Missourian
Diamond Member
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McCarthy likely short of votes to become speaker as 14 GOPers raise issues
Rep. Kevin McCarthy appears to be short of the votes necessary to win the speaker’s gavel as a crucial group of conservative Republicans demanded a “radical departure from the status qu…
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Hope springs eternal. Ditch McCarthy.