Speaker McCarthy's Challenges and Concessions
Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan
CBS News
3.5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
"Face the Nation" recaps a hectic week on Captol Hill that resulted in Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) becoming Speaker of the House after making concessions to far-right members of the House GOP. Also, moderator Margaret Brennan speaks with Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine and Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova about what else Ukraine needs to fend off the ongoing attacks by Russian forces.
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| 0:28.0 | I'm Margaret Brennan in Washington and this week on Face the Nation, the battle for the head of the House is over. |
| 0:37.0 | The dust is settling. But how will new Speaker Kevin McCarthy rule with such a bitterly divided group of Republicans. |
| 0:45.0 | At long last, after 15 roll call votes spread over more than four days and 25 hours of |
| 0:51.7 | congressional togetherness on the House floor, |
| 0:55.0 | the ultra-conservative Never Kevin Caucus |
| 0:58.2 | won a number of concessions from California's Kevin McCarthy. |
| 1:02.1 | The arm twisting finally paid off. |
| 1:05.0 | I hope one thing is clear after this week. |
| 1:09.4 | I never give up. For the nine-term Bakersfield California native it was a moment of |
| 1:16.6 | triumph. On the Cuspa victory he claimed the prolonged haggling was a plus. |
| 1:22.0 | This is a great part because it took this long, now we learned how to govern. |
| 1:27.2 | Let's hope so because the challenges ahead are daunting. |
| 1:30.8 | Speaker McCarthy's Republican conference has only a tiny five-seat majority. Mr. We'll talk with two House Republicans, South Carolina's Nancy Mace and Tony Gonzales of Texas. |
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