“Hard-line conservatives have once again thrown the House of Representatives into chaos, and Speaker Kevin McCarthy is once again struggling to appease the same people who nearly denied him the job just six months ago,” the Los Angeles Times reports.
“McCarthy has tried to project calm in the face of the hardliners’ latest demands. He’s managed to weather the House’s roiling crises so far without losing his job or triggering a U.S. debt default. And after enduring the public embarrassment of his 15-ballot fight to become speaker and a recent Freedom Caucus tantrum over his debt-ceiling deal with President Biden, he seems resigned to the mayhem.”
Said McCarthy: “This just seems like another week in Congress. I’ll get through it, we’ll figure it out as we go.”
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