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Kevin McCarthy reaffirmed his position on proxy voting Thursday, stating lawmakers "have to show up to work."

-era changes, like proxy voting. it imposes rules and at limiting spending, blocking tax increases. beyond that, the house also passed a pair of manipulative, misleading, and merit-less anti-abortion bills, that have zero chance of passing the democrat led senate or getting signed by the democratic president. the decision by house republicans to pass these bills during the first week of the new term and despite the overall unpopularity of their antiabortion stance during the last election cycle, demonstrates how unserious they are about governing. republicans made it clear months ago that they...

Relatively easy time passing its rules package, its first order of business, but the rules package includes provisions like the motion to vacate, which makes it easier to remove the speaker, kevin mccarthy. it also gets rid of pandemic era changes like proxy voting, it imposes rules and limiting spending and blocking tax increases. house republicans also passed a pair of disingenuous and deceitful antiabortion bills that were designed to push propaganda rather than addressing real concerns about women's reproductive rights. their decision to pass these bills during the first week of that new t...

Scenario, but one thing i want mention, there are a lot of things that are concerning to say the least, but there are some positives that are worth mentioning. the end of proxy voting. i'm hope fell, maybe i'm being a super optimist, but it will allow members come back to washington, d.c. and build relationships. it's a lot easier to look on as you call and point to someone and say i won't work with that person or i disagree with them than it to to sit in a committee room and get to know them as a human and not an enemy. >> that's a good point. i mentioned defense spending. there have been a l...

Michael steele, former republican national committee chairman and msnbc political analyst. what more can you tell us about how republicans plan to use the committee and what else should we know about the rules package? >> the rules stuff is basic xs and os of how the congress will function. how long it takes to go through votes to things that the republicans have talked about for quite some time, like getting rid of some of the pandemic precautions put in place in 2020. no more proxy voting, for example, no more virtual hearings. also in the rules package are some of the concessions kevin mcca...