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>> 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 today's republican extremists and caucus, what else did he give away to gain the votes that he was able to flip, and how does this week and his ability to lead? >> while it is an important point that we don't actuall...

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 it's 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 we've done instead of how quickly we got it done. they're going to remember that good job versus just pushing something through...

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 he's able to secure those moderates now, but also on everything they need to do. remember, democrats still control the senate. they will need to do some...

-- >> if it doesn't 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 don't 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 we're that close, right and if you want to understand what's in this rules package, any disagreement, you know, the rules committee, are thr...

So still some folks not happy with the end result, so we'll see if they can get it together on monday and, hopefully, not another 15 rounds of votes on the rules. of. will: so, shannon, i'm 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 don't like about this rules package; two, what if they don't pass it? if i mean, what is the fallout, i mean, the repercussions now? there's not much leverage left for the 20 happenshay don't pass the rules package that was part of the concessio...