Axios Article RatingWhat we know about Kevin McCarthy's concessions to become speaker
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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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| "The rules package also includes votes on bills relating to key sticking points for conservative lawmakers, including on border security and abortion, among other areas." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "McCarthy clinched the speakership in the early hours of Saturday morning on the 15th vote." | Positive | 16% Conservative |
| "Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) talks to reporters after being elected on Jan. 7." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "The big picture: McCarthy for weeks has been making concessions to win over his most hard-lined conservative colleagues." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "State of play: McCarthy agreed to lower the number of members needed to call for a motion to vacate the speaker's chair down to one." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "McCarthy previously proposed that five members could call for a motion to vacate." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "That's going to undermine the health, the safety and the wellbeing of the American people, Jeffries said on NBC's Meet the Press." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Here are some of the key concessions McCarthy made that finally got him a deal for the speaker's gavel." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Rep. Comer not convinced there won't be motion to oust McCarthy as speaker" | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy struck a deal last week that, after days of a stalemate in his bid to be speaker, swayed even his staunchest critics." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "The other side: Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) criticized the concessions on Sunday and feared that the American people will be held captive over the next two years to the extreme MAGA Republican agenda." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
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49% : The rules package also includes votes on bills relating to key sticking points for conservative lawmakers, including on border security and abortion, among other areas.*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.