McCarthy's pursuit of speaker's gavel comes at a high cost
By- Avnish kushwaha
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Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is in the fight of his political life, grinding through the promises and proposals
By- Avnish kushwaha
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Every new commitment from McCarthy can be seen as a potentially strategic move, intended to quell skeptics on his right flank as he reaches for the speaker's gavel
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“We’ll get there,” McCarthy said in accepting his party's nomination to run for speaker
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To start, McCarthy has promised to restore committee assignments for far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga
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And he has vowed to oust Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and other high-profile Democrats from their committees in a form of political payback
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McCarthy has assured that under his leadership, the House will remove the metal detectors that were installed to prevent firearms in the House chamber
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“McCarthy’s problem is, he can’t get to 218 without Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar and Matt Gaetz,” Schiff said Sunday
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The challenge ahead for McCarthy is not unique, as he races to shore up support before the new Congress convenes in January
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But the problem McCarthy faces is distinctly Republican, one that almost doomed his most recent predecessors