Not only had about twenty members from the rogue right flank of his party opposed any compromise with the Democrat-controlled Senate, but several of them had threatened McCarthy outright: if he capitulated, they'd strip him of the speakership.
"The way he maneuvers is he gives everyone what they want," a senior Hill staffer once told me. "It's all about member management. His constituents are the members of the Republican conference."
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