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seeking spending power concessions from mccarthy. dissidents lifted a blockade temporarily. members met with mccarthy. eric larson addresses this morning. thanks came to a stalemate, so tell us how they broke it. guest: the conservative from montana said in the house would be functioning this week. they are holding at the possibility that next week or whenever the gop tries to bring a partisan bill that is republicans on the rule, they can hold it hostage again. matt gaetz and other conservatives what a coalition agreement with mccarthy they guarantees that the speaker will side with them. we are already seeing this play

out on the appropriations bill. there is a question about why the house would seek to implement bills that -- the debt ceiling deal. we heard from the appropriations committee chair and she said that mccarthy and all of them agreed they're going to cut another $20 billion. that is a key element of this deal emerging between mccarthy and the freedom caucus. host: it does seem like the strategy of the speaker is to keep on talking with them. guest: that is right. kevin mccarthy and the head of the committee said we are going to take this day by day. you can only lose four votes and pass a bipartisan bill.

this is really going to become a problem in the fall with the appropriations bill. mccarthy came out several times and set every morning he wakes up and prays for the patience of job, he realizes this is going to be a process. host: the way the whole speaker elections were handled back in january, the idea of a power-sharing agreement, is the speaker receptive to that idea? guest: as far as committee assignments, he says no, we are not going to give these 11 committee assignments because any members can hold up the house floor. it is a slippery slope. he says he is willing to follow

the spending level suggestions and go after these panels that continue year after year without any examination. a speaker is very receptive to it. as far as appointing a co-majority leader or giving some additional power, he is regifting that. i am not sure the freedom caucus will be able to all that. they say they have a personal demand, both they would not specify what position they are seeking. host: what has the roll of the majority whip, steve scalise, not just in terms of this incident but the ongoing relations between the speaker and this group of 11? guest: steve scalise has

distanced himself from mccarthy. he was not part of the debt ceiling in negotiations. he was on the sidelines there. be careful that led -- what led to the breakout was this bill from andrew clyde. there was some finger-pointing between mccarthy and steve scalise about why he was being punished and why that bill was being withheld from the floor. that bill is being brought to the floor this week. the freedom caucus members said that is -- [indiscernible] steve scalise's and mccarthy's relationship seems to become more fraught and steve scalise could be arrival, but for now mccarthy seems to have a good grip on his job. host:

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