It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish
Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., left, and Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., pointing as they talk with Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla.
According to Kevin McCarthy, R-Ca., “My father always told me, it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish and now we need to finish strong for the American people,” he said in his first speech to the chamber after being sworn in as speaker.
He fell one vote short on the 14th ballot, and the chamber became raucous, unruly.
McCarthy strode to the back of the chamber to confront Republican Matt Gaetz, sitting with Lauren Boebert and other holdouts. Fingers were pointed, words exchanged and violence apparently just averted.
At one point, Republican Mike Rogers of Alabama, shouting, approached Gaetz before another Republican, Richard Hudson, physically pulled him back. “Stay civil!” someone shouted.
Order restored, the Republicans fell in line to give McCarthy the post he had fought so hard to gain, House speaker, second in the line of succession to the presidency.
The few remaining Republican holdouts began voting present, dropping the tally he needed. It was the end of a bitter standoff that had shown the strengths and fragility of American democracy.
The tally was 216-212 with Democrats voting for leader Hakeem Jeffries, and six Republican holdouts to McCarthy simply voting present.
Why Conservatives Oppose Hiring 87,000 IRS Agents
Above, a split image of Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy. Greene touted McCarthy's pledge to remove funding for 87,000 IRS agents as "beginning of the great things we are going to do."
Funding for the new IRS agents was included in the Inflation Reduction Act, a law passed by Democrats last year aimed at lowering inflation, which created economic uncertainty for millions of Americans in recent months. The bill passed the House on party lines and has faced conservative criticism.
The agents are intended to monitor digital currency to ensure citizens don't illegally evade paying their taxes, with the Inflation Reduction Act set to raise $124 billion in revenue from collecting taxes over a 10 year period from the rich and large corporations.
Republicans seized on this aspect of the bill in their campaign messaging, running on opposition to their hiring. Republicans have said these agents will be used to target everyday Americans or small businesses. However, the IRS has said the increased number of agents will not equate to a higher audit rate for low and middle class taxpayers.
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