McCarthy Confronts Next Test After Bruising House Speaker Fight

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Sentiments

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"The broader GOP agenda -- including spending cuts, strengthening border security and countering woke indoctrination in schools and businesses -- is destined to fall victim to gridlock with Democrats still in control of the Senate and Biden wielding the power of a presidential veto."
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-18% Liberal
"A group of senior GOP lawmakers is set to meet behind closed doors at 10 a.m. Monday to dole out assignments for House committees, which are key to writing bills and will set the stage for multiple investigations of President Joe Biden and his administration Republicans have vowed to conduct."
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0% Conservative
"Deal cut with dissidents previews showdown on debt, spendingNewly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy confronts an immediate test to his leadership after a bruising four-day fight with Republican rebels in which he finally won the gavel but at great political cost."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"McCarthy also committed to a set of rules for the House, which also will be voted on Monday, that lets any member call for a vote to oust him."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"We don't know what they got or didn't get, Mace said on CBS's Face the Nation program."
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-2% Liberal
"Mace said she likes the rules changes, but is wary about the deals that were made with the GOP dissidents behind closed doors."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"McCarthy promised some plum positions to the dissidents who stalled his election as speaker, including three votes on the powerful rules committee that would give them the ability to bottle up legislation and set the terms for votes."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"McCarthy is ushering in Republican control of the House with his own power diminished and his party still riven by infighting over the deal he cut to secure his position."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"And a more informal list of other items that McCarthy agreed to, including promises for a vote on lawmaker term limits and cutting down on bill amendments, is also causing tension."
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-16% Liberal
"The broader GOP agenda -- including spending cuts, strengthening border security and countering woke indoctrination in schools and businesses -- is destined to fall victim to gridlock with Democrats still in control of the Senate and Biden wielding the power of a presidential veto."
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-12% Liberal
"The Biden administration and Democrats said Republicans must raise the debt limit without strings attached."
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-20% Liberal
"Representative Dan Crenshaw, a Texas Republican and McCarthy ally, acknowledged last week's drama was damaging."
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-20% Liberal
"Representative Dan Crenshaw, a Texas Republican and McCarthy ally, acknowledged last week's drama was damaging."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"McCarthy gave in to demands from GOP hard-liners to cap fiscal year 2024 spending across the government at 2022 levels, which would mean significant cuts of $130 billion to many programs -- potentially including defense."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"With Republicans holding only a slim 222-212 advantage, it would take only a few GOP defectors to join with Democrats to remove McCarthy from the speaker's chair."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"More chaos would open Republicans up to new Democratic attacks and further weaken McCarthy."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"There was no reason for us to keep voting, keep voting, keep allowing these speeches that just degraded and diminished and insulted Kevin McCarthy, he said on CNN."
Negative
-38% Liberal
"At least two Republicans from swing districts -- Tony Gonzales of Texas and Nancy Mace of South Carolina -- said Sunday they may not support it."
Negative
-48% Liberal
"At least two Republicans from swing districts -- Tony Gonzales of Texas and Nancy Mace of South Carolina -- said Sunday they may not support it."
Negative
-48% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% :The broader GOP agenda -- including spending cuts, strengthening border security and countering "woke indoctrination" in schools and businesses -- is destined to fall victim to gridlock with Democrats still in control of the Senate and Biden wielding the power of a presidential veto.

*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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