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<p>If there’s one lesson from Kevin McCarthy’s speakership, it’s this: In order to stay in power, you have to give up control.</p>
<p>Facing the prospect of yet another <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/kevin-mccarthy-has-lost-control-of-the-house-can-he-get-it-back">conservative mutiny that would derail the House floor</a>, McCarthy once again <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/house-in-chaos-kevin-mccarthy-denied-speakership-on-first-ballot">conceded to far-right demands</a> and set up votes on controversial topics that conservatives want to go on the record about and GOP moderates wanted to avoid.</p>
<p>In doing so, McCarthy is exposing some of his most vulnerable members to votes that could be used against them in their re-election campaigns while also threatening the overall passage of the annual Pentagon policy bill.</p>
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In doing so, McCarthy is exposing some of his most vulnerable members to votes that could be used against them in their re-election campaigns while also threatening the overall passage of the annual Pentagon policy bill.
