House GOP faces fresh fight, tight vote over rules package after McCarthy elected
to make Rep. Kevin McCarthy speaker on the 15th ballot, House Republicans needed only one vote to pass a new set of rules for the chamber meant to curb federal spending and make it more difficult to raise taxes.
Under “CUTGO,” lawmakers who propose new spending initiatives must first identify where to cut funding in order to offset the desired expenditure.OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images The House will likely have to wrestle with that issue in a matter of weeks, as the federal debt inches closer to its current ceiling of $31.38 trillion. The US debt totalunder a Democrat-run Congress and White House.
The rebels also achieved the inclusion of a rule that would require 72 hours to pass between the time a bill is posted and it is voted on. That rule comes after Congress late last month passed a $1.7 trillionthat spanned more than 4,000 pages — and was not made public until just hours before the vote took place.
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