Peter Welch: “Speaker McCarthy had essentially to make huge concessions…”

“What does that tell us about the likelihood of getting anything controversial through both the House and the Senate going forward? Well, very ominous. Speaker McCarthy had essentially to make huge concessions and relinquish some of the important authority for a Speaker. to make the institution work. And what this does is bodes dangerously for what's ahead when we have to deal with very contentious issues like the debt ceiling, like getting a budget passed.” (00:44–00:53)

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