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The House GOP’s January 3-7, 2023 speaker battle ended with Kevin McCarthy finally winning the gavel after 15 ballots, but only after the party spent days broadcasting its own fractures. The episode showed a majority that could win power but struggled to turn that win into discipline, order, or a coherent governing case.
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The House GOP’s January 3-7, 2023 speaker battle ended with Kevin McCarthy finally winning the gavel after 15 ballots, but only after the party spent days broadcasting its own fractures. The episode showed a majority that could win power but struggled to turn that win into discipline, order, or a coherent governing case.
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