A Make-or-Break Moment for Kevin McCarthy

“House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy will gather key Republican lawmakers on a 1 p.m. conference call to discuss major changes to the chamber’s rules. This call comes just days ahead of next Tuesday’s speaker vote on the House floor, a make-or-break moment for the California Republican,” Punchbowl News reports.

“McCarthy has been negotiating for weeks over House rules changes with a handful of conservative hardliners who oppose his ascension to speaker. Unless he’s able to win over these holdouts, McCarthy cannot capture the speakership. But if he gives away too much, McCarthy risks alienating more moderate Republicans while also undermining his own ability to run the House.”