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Is this any cause for concern?: Kevin McCarthy 'agreed to cut aid to Ukraine' to secure US speaker role

I don't think there is really much danger there, as long as the vast majority of the House Republicans support aid to Ukraine. There will be a comfortable majority of Democrats and Republicans to pass it. That is yet another reason the actions of the 20 or so that held up the selection was stupid. McCarthy doesn't need their votes except on things that split along party lines. In those instances, it is probable the 20 or so will support the bill in question. They may try to move it even further to the right, but they can only do that until the point other Republicans say they won't support the bill in that case. Such concessions by McCarthy are pretty meaningless for that reason.

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Is this any cause for concern?: Kevin McCarthy 'agreed to cut aid to Ukraine' to secure US speaker role

I don't think there is really much danger there, as long as the vast majority of the House Republicans support aid to Ukraine. There will be a comfortable majority of Democrats and Republicans to pass it. That is yet another reason the actions of the 20 or so that held up the selection was stupid. McCarthy doesn't need their votes except on things that split along party lines. In those instances, it is probable the 20 or so will support the bill in question. They may try to move it even further to the right, but they can only do that until the point other Republicans say they won't support the bill in that case. Such concessions by McCarthy are pretty meaningless for that reason.