Sorry that I haven't heard the news yet, but I've looked on here and other sites and have yet to hear of the final vote totals. What deal did Gaetz extract from McCarthy that the "group of 20" let a few of their members cross over and cast the deciding vote for McCarthy?
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It wasn’t nearly enough. They had all the power in the world, and they caved.
Yes they had leverage, but there is such a thing as overplaying one's hand. I think they got MOST of what they wanted and realized at some point that it was ALL they were going to get. Principles are good, but at some point, reality has to kick in.
Precisely. I do think that the MAGA group stopped stalling at the exact moment that they got everything they realistically can get out of McCarthy. Trying to get even more crosses the line to being too greedy and needlessly risk our gains.
Since the Senate must concur on legislation the Congress is hamstrung on that path. Infers more to come. IMO, Senators have more to fear regarding investigations.
You can't start investigating and letting Jim Jordan free to hammer down without Congress working. The faster Jordan and his gang get to work the faster we get answers in the public realm. Once the answers come out by them all the info can be used. So they couldn't get one without settling for the other. 5D chess move.