Divisive new Speaker Kevin McCarthy passed the first test of his ability to lead the chaotic US House of Representatives as lawmakers approved a rules package determining how his Republicans will govern. | AFP
“And not just is Washington broken, but the way that this House has been running for the last few years has not been designed to address the problems of the people from across this country.”
One of the headline measures is a panel to investigate the “weaponization of government” that is expected to zero in on the Justice Department’s investigations into former president Donald Trump. And it requires the House to bring to the floor a variety of right wing priorities, with a vote later Monday on canceling more than $70 billion in extra funding agreed for the Internal Revenue Service passing along party lines.The repeal has no chance of being rubber-stamped by the Democratic-led Senate, however.
“We don’t know what got or didn’t get. We haven’t seen it,” South Carolina congresswoman Nancy Mace told CBS on Sunday.McCarthy has agreed for example to give the Freedom Caucus outsized sway over the day-to-day handling of legislation, according to US media, ceding significant leadership powers to the right flank.
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