The House is set to vote on new rules, including these concessions Kevin McCarthy made to become speaker.
, the House will convene Monday evening to consider a package of rules governing its operations for the 118th Congress and laying out the new Republican majority's priorities. is the culmination of weeks of negotiations between newly elected Speaker Kevin McCarthy and a bloc of conservative lawmakers who withheld their support for his bid for the gavel until they were able to extract a series of concessions from the Republican leader.
"We don't have any idea what promises were made or what gentleman's handshakes were made. We just have no idea at this point," she said."And it does give me quite a bit of heartburn." But in his effort to appease his conservative detractors, McCarthy eventually agreed to restore the ability of a single member from either party to force a vote to oust the speaker. The rules package calls for the House to take up a resolution establishing a"select subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal government."
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