Page 50 - Rules Package News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Members, we just saw that scuffle, there that's not necessarily the image of unity you want to portray. >> yes, be careful what you wish for, lindsay. kevin mccarthy gave away the -- in order to become speaker of the house. the way you could tell just how weak he is in that position to start off, they didn't have the votes last night to pass a rules package, basically, the underlying rules for the house for the next two years. that is usually done immediately after the speaker is elected. now, they are going to suspend work until monday, come, back and try to do that. that rules package itself...

A pledge to rein in spending. we will see if he is able to achieve that. certainly a rock isky start. >> congress is taking a break after a crazy week. they are coming back monday. what's up next? >> reporter: one of the chief tasks now is to vote on the rules. we saw the c-span cameras this week able to get into the chamber and allow the american public to see all sorts of things we don't normally see because this place operates on rules. and now that republicans have retaken the majority, albeit small, they have to vote on a rules package that essentially guides this place. given that republ...

Moderates to try to get them to support this package, whereas the last two days he had to appeal to the hard right faction of his party. just showing you, and foreshadowing the next two years to come of this delicate dance that mccarthy now, as speaker, is going to have to do in order to get any thing passed on the house floor, any of his priorities in this divided congress. i want you to take a listen to what democratic republic representative roger christian where the told our colleague well alex witt last hour. watch. >> he started out with i think around 21 holdouts, and he negotiated one ...

The typical pageantry and protocol that we are used to seeing when a new congress begins. it just isn't usually at 1:45 in the morning. >> although it is january 7th, and this is around i mean these small hours of the morning what happened two years ago on that sober anniversary all americans watching what happened in these very chambers. i want to go right now to melanie zanona on capitol hill. you have been holding down the fort over there. what happens next tonight if we can predict anything? >> reporter: members going to go home and get a lot of sleep myself included. they need to organize...

What do you make of the series of concessions that mccarthy had to make to win over support from the far-right? >> i love the fact that c-span had control over their own cameras and could roam the thing and give us real insight into watching all this in the free-for-all chaos that existed. and also the fact that mccarthy was sitting there, begging matt gaetz, one of the most fringe people in washington, for a vote or for at least some help in this. the rules they are setting up are basically going to confirm what many of us have thought, which is they're not actually going to do anything subst...