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Members of congress. and the freedom caucus is kind of an invitation only and you don't really necessarily know who is in. it is a little bit secretive. >> and are you a member of the republican study committee? >> i am. >> how did you feel when these members broke off and formed their own caucus? >> well, you know, you -- they're elected by the same number of folks that i am, if they want to get together and do their own thing, more power to you. the beauty of congress is you got the opportunity to come together with like minded people, build coalition and move what you want to move forward. ...

At all, lowering the threshold. so, yeah, it is a possibility if we cannot get 218 republican votes on the house floor, then, of course, the democrats will have an impact on who the next republican speaker will be. >> congressman, i want to pull up a quote from politics profess, matthew green who told the wall street journal this week, quote, in the 1940s through the 1980s roughly there was a leadership ladder in the house. right now there is no ladder. it is completely open. is the tract to speaker, the tract to authority in the house, is that gone? >> well, yeah. the traditional notions of h...

View. good morning to you both. last time you were on the show, you stated pretty confidently that kevin mccarthy would be the next speaker of the house. who do you predict now? >> mccarthy at the time had the votes, over 200, near 218. but it is about getting intoer that numb near the number of 247. almost in wound could do that. the person who could brprobablyo it the best is paul ryan. there are still 30 or 40 members that would break away. >> we just heard from congressman dent talking about maybe possibility of a bipartisan coalition electing a house speaker. what do you think about that ...