Washington pundits proved wrong when House GOP unites, scores wins after chaotic speaker’s election -
Two months on, however, Republicans have defied those predictions, maintaining a general sense of unity as they work their way through an early slate of crowd-pleasing bills.
The battle over Mr. McCarthy’s ascent to the speakership was seen by many political observers as a symptom of internal tumult. But lawmakers themselves say it was a clarifying moment, underscoring how little leeway the GOP has in a chamber where they hold 222 seats, just a handful over the majority-making threshold of 218.
Mr. McCarthy had to survive 15 rounds of voting to win the speaker’s post, as he negotiated with holdouts on his right flank who argued he wasn’t committed enough to their conservative principles. And legislation that would create a general prohibition on federal employees using their positions to push social media platforms to censor speech cleared on a 219-206 straight party-line vote.
Given the divisions, with Democrats holding sway in the Senate and Mr. Biden in the White House, Ms. Binder said the House GOP was always going to be constrained in its legislative accomplishments. It was supposed to make a bigger mark with its oversight.“Lots of hearings, lots of subpoenas, but no coherent story about holding the Biden administration accountable,” she said.
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