Speaker Decided but Portending Trouble Ahead

After 15 ballots the US House finally elected Kevin McCarthy to be the 55th Speaker. It was the most ballots to determine a Speaker in over 100 years. Why is the Republican disunity of such concern to analysts like me who follow DC?

The vote for Speaker is one of the easiest votes a Member of Congress will cast, which is why it has been accomplished in one vote for 100 years.  Leaders, be they Nancy Pelosi or Newt Gingrich, have lined up their majority before the gavel brings a new Cong...

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