Freedom Caucus members indicating they are going to treat a Speaker Johnson differently than McCarthy. For one, give him more leeway on spending.
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— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 25, 2023

[If that’s the case, then this was all about personalities and not policy. The other speaker nominees would likely have done the same as Johnson will have to do now, and McCarthy had publicly insisted that the CR was only intended to move the individual appropriations bills to final approval in the first place. This sounds like a retreat under fire. What a waste of time this all has been. — Ed]