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  • Politician Portrayal

    96% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. 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.

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"And Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia aligned herself with Mr. McCarthy during the speaker fight and was ousted from the Freedom Caucus over the summer."
Positive
30% Conservative
"And Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia aligned herself with Mr. McCarthy during the speaker fight and was ousted from the Freedom Caucus over the summer."
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30% Conservative
"About three-quarters of the 21 Republicans who voted against Mr. McCarthy's temporary spending bill were supported by the campaign arm of the House Freedom Caucus during the 2022 midterms."
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2% Conservative
"Notably, Representatives Wesley Hunt of Texas and Ken Buck of Colorado came back to Washington at Mr. McCarthy's request to vote in his favor for speaker."
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2% Conservative
"Notably, Representatives Wesley Hunt of Texas and Ken Buck of Colorado came back to Washington at Mr. McCarthy's request to vote in his favor for speaker."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Notably, Representatives Wesley Hunt of Texas and Ken Buck of Colorado came back to Washington at Mr. McCarthy's request to vote in his favor for speaker."
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2% Conservative
"In January, 20 Republicans nearly derailed Mr. McCarthy's ambitions to become speaker by voting against him multiple times."
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-8% Liberal
"Most of the House Republicans who voted against Kevin McCarthy's stopgap spending bill Friday have been a thorn in his side since before he was elected speaker."
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-24% Liberal
"Mr. McCarthy's five-day, 15-vote floor fight for speaker foreshadowed how hard it would be for him to corral Republican lawmakers to unify behind basic tasks like passing funding bills or raising the federal debt limit."
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-32% Liberal
"They did so to punish Mr. McCarthy for making a deal with Mr. Biden to suspend the debt limit."
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2% Conservative
"They did so to punish Mr. McCarthy for making a deal with Mr. Biden to suspend the debt limit."
Positive
2% Conservative
"In another blow to Mr. McCarthy, the bipartisan measure passed with more Democrats than Republicans."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"(Ms. Greene and Representative Troy Nehls of Texas voted in favor of raising the debt ceiling, while Representative Lauren Boebert of Colorado did not vote.)"
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-38% Liberal
"(Ms. Greene and Representative Troy Nehls of Texas voted in favor of raising the debt ceiling, while Representative Lauren Boebert of Colorado did not vote.)"
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-38% Liberal
"(Ms. Greene and Representative Troy Nehls of Texas voted in favor of raising the debt ceiling, while Representative Lauren Boebert of Colorado did not vote.)"
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-38% Liberal
"With far-right members of his caucus in revolt over suspending the debt ceiling, Mr. McCarthy was forced to negotiate a deal with President Biden, further enraging the already volatile faction."
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4% Conservative
"With far-right members of his caucus in revolt over suspending the debt ceiling, Mr. McCarthy was forced to negotiate a deal with President Biden, further enraging the already volatile faction."
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4% Conservative

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