McCarthy Caves to One Demand

Kim Strassel: “Sources tell me that House Republicans plan to set up a panel under the House Judiciary Committee, tentatively called the ‘Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.’ Such a panel was among the demands of some GOP holdouts to Kevin McCarthy’s bid for speaker. The Republican leader has publicly expressed his support for the subcommittee’s creation, which hinges on the rebels’ willingness to join the rest of their conference and back him in next Tuesday’s vote.”

Jackie Calmes: Kevin McCarthy would do anything to be House speaker. That’s the problem.