The Freedom Caucus is discussing potential speaker rivals against Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., amid a standoff over changing House rules next Congress.
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The House Freedom Caucus is discussing rival candidates for speaker as it seeks to pressure Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy into giving legislative concessions in exchange for its support. Both Scalise, R-La., and Johnson, R-La., are officially backing McCarthy's campaign for speaker and neither is officially courting the Freedom Caucus. Scalise, in fact, is already running for the number two spot of House majority leader.
"There's a point of leverage in these leadership votes," said House Freedom Caucus Chairman Scott Perry, R-Pa."We want to have a conversation, devoid of the politics about who is leading, on how the House should operate, how legislation should pass."McCarthy, who was prevented from ascending to the speakership in 2015 because of the Freedom Caucus, has not yet agreed to the changes wholesale.
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