Republican Kevin McCarthy is offering a package of concessions that he hopes will move at least some of the GOP holdouts in his direction.
Republican Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) is under considerable pressure to show progress toward achieving a majority vote as the fight over his potential speakership enters Day 4. McCarthy is trying to sell a package of concessions that he hopes will move at least some of the GOP holdouts in his direction as the House takes a 12th try at electing a speaker.
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Republican Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) may be inching closer to securing the votes to become speaker after three days of House Republican infighting — but at what cost?
Writing in The Early 202, The Post’s Theodoric Meyer and Leigh Ann Caldwell say that Democrats and some Republicans are increasingly concerned that McCarthy is making concessions that will make it all but impossible for him to lead the House. Per our colleagues:
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As the fight over his potential speakership enters Day 4, Republican Kevin McCarthy (Calif.
