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Slack.com slash DHQ. Abe mous, speak at um. After 14 unsuccessful attempts over the course

of last week, Kevin McCarthy has finally been elected speaker of the House of Representatives.

But not before cave-ing to pretty much all of the conservative hold-out demands, including

just a name, I hand full, a Southern border protection plan, a budget that stops an increase

in the debt ceiling, and end to all COVID mandates and funding, a select committee to investigate

the weaponization of the FBI and other agencies, a term limit vote, a minimum 72-hour reading

period before bills are brought to a vote, permission for single-subject bills, an increased

voice for the Freedom Caucus Conservatives on the most important committees, and most

consequentially, probably the biggest sticking point for both McCarthy and the hold-outs,

a return to the former congressional norm of allowing any member to call a vote to boot

the speaker from his spot. Despite all the rancor and all the turmoil and all the gnashing

of teeth from the establishment about those evil conservative hold-outs, the outcome of

this little fight has been as good as anyone could ask for, especially at a time when Democrats

control the White House in the Senate. McCarthy gets his coveted title, and the hardline

conservatives get pretty much everything else. I'm Michael Knowles, it's the Michael Knowles

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