Kevin McCarthy Has Lost Control of the House. Can He Get It Back?

When the House of Representatives passed a deal to avert a default on the debt nearly two weeks ago, it was supposed to usher in a new era in the speakership of Kevin McCarthy.

It did—just not the triumphant one that McCarthy and his allies had expected.

For a week, a group of 11 conservative hardliners have held the House floor hostage, freezing all legislative business in protest of McCarthy passing a debt limit deal negotiated with President Joe Biden.

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