After the days-long, contentious voting marathon that finally placed the Speaker’s gavel in Kevin McCarthy’s hand, many liberal critics in the corporate media mockingly questioned whether the divided GOP caucus would be able to actually govern. The House Republicans appeared to answer that question last night. One of McCarthy’s first legislative actions after passing the rules for the chamber was to bring that gavel down on the head of the Internal Revenue Service. The GOP quickly passed a bill that would claw back $71 billion that the Democrats had showered on the IRS. To give us a preview of how the legacy media will be covering the new House majority, check out this cringeworthy summary from the Associated Press.Read More
Meet the new House: GOP votes to slash IRS funding
