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The modern history of speakers. and it is a question right now about whether they will take what could be a really good deal. and some of them might not. some of them simply do not like kevin mccarthy very much. but i think that if there are people in the 20 who actually want something tangible, they want rules changes, they want committee positions, they want assurances of specific kinds, they could certainly be in a position to get that. and we will find out over the next day or so how much fu...

We will find out over the next day or so how much further mccarthy is willing to go to start whittling this group of 20 down. he needs to get them down to about four, otherwise, this will not happen for him. >> congressman, do you think any of those 20s really have anything specific they want or it is just personal and they likely position theyre in right now and it is not about a particular committee assignment? >> no. anderson, they want a scalp. plain and simple. they want a scalp. part of th...

20 votes. >> wouldnt that require a steve scalise trial, and acknowledging kevin mccarthy to step aside? >> the only thing that kevin mccarthy has to negotiate is himself. thats the problem hes in. there is no committee assignment. theres no rules committee slot. whatever it is. right? the only thing, the leverage he has left is himself. and that is an important moment. look, if you want to call the bluff of the 20 rebels, give them what they really want, which is, which is kevin mccarthy. and i...

Seeing the result of in a way that he did not expect, after january 6th going down and meeting with donald trump and giving him the oxygen that could have been sort of snuffed out and he made that gamble, not because he thought donald trump was right in any way, even though he would never admit that in public now, he made that gamble because he wanted the people who are voting no to be on his side and the gamble didnt pay off. >> yes. >> what is trump about? hes about grievance politics. right n...

Of what you think of kevin mccarthy, where it kind of, you know, defies leadership in the sense that this is a win for democrats. the first day of a republican congress, hakeem jeffries is going to get the plurality of votes on the house floor. >> let me ask this, at what point do mccarthys friends go to him and say, dude, theyre just not into you, okay, its time to go, we cant do this anyone and again, we got to move on? the fourth ballot maybe? youre right. at some point somebody will have to ...

Kevin doesnt have the votes. >> nicole: do you know what this reminded me of? i dont know if anyone saw the production of hamilton. thomas jefferson and hamilton going at each other with the congressional meeting the song ♪ you dont have the votes ha ha ha ha. thats all i could hear when he was saying that. >> steve: mccarthy has north of 200 votes. whatever theyre saying right now is ultimately trying to get them a little something extra, maybe its committee assignment or something like that ...

Bank on friday, saying shes not focused on re-election but on her constituents. her term is up in 2024. >> todays announcement is a reflection of my values, and i think the values of most arizonans who are tired of a political system that pulls people to the edges and really doesnt reflect who we are as a people. >> reporter: sinema gave the white house and senate majority leader chuck schumer advance warning of her announcement. on friday, schumer said in a statement sinema will keep her commit...

Navigated this. it was messy at times but was able to navigate for two years a narrow majority. the question is can kevin mccarthy do that when hes not yet the leader and some of these are congressmen-elect or congresswomen-elect. seven say they want concessions. they want it of anyone who would be speaker. restoring so you could vacate the chair, more conservatives on committees. 72 hours before they read a bill. thats part of their demands then you have five more who have said, we will not vot...

So you want to definitely listen for what they are saying, but sometimes theyll throw out a different name. colin powell would often get thrown out. >> the democratic clerk of the house, cheryl johnson, presides until members ee lebts a speaker. there is an internal battle. mccarthy loyalists are sharpening their knives for members who oppose him. >> even if you dont believe in santa claus, know there is a naughty and nice list. a speaker and people have been disruptive and all of a sudden they ...

Thats not in any way a threat at all. i just think thats reality, unquote. democrats stripped the committee assignments from marjorie taylor greene and another republican who espoused republican extreme views, congressman gosar, both of whom appeared, by the way, at a white supremacist convention. what will happen to them in 2023? >> theyll have committees. the committee assignment they have now, they may have other committee assignments. they may have better committee assignments. >> this is no...