McCarthy: Budget bill still in view

Sep 21, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -4% Center

  • Reliability

    35% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    26% Medium Conservative

  • 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.

Sentiments

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"McCarthy is trying to win support from right-wing Republicans by including spending cuts and conservative proposals for border security and immigration."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"It's yet another reminder that in both houses, a small group of hard-right Republicans are dead set to grind the gears of government to a halt, Schumer said."
Negative
-60% Liberal
"It's a tough job, and keeping all of these members appeased is next to impossible, said Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark.About McCarthy, he said, He's doing the best he can, but we have to give him a hand to play."
Positive
16% Conservative
"It's a tough job, and keeping all of these members appeased is next to impossible, said Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark.About McCarthy, he said, He's doing the best he can, but we have to give him a hand to play."
Positive
16% Conservative
"We're very close there, McCarthy said."
Positive
10% Conservative
"Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., briefs reporters following a closed-door Republican Conference meeting on how to agree on a path to funding the government, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023."
Positive
8% Conservative
"(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., briefs reporters following a closed-door Republican Conference meeting on how to agree on a path to funding the government, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023."
Positive
6% Conservative
"Commanding only a slim House majority, McCarthy needs almost every Republican on board to pass any conservative bills over the objections of Democrats."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"It's not September 30 -- the game is not over, McCarthy told reporters as he arrived at the Capitol."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"McCarthy set up a do-over vote for today as he tries for a third time to advance the defense bill after wiing over two of the hard-right Republicans who were holding out for a commitment from the speaker on spending cuts elsewhere."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"McCarthy has suffered a series of setbacks this week to his plan to advance Republicans' spending plans, testing his grip on power amid calls for his ouster."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"During the lengthy diertime meeting in the Capitol basement, McCarthy offered to meet the conservative holdouts partway, vowing he would fight for a lower overall spending level in the subsequent bills."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., stops for reporters' questions about passing a funding bill and avoiding a government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks to his office after a resolution to debate the defense bill failed 212-214, as five Republicans bucked the party to sink it, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Even if McCarthy is able to accomplish the seemingly impossible and unite his all-but-ungovernable House Republican majority around a conservative spending plan, the victory would be short-lived."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"One key conservative, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, stood up and warned the room that at least seven Republicans would oppose the continuing resolution, according to those familiar with the private meeting."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., leaves the chamber after a resolution to debate the defense bill failed 212-214, as five Republicans bucked the party to sink it, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"WASHINGTON -- With no clear strategy, no sure support and not much time left, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy nevertheless vowed Wednesday he would not give up trying to persuade his colleagues to pass a temporary funding bill to prevent a federal government shutdown."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Across the Capitol, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., opened the chamber trying to push ahead with its own bipartisan spending bills to kick-start the process, but even that ran into trouble from Republicans."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"The House floor is essentially at a standstill, with no business related to the looming government shutdown being conducted, as McCarthy tries to regroup."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"McCarthy is trying to win support from right-wing Republicans by including spending cuts and conservative proposals for border security and immigration."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"It's yet another reminder that in both houses, a small group of hard-right Republicans are dead set to grind the gears of government to a halt, Schumer said."
Negative
-32% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

37% : McCarthy is trying to win support from right-wing Republicans by including spending cuts and conservative proposals for border security and immigration.
20% : "It's yet another reminder that in both houses, a small group of hard-right Republicans are dead set to grind the gears of government to a halt," Schumer said.

*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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