{"id":536668,"date":"2023-01-07T08:43:32","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T05:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/speaker-mccarthy-has-arrived-now-what\/"},"modified":"2023-01-07T08:43:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T05:43:32","slug":"speaker-mccarthy-has-arrived-now-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/speaker-mccarthy-has-arrived-now-what\/","title":{"rendered":"#Speaker McCarthy has arrived. Now what?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28d0ea509c0\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28d0ea509c0\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/speaker-mccarthy-has-arrived-now-what\/#Speaker_McCarthy_has_arrived_Now_what\" >Speaker McCarthy has arrived. Now what?\u00a0<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/speaker-mccarthy-has-arrived-now-what\/#How_much_did_the_Speaker_battle_weaken_McCarthy\" >How much did the Speaker battle weaken McCarthy?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/speaker-mccarthy-has-arrived-now-what\/#Debt_limit_debt_limit_debt_limit\" >Debt limit, debt limit, debt limit<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/speaker-mccarthy-has-arrived-now-what\/#Relationship_with_McConnell\" >Relationship with McConnell<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/speaker-mccarthy-has-arrived-now-what\/#Ukraine_funding\" >Ukraine funding<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/speaker-mccarthy-has-arrived-now-what\/#Will_Democrats_rescue_McCarthy_on_must-pass_bills\" >Will Democrats rescue McCarthy on must-pass bills?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/speaker-mccarthy-has-arrived-now-what\/#Where_does_McCarthy_take_his_relationship_with_Trump\" >Where does McCarthy take his relationship with Trump?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Speaker_McCarthy_has_arrived_Now_what\"><\/span>Speaker McCarthy has arrived. Now what?\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/mccarthykevin_0105232gn15_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The bitter battle to confirm Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as House Speaker is finally over and the groundwork has been laid for the 118th Congress.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the multiday, historically long process laid bare the divisions and potential issues McCarthy and House Republicans face as they seek to pass legislation, launch investigations and get reelected in two years.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>So what lies ahead for McCarthy, the GOP and Democrats?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here are six things to watch as Speaker McCarthy takes his seat:<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_much_did_the_Speaker_battle_weaken_McCarthy\"><\/span><strong>How much did the Speaker battle weaken McCarthy?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The House Freedom Caucus has power for the first time since Democrats won the House in 2018, and the far-right group wasted no time in asserting itself, providing a glimpse at the issues McCarthy will confront as he takes over as the weakest Speaker in recent memory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The caucus of hard-line conservatives has put McCarthy between a rock and a hard place as he attempts to manage the unruly group and deal with bipartisan legislation that is likely to come over from the Senate \u2014 which will have to be cobbled together with 60 votes and will be, by its nature, more moderate.<\/p>\n<p>What h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens if the Senate sends over a spending deal later this summer that isn\u2019t palatable to the deal McCarthy struck with House conservatives? Will he be willing to shut down the government, which Freedom Caucus members will likely be clamoring for him to do?<\/p>\n<p>How much will he be willing to fight, with a one-vote threshold for a motion to oust him hanging over his head?<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>McCarthy\u2019s goal for years was to win the gavel. No one questions that, including his allies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, the essential question to watch is: How far will McCarthy go to keep hold of the Speakership?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Whether he cost himself a long and extended tenure in the position remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Debt_limit_debt_limit_debt_limit\"><\/span><strong>Debt limit, debt limit, debt limit<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The looming effort to increase the debt ceiling will likely be the ultimate test of the coming year for the California Republican and will prove consequential in answering how long his tenure will last.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s drawn-out adventure to name a Speaker is already causing some in the GOP agita over what\u2019s to come when it\u2019s time later this year to raise the nation\u2019s borrowing limit \u2014 an issue that caused the party intense consternation in 2011, when the U.S.\u2019s credit rating was dinged for the first time in history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re looking at a preview of coming attractions,\u201d Rep. Dave Joyce (R-Ohio) told The Hill amid the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of failed votes before a deal was reached.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The Treasury Department has not yet said when exactly the U.S. will reach the debt limit, but it is\u00a0expected to be sometime after July, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives on Friday declined to reveal specifics about the deal struck with leaders in recent days, but a number of them indicated that cuts to mandatory spending programs \u2014 like <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social<\/a> Security and Medicare \u2014 will have to be part of any package, or else.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will be no clean debt ceiling increase, that\u2019s for sure,\u201d Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), chairman of the Freedom Caucus, told reporters on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), a fellow holdout until Friday, indicated that they would hold McCarthy\u2019s feet to the fire over the cuts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s safe to say that we believe there ought to be specific, concrete limits on spending attached to a debt ceiling increase,\u201d Roy said, adding that the framework \u201cserves as the template by which we\u2019re going to be holding him accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Relationship_with_McConnell\"><\/span><strong>Relationship with McConnell<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>While McCarthy deals with hard-liners day-to-day, he will also have another key relationship to manage in the coming months: one with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The two men and their leadership styles are like oil and water. McConnell, the record-breaking GOP leader, has led his conference with a much firmer hand in recent years, a stark contrast to McCarthy, whose path to success has centered on backslaps and fundraising prowess in lieu of a bedrock political philosophy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the two have clashed on a number of items in recent months, ranging from the handling of the 2022 year-end effort to fund the government to how to deal with former President Trump to Ukraine funding.