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applegrove

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Mon Mar 13, 2023, 06:39 AM Mar 2023

McCarthy's Bind

McCarthy’s Bind

March 13, 2023 at 6:26 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 3 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2023/03/13/kevin-mccarthys-bind/

"SNIP.......

Daily Beast: “In order to tackle some of the most essential issues Congress is facing this term—let alone produce any sort of legislative accomplishment that Republicans could run on next year—McCarthy will need to strike bipartisan deals.”

“But there are plenty of Republicans who think ‘bipartisan deals’ are exactly the sort of words that may cost Republicans the majority, while other GOP lawmakers think ideological purity at the expense of actual achievements is the recipe for disaster.”

........SNIP"

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Heavy is the head that wears the Crown bottomofthehill Mar 2023 #1

bottomofthehill

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Mon Mar 13, 2023, 10:38 AM
Mar 2023

I have a feeling that Speaker McCarthy will meet the same fate as the last 2 republican speakers. run out by a small minority on the right because their middle is afraid of the crazies.

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