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Hill tracking all of this. manu, what are you looking at today? >> reporter: yeah, this is going to be one of the first actual legislative tests for kevin mccarthy and this new majority. a raiser thin majority. he could only lose four republican votes on any party line measures including this rules package that is going to be aunsannounced on the floor t includes what he cut to get the speakership, to allow one member to call for a vote to oust a sitting speaker something that has caused concern...

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Spent any time in front of the news last week. this is an order of the previous question, but theyre on their way to the vote on the rules deal that saved kevin mccarthys speakership. usually mundane, but after all the fireworks, anything could happen tonight. evens watching this a little more closely than usual, and as promised we return to a man who knows all the washington alligators. michael steele is back with us in a moment. hi, michael. but first, reporting live on all this. what can you ...

Doesnt took — opinions to say no, and therefore it doesnt look like the person in charge — doesnt look like the person in charge has authority in the slightest. then getting over the tine. _ slightest. then getting over the line, which was celebrated over the recent— line, which was celebrated over the recent days, wont be a victory for very tong. — recent days, wont be a victory for very long, could well be a hollow one~ _ very long, could well be a hollow one. . ., , , one. that vote i...

Now to washington, and now that the fight for speakership is behind him, kevin mccarthy has a new battle to weigh. >> lawmakers are convening to vote on a rules package and this was central during mccarthys negotiations with republican hardliners for him to win the gavel, and some gop moderates are concerned about the concessions he made. melanie zanona is on capitol hill for us. what now, melanie? >> reporter: this is going to be kevin mccarthys first real test as speaker. this rules package co...

>> good questions. joining me now to discuss is andy, congressional correspondent for the new york times, and daniel, political correspondent for the new republic. it is great to be with you friends. and the, we will start with you. because, we now have had the rules package, the bill that they are gonna vote on on monday. that tells us a view of the concessions that mccarthy made todays republican extremists and caucus, what else did he give away to gain the votes that he was able to flip, and ...

For legislation? >> i think everybody realizes right now how resilient kevin mccarthy is. i think this made him stronger. these debates were going to happen at some point, so its better to get that out of our system right now, to go in, pass a rules package, start addressing issues like energy, national security, the border, those things our constituents voted for us to go to washington andwo work on. in the long run, i think america will remember the quality of what weve done instead of how qui...

Challenging his speakership for the next two years. when he left the building, he did say he will keep that gavel 1000%, that was his quote. but it will be challenging. the speakership vote and this rules package or things that congress needs to do at the beginning of every new congress. they are supposed to be the easy parts, as one member told me. this is shaping up to be a big fight over the next two years. not just on the rules package, if hes able to secure those moderates now, but also on ...

-- >> if it doesnt play well the republicans as they try to get stuff done, as they need to, debt ceiling as i mentioned earlier, pentagon budget which will certainly not necessarily fit well, if they dont pass that 75 billion penalty and not, excuse, me apply that 75 billion -- that could be very costly, politically, for the party at the moment. what do you think will be the next issue that gets you back to what you were experiencing last week. because were that close, right and if you want to ...

So still some folks not happy with the end result, so well see if they can get it together on monday and, hopefully, not another 15 rounds of votes on the rules. of. will: so, shannon, im going to fire off, unfortunately, several questions in one, but i think they all go together, and hopefully you can handle it. one, what are the members saying they dont like about this rules package; two, what if they dont pass it? if i mean, what is the fallout, i mean, the repercussions now? theres not much ...