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<p>There’s going to be pain and suffering for <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/mccarthys-concessions-are-fuel-for-electing-more-radicals">Kevin McCarthy</a>. We just don’t know how much.</p>
<p>Since taking over as <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-does-kevin-mccarthy-want-to-be-speaker-at-this-point">Speaker of the House</a> in January, <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/kevin-mccarthy-is-the-pathetic-leader-republicans-deserve">McCarthy</a> has been <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/31/us/politics/kevin-mccarthy-debt-limit-republicans.html">surprisingly resilient and effective</a>. But with Congress back from August recess, McCarthy now faces what may be the greatest challenge of his political career.</p>
<p>The Republican-led House has to pass a spending package between now and September 30, or risk a government shutdown. The GOP’s <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-dan-crenshaw-blasts-gop-freedom-caucus-says-theyre-grifters-and-performance-artists">right flank </a>wants cuts and concessions that <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/centrist-republicans-warn-far-right-tactics-backfire-funding-fight-rcna94252">GOP moderates and mainstream conservatives view as unachievable</a>, ill-advised, and politically toxic.</p>
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