pjmedia.com On Friday afternoon, it was clear that key conservative Republicans had wrung every concession they were going to get from speaker-in-waiting Kevin McCarthy in their “bruising” quest to change the way the U.S. House of Representatives does its business. So, when the 14th 15th vote for House speaker came early Saturday morning, the key holdouts gave overt and tacit approval to hand McCarthy Nancy Pelosi’s big-assed gavel.
Some of the behind-the-scenes drama was more interesting than the vote itself.
Newly elected Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) boomeranged back to D.C., flying back for the vote after his son was born prematurely. Even as his son was in a neonatal care unit, he came back to Capitol Hill to provide a key vote.
Earlier Friday evening, Never-Kevin House firebrands Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) and Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) appeared on Sean Hannity’s Fox News program to signal a dramatic softening of their views.
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Caravan to Midnight
