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Speaker. that was a key part of the negotiations going forward. members on the far right had demanded that. this rules package also would make it harder to raise taxes, harder to raise spending as well, to demand some spending cuts if that were to happen. but there were other concessions that mccarthy made that were not part of this proposal that are also causing some concerns, giving members of that hard right freedom caucus more say in the legislative process as well as capping spending, domestic spe spending, which could lead to potential cuts in defense programs. now, in talking to members...

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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 concerns within the ranks. and there are other concessions including capping spending levels in this coming...

To be increased without any ties to it. so those are negotiations that will have to happen over the course of a year. if mccarthy were to stray for that that could also potentially put his speakership in jeopardy, so those issues will be significant. also they looked at ways to cut overall domestic discretionary spending. watch for that to be an issue especially this could affect some defense programs. already some on the right are concerned about that. also give more members on that forright freedom caucus say on key committees which sets the parameters before debate on legislation. all those...

Made on the hard right. potentially protect defense programs. on the powerful house rules committee that sets the terms of legislation and amendments and also on other key issues, namely, the debt limit. that is going to be a huge issue in the new congress. what mccarthy agreed to is to pair the raising debt limit with spending cost, that's a red line for democrats in the senate as well as in the white house. that fight will wait for another day as mccarthy had to make these promises, anderson, in order to secure the speakership which is something he believes he will have in an hour or so. >> ...