House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy has offered a key concession to critics of his bid for the House speakership during private conversations this week
McCarthy has been trying to find a compromise threshold that would appease his critics enough to earn their speaker vote, while still being palatable to the rest of the House GOP, and has been sounding out all corners of the conference in private phone calls this week. One of the numbers that has come up in recent conversations between McCarthy and GOP lawmakers – and which has not been previously reported – is a five-person threshold, according to two of the Republican sources.
Matt Gaetz of Florida and Ralph Norman of South Carolina, told CNN they see the five-person threshold as still too high, underscoring the significant challenge McCarthy faces as he works to lock down the speakership. “No, less than 5!!” Norman said in a text message of the proposed motion to vacate threshold. “2 or less .” And Gaetz said: “He’s gotta get down to 1.
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