“An unprecedented tax hike on the middle class and a national abortion ban are just a glimpse of the secret, backroom deals Speaker McCarthy made with extreme MAGA members to end this month’s chaotic elections and claim the gavel.”
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy conducts a news conference in the U.S. Capitols Statuary Hall on January 12, 2023.A deal struck by far right members of the GOP House caucus and Rep. Kevin McCarthy to provide him enough votes to become Speaker of the House remains largely hidden, its aspects still unknown to the general public, nearly two weeks after he was appointed to the role.
The way in which the American people have not been informed of the terms of the deal is problematic, the White House has said, adding that McCarthy and his Republican allies ought to release those details in the interest of transparency, especially with voters.earlier this month — the first time multiple ballots were required to elect someone to that role in 100 years.
Some aspects of the deal McCarthy made with those Republicans have likely come to light — a promise to hold a floor vote on a contentious tax proposal called the Fair Tax Act
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