Republican-led House approves new rules, the first big test for warring GOP after days-long House speaker drama
of lawmakers conversing, arguing, and even pointing fingers at each other; C-SPAN beamed in when McCarthy confronted vocal critic Matt Gaetz, for example.Thanks to McCarthy's win, per standard procedure, Republicans put their own cameras in the House, and party-run cameras tend not to wander around the chamber in pursuit of interesting shots. C-SPAN was able to televise the McCarthy debate because, technically, no one was in charge of the House.
Jordan would also lead the subcommittee, which is expected to be where much of the back and forth between House Republicans and the Justice Department take place. On the agenda for House Republicans on Monday night is passing a rules package that will decide how the chamber operates over the next two years. The rules package contains various provisions that will empower individual members of the House and also allow GOP lawmakers to aggressively investigate the White House.
"House GOP is trying to shred the Office of Congressional Ethics – despite having members like Santos in their ranks," tweeted Norm Eisen, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Brookings Institution.""– David JacksonOf all the concessions McCarthy made to win the gavel, returning the House to a rule where one lawmaker has the power to call for a vote to oust the speaker is arguably the most controversial.
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