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The newly minted Speaker also opposed a number of items McConnell helped marshal through the upper chamber in the 117th Congress. Headlining those were the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill \u2014 which McConnell helped herald on Wednesday alongside President Biden in Kentucky \u2014 gun violence legislation in response to the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and the $280 billion CHIPS and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a> Act to boost domestic semiconductor production.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Nevertheless, aides for both members have said the two have a good, cordial relationship. One GOP leadership aide\u00a0told The Hill in October\u00a0that the two try to meet at least once every congressional work period. The Senate GOP leader also threw his support behind McCarthy to win the top job before 2022 ended.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ukraine_funding\"><\/span><strong>Ukraine funding<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Funding to help Ukraine in its ongoing battle with Russia is also poised to be an area of contention within the fractured House GOP conference \u2014\u00a0and among Republicans in both chambers.<\/p>\n<p>The government spending bill passed by both chambers in December included $45 billion in funding to support Kyiv, buying Congress some time before it has to weigh whether to appropriate more funds for the embattled ally. But when the hour does come for that debate, the negotiations could get messy.<\/p>\n<p>While the majority of the House GOP conference has expressed support for Ukraine throughout its nearly one-year conflict, a handful of conservative Republicans have expressed opposition to assisting Kyiv as the war drags on.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>In October, McCarthy warned that House Republicans\u00a0would not write a \u201cblank check\u201d\u00a0to Ukraine should they take control of the chamber, and months before that, in May, 57 Republicans voted against a multibillion-dollar aid package for Ukraine in May.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The divisions were also on full display last month when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky\u00a0delivered an address\u00a0to a joint meeting of Congress, which was well-received by some Republicans and disregarded by others.<\/p>\n<p>Those differences could stymie sending aid to Ukraine in the future. Some Republicans have said the U.S.-Mexico border should be prioritized more than supporting Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>The small \u2014\u00a0but outspoken \u2014\u00a0opposition to Ukraine aid in the House may also set the scene for a\u00a0chamber vs. chamber battle, pitting McCarthy against McConnell, a vocal supporter of Ukraine who has thrown his weight behind the aid sent to Kyiv.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Will_Democrats_rescue_McCarthy_on_must-pass_bills\"><\/span><strong>Will Democrats rescue McCarthy on must-pass bills?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>McCarthy\u2019s concession to make it easier to oust a sitting Speaker has led to concerns on both sides of the aisle that conservatives will hold that threat like a cudgel over McCarthy, deterring him from bringing must-pass legislation \u2014\u00a0things like a debt ceiling hike and government funding bills \u2014\u00a0to the floor even if it has the bipartisan support to pass.<\/p>\n<p>Some moderate Republicans have countered that they can still move such bills by teaming up with Democrats on a procedural gambit, known as a discharge petition, that allows a simple majority to force legislation to the floor even over the objections of the Speaker \u2014\u00a0an idea that Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), a co-chair of the moderate Problem Solvers Caucus, has promoted this week.<\/p>\n<p>That scenario poses a dilemma for Democratic leaders, who would be forced to decide whether to bail out McCarthy to prevent episodes like government shutdowns or to allow them and benefit\u00a0from the opportunity to highlight the dysfunction and divisions in the Republican ranks.<\/p>\n<p>A similar question could accompany efforts to vacate the chair, which might provide Democrats the chance to topple McCarthy by teaming up with a small group of conservative firebrands. The fallout would again provide Democrats an occasion to focus attention on the discord within the GOP. But it would disrupt a functioning House, while lawmakers fought to fill the void, and raise the prospect that someone much more conservative \u2014\u00a0and more adverse to bipartisan compromise \u2014\u00a0could replace him.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s Speakership battle may be instructive. While Republicans struggled, Democrats just steered clear.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll we are asking is House Republicans to get along with each other,\u201d Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.), the Democratic leader, said amid the GOP fight.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_does_McCarthy_take_his_relationship_with_Trump\"><\/span><strong>Where does McCarthy take his relationship with Trump?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>McCarthy\u2019s relationship with Trump is both deep and delicate \u2014 a knotty political kinship that was only complicated by the attack on the Capitol two years ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the immediate aftermath of that rampage, McCarthy went to the House floor and declared Trump responsible for the riot. Yet just weeks later \u2014 after it was clear that Trump remained enormously popular within both the Republican base and the House GOP conference \u2014 he made the trek to Mar-a-Lago, Trump\u2019s Florida resort, to make amends.<\/p>\n<p>Now, exactly two years after the Capitol riot and McCarthy\u2019s initial denunciation of the president, he is once again entangled with Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The former president endorsed McCarthy\u2019s Speakership leading into the midterms, despite reservations from the far right. And when McCarthy struggled this week to win over his conservative detractors, Trump intervened once more, imploring the holdouts to drop their opposition. That lobbying\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MZanona\/status\/1611439361442320386?s=20&amp;t=7cxI98OIZ_Z5Ivrxuizwhw\">reportedly<\/a>\u00a0extended right up to the 14th ballot Friday night, which finally got McCarthy over the finish line.<\/p>\n<p>The relationship could get trickier still in the months to come.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has already announced his 2024 presidential bid, and one member of McCarthy\u2019s leadership team, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), has already endorsed him. But Trump\u2019s popularity is also waning, even among Republicans, and a series of legal and financial entanglements could drop those numbers further still.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That complex network of political factors could put the newly seated Speaker in a difficult spot as he navigates through an election cycle when Trump, a figure famous for demanding loyalty, is on the ballot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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