The House Rules: Which Matter, Which Don’t A Free Beacon guide to the new House rules package getting lots of attentionWashington Free Beacon Staff • January 11, 2023 5:00 amThe House of Representatives on Monday evening passed a much-discussed rules package, which was the subject of extensive negotiation between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) and the GOP holdouts who eventually helped to elevate him.
But which of these rules will matter in practice? Which are merely symbolic? Below, a guide to the new House rules package and what you really need to know.
Adding to the confusion, though, is that there's still a lot we don’t know about the scope of the concessions McCarthy made during the negotiations that eventually led to his election as speaker, including deals on key committee chairmanships. Already, we learned on Monday that House Freedom Caucus member Mark Green (R., Tenn.) nudged out McCarthy ally Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R., Texas) for chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee.
• What was promised to the right flank of the GOP conference by way of policy concessions in exchange for their vote to increase the debt ceiling
• Whether McCarthy made promises to dole out subcommittee gavels to his opponents
• Whether McCarthy agreed to widen the aperture of the party's oversight agenda
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