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What The Debt Ceiling And George Santos's Career Have In Common

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Kevin McCarthy's Speakership Vote

Questration: A workaround from relying on Freedom Caucus holdouts is just working with Democrats. Questration: Kevin McCarthy was only ever going to get Republicans to vote for him to become speaker. He also, one of the things he gave up in the speaker election is that any one member of the Republican caucus can basically call for a vote of no confidence in his leadership. "That I think will be seen as an unforgivable sin by most Republicans," Questration says.

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