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January 6, 2023
How McCarthy’s Concessions to Far-Right Detractors Could Transform the House
Time - The concessions include changing the House rules to empower every lawmaker to call for a vote to oust the Speaker at any time; giving the House Freedom Caucus, of which most of the holdouts are members, four seats on the powerful House Rules Committee; and appointing some of the chamber’s most conservative lawmakers as chairs to a handful of subcommittees. The Washington Post also reported that McCarthy agreed to allow floor votes on a border security bill and a measure that would institute term limits on House members.
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Meanwhile the pwogwessive wing of the Democratic caucus can't bring themselves to force a vote on "Medicare for All"
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