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Conference meeting yesterday we have a better perspective on what was agreed to in the rules package, nothing changed thats the first piece of misinformation i want to correct. the only change after a four or five day standoff, is the motion to vacate going from five members down to one. there were certain bills, having a vote on the term limits, the border bill, those were other deals cut, theyll all go through regular order. even the talk of defense spending, appropriations, all of that will g...

Guys ended up winning are enforceable and you can hold onto them for the next two years? >> just a few moments ago we passed the rules for congress and that placing enforcement mechanism of the one member motion to vacate, i dont anticipate we will ever have to use that, but it gives us the opportunity to make sure that our goals around policy, procedure, and personnel are met. we will have votes on term limits, balanced budgets, internal enforcement of the immigration laws, none of those things...

Youre going to gut the committee, the independent body that governs the ethics of the congress. what signal does that send? it says youre not serious. it says within your own ranks theres rot and problems. i give you george santos, just the tip of that iceberg. so theres a lot going on here. this is all about retribution politics. theres nothing substantive thats going to come out of this. poor garrett, thats all i can say. poor garrett. >> yeah, you got an eyebrow raise from him there, michael....

You have in the spending approach, you have the got the discretionary spending that involves both this out-of-control domestic spending since before the pandemic under nancy pelosi and you have got defense spending. the argument is this would effect defense spending. which i will tell you republicans will not impact defense spending aside from the deficiency and waste. are. >> ainsley: republicans are worried how the moderates will vote for rules. members would get 27 hours to read the bills bef...

>> the two things you mentioned, theyre show votes. they have no chance of passing. some might need to be constitutional amendments. you know how arduous that process is. whats the point of passing a bill that you put press on, but often doesnt get enacted. >> you know more and mohr candidates will run for the u.s. senate and claim that they support term limits, they support a balanced budget amendment. you have two coming in from the house, ted budde and mark wayne mullen, they support that. so...

Boebert did not say what she believes the term limit should be, however.

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California congressman cechg mc -- kevin mccarthy was elected speaker of the house in the 15th round of voting. >> that was easy, huh? [laughter] i never thought wed get up here. maria: mccarthy took several blows on the way to obtaining the necessary votes to win but, ultimately, flipped several members in the 13th and 14th rounds even as at one point florida representative byron donalds emerged as an alternative to mccarthy, gaining 20 votes himself to potential speaker. congressman donalds fl...

Some of the framework that he agreed to with this group of 20 hard-line defectors. you know, who ultimately got him to agree to some of these concessions. as you noted. coming to the floor for a house vote on term limits. lowering the threshold for the motion to vacate, to one person. that means you only take one person to potentially call for an ousting a speaker mccarthy. anytime they dont like his. votes thats gonna make it harder for him to make the debt limit, raise spending. raise taxes. a...

To make sure that the entire conference, you know, the ideological spectrum, if you will, is representing through all committees. and i think this is important because what ive seen in my first two years in washington -- and this is actually not kevins fault -- this is the nature and culture of washington d.c. the members are actually really separated from each other. they dont really get a chance to talk a lot and engage a lot unless they take specific interest to do. i think having more voices...