Bloomberg News Article RatingMcCarthy Starts Out With Agenda Already Hemmed In by Dissidents
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| "Newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy sought to rally Republicans with pledges to champion federal spending cuts, strengthen border security and counter woke indoctrination, hinting at his dependence on a small group of populist conservatives over the next two years." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "We will use the power of the purse, and the power of the subpoena, to get the job done, McCarthy said in his acceptance speech early Saturday morning." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "One thing is certain: President Joe Biden will face a squeeze on funding for Democratic priorities and two years of scrutiny of his administration from congressional investigations." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "The agenda largely reflects midterm election campaign pledges McCarthy made as a GOP Commitment to America, a branding that evokes a high point for congressional Republicans -- when they swept into a commanding House majority in 1994 ruing on Newt Gingrich's Contract with America." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "The agenda largely reflects midterm election campaign pledges McCarthy made as a GOP Commitment to America, a branding that evokes a high point for congressional Republicans -- when they swept into a commanding House majority in 1994 ruing on Newt Gingrich's Contract with America." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Fresh from a leadership struggle that lasted more than four days and raised questions about his party's capacity to fulfill basic functions of governing, McCarthy now confronts a Democratic-controlled Senate and White House at the helm of a slender, fractious House majority." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy sought to rally Republicans with pledges to champion federal spending cuts, strengthen border security and counter woke indoctrination, hinting at his dependence on a small group of populist conservatives over the next two years." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "McCarthy promised a rule change to allow a single member to call for a vote to oust the speaker." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Read more: 'Crisis and Confusion': Four Days of GOP Barbs, Chaos and CigarsWith Democrats in control of the Senate and White House, most of McCarthy's agenda has little chance of becoming law in the next two years." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "McCarthy, 57, secured election only because six GOP dissidents switched from opposing him to abstaining." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "There will be a lot less legislation written in the speaker's and leadership offices, said House Rules Committee Chairman Tom Cole, an Oklahoma Republican." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "While McCarthy offered a customary nod to hopes of cooperation with political opponents, he concentrated on unifying Republican populists by taking aim at common enemies: the Internal Revenue Service, the Chinese Communist Party and America-Last energy policies." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "McCarthy also gave in to demands from GOP hard-liners to use the federal debt ceiling as a bargaining chip to force spending cuts and to cap fiscal year 2024 spending across the government at 2022 levels, which would mean significant cuts to many programs." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Some of the populists aligned with former President Donald Trump who were strengthened by the rules changes have criticized continuing military aid to Ukraine against Russia's invasion." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "Congressional Republicans' disappointing performance in the November election is at the core of McCarthy's problems." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "That puts him on notice that any five can block legislation not supported by Democrats -- or oust McCarthy if they disagree with a compromise he strikes." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "In addition, House probes into the Biden administration provide a chance to focus and amplify GOP criticism of the president, who says he intends to run for re-election." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
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48% : Newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy sought to rally Republicans with pledges to champion federal spending cuts, strengthen border security and counter "woke indoctrination," hinting at his dependence on a small group of populist conservatives over the next two years.*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.