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What The Speakership Vote Tells Us About The GOP

FiveThirtyEight Politics

CHAPTER

The Numbers Now the Letters

Gavin McCarthy made some concessions to the former Tea Party, whatever you want to call it, the Freedom Caucus. What does this weakened Speaker's position mean for how the House conducts itself for the next two years? The reality is they have a thin majority. It's going to be a food fight, frankly, on a lot of things.

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