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Joe Perticone/Bulwark:
Big Bipartisan Moment Hurt the Freedom Caucus’s Feelings
Last night the House easily passed the bill Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden had agreed on over the weekend to avert a default on the national debt. The final result was 314-117 with four not voting, including at least one adamant critic of the bill. More Democrats (165) voted in favor than Republicans (149), which speaks to the discontent among conservatives and the strength of the deal brokered by the White House….
The Freedom Caucus as a whole is not in a strong position after this. No one so far has shown much appetite for going after McCarthy’s speakership directly with a motion to vacate.
