Welcome to another week in our nation’s capital! To catch you up on everything, here’s what’s been going on in Congress:
• Three weeks ago, California Rep. Kevin McCarthy was removed from the House speakership when eight right-wing Republicans voted against keeping him in the position because he’d agreed to a compromise with the White House on a bill to temporarily fund the government. • Two weeks ago, Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise—a prominent conservative and longtime member of party leadership—was chosen as the party’s post-McCarthy speaker candidate in an internal caucus ballot, but failed to reach 217 votes and dropped out.speaker candidate in an internal caucus ballot. But he failed to reach 217 votes, in part because of members who were upset that Jordan supporters hadn’t voted for Scalise, and dropped out.
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