Playbook: “It didn’t get a lot of attention yesterday, but CNN’s story about Mark Meadows advising the Freedom Caucus as part of debt ceiling talks is worth a read. The former North Carolina Republican congressman and Trump chief of staff is a longtime McCarthy foe, and is infamous on the Hill for making ex-speakers Paul Ryan and John Boehner miserable. His meddling will almost surely cause problems for GOP leadership.”
“Watch this space closely. The more Republicans peel away from McCarthy, the more the speaker will need to rely on Democratic votes to get anything passed in the lower chamber. That could potentially mean a more watered-down bill than the agreement they’re trying to finalize now.”
